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Author: Analog on February 17 2008 Viewed 2397 times. 11 people liked this blog. You can rate it below if you haven't already.
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We live on the 9th floor and have a balcony. Pigeons are a bit of a problem. They shit all over everything, basically. The other day I went out to see a pigeon had made a nest in the dog's (unused) litter tray. The nest had an egg in. I put the lot in a bag and threw it in the bin. I felt a bit bad but don't want to risk having diseased animals living practically in my house.
Yesterday we bought a drum kit off ebay. It was a bargain: full kit with ride and 2 cymbals for £100. The kid i bought it off said he couldn't practice it without the neighbours complaining. The kid's only about 11 or 12. When i finished loading it into the car he said
"do you want these drum sticks too?"
"Won't you need them?" I asked, thinking he'd still be playing drums at school or something.
"No, I'm not going to play drums anymore."
I took the sticks. I felt bad cos he might never get into music now. He might not play another instrument again in his whole life. Did i get a bargain at the expense of his creative life?
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In other news, i managed to give Blood Moon CDs to both Billy Childish link and Matthew Dear link last night. Result.
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freqscan
definitely, you should have recommended he instead buy a set of mesh silent skins, and foam covers for his cymbals, or perhaps even offered to buy him them.
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Analog
i thought about shitting in a bag and posting it through his letterbox, maybe that'd help?
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astroboy
open the pigeon egg, shit into it, close the egg and give it to the pigeons again.
hopefully they will raise a half-shit-half-pigeon hybrid.
no solution for the drummer kid problem though.
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crabster
Open the egg and replace its contents with the kid (you may shit on him if it makes you feel better) and let the pigeons raise him. Pigeons don't need drums. Problem(s) solved.
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Zanf
Apparently pigeons carry the spore that causes scrofula in their wings which is why I cringe when you see parents letting their kids run at groups of them in London. A previous flatmates gf works at a wetland centre and she got infected with it and that shit is so hard to shift so no, its not a bad thing to stop them nesting near your house.
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Analog
hahahahahahahahaha!
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antfactor
Well - I suppose you could suggest to the boy that he buy some practice skins... but it seems to me if someone were really hungry to do something they'd have probably already figured out a way to do it - maybe. This is the age of the internet. If they've got a computer they don't live in a vacuum. Still - you could do as freqscan suggested - but I'd stop at buying him something unless you have loads of cash and are feeling really bad for him. Did you ask if he was interested in playing anything else? Maybe he decided he decided to be a guitarist... ;)
Regarding pigeons... they are filthy creatures that carry lice. I grew up in NYC - can ya tell?! Keeping them off of terraces and windowsills is a constant battle here. Gross.
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atum
moving the nest from one spot to the other is understandable. taking an egg filled nest and deliberately putting it into a bag is just plain cruel. buying the drumset froma small child isn't really bad, but it should trigger some small thought in your brain like "playing drums is for little kids". sorry i can't find any humor in what ou did. i was raised Polish Roman Catholic and have morals agianst killing helpless creatures and taking pleasure in depressing children
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Analog
To be fair, i don't know this kid and will probably never meet him again. My buying his drums probably won't have depressed him: he's got a hundred quid now he can do whatever he wants with, buy a guitar if he wants. And the drumsticks were Slipknot branded, so i've probably done him a favour.
They're my drums now and will get a hell of a lot more use. lol at "playing drums is for little kids."
I eat eggs nearly every day so I'm not gonna feel bad about chucking one down the rubbish chute. I ate half a pig for my tea and my shoes are made out of cow skin.
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strangus
I just slayed a pastrami.
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soft
yeah pawel you dumb fuck..... it was an egg not a 'helpless creature'.
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soft
oh, how was the gig? one of the best line ups ive seen in ages, that .... gutted i couldnt make it 
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atum
soft said: "yeah pawel you dumb fuck..... it was an egg not a 'helpless creature'."
i'm not dumb, and its always funny to see you little guys try to project your problems onto me. its okay, its not your fault, just let it out. you probally grew up in some city or suburb so i forgive your ignorance. you see eggs contain cells in the progress of growing, they are in fact living. try to understand that birds don't labor eggs to eat them, they do to procreate life. you see the first birds didn't just walk up to the cavemen and give them their spawns to eat. can you grasp that thought? do you understand the diffrence between life and matter?
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atum
m a y b e i f i t y p e l i k e t h i s y o u ' l l b e a b l e t o u n d e r s t a n d.
i s t h i s s l o w e n o u g h f o r y o u ?
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atum
soft said: "yeah pawel you dumb fuck..... it was an egg not a 'helpless creature'."
why do the little ones always pick a fight with the alpha male?
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