corbett ([info]corbett) wrote,
@ 2008-11-03 07:55:00
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Current mood:Hating Pigeons

A Good Sign?
This morning as I walked out of Union Station, heading toward the office, a flock of pigeons dive-bombed the sidewalk around me. One decided to attempt to land on the side of my face.

I was a bit startled, naturally. It's not every day that you take a karate chop to the left temple from a pigeon.

But that initial startle quickly faded when I remembered what the Greek historian Herodotus wrote in The Histories: "It may strike you with disease, but a flap in the face by a pigeon, and great change comes on Tuesday."

It's a loose translation.




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[info]rcdl
2008-11-03 04:48 pm UTC (link)
I just want it to be over already. Tired of all these fucking pigeons.

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