Exploding Birds?

Geico266

Geico266

Touchdown! Greaser!
Joined
Jun 15, 2008
Messages
19,136
Location
Husker Nation, NE
Display Name
Display name:
Geico
Remember when we use to throw rice at the bride & groom? Then all that changed when Ann Landers started a rumor that birds would eat the rice and explode as the rice expanded? So now we blow bubbles or something?

Just checking..............:rofl:
 
Geico266 said:
Remember when we use to throw rice at the bride & groom? Then all that changed when Ann Landers started a rumor that birds would eat the rice and explode as the rice expanded? So now we blow bubbles or something?

Just checking..............:rofl:
Click to expand...


I just heard it was a mess that no one wanted to clean up. So they went to bird seed to make the birds clean it up (don't tell the animal rights people) The bubbles was just another way to keep it clean. plus someone could make more money form a wedding.

Now I heard Alka Seltzer will make a bird explode.:yikes: My mom would never let me through it up to a seagull so I could find out.:nono:
 
Last edited:
I heard the anti-rice bit was from lawyers. People slipping on nature's ball bearings and suing. Might be a crock. It is interesting that people fell for it and a tradition was changed. Ask a rice farmer if birds can eat rice...
 
ClimbnSink said:
I heard the anti-rice bit was from lawyers. People slipping on nature's ball bearings and suing. Might be a crock. It is interesting that people fell for it and a tradition was changed. Ask a rice farmer if birds can eat rice...
Click to expand...

Have you notice the divorce rate has gone up since we switched to bird seed? Now there is a government study just begging grant money. :rofl:
 
I always thought it was alkaseltzer that would cause exploding birds....
 
ClimbnSink said:
I heard the anti-rice bit was from lawyers. People slipping on nature's ball bearings and suing. Might be a crock. It is interesting that people fell for it and a tradition was changed. Ask a rice farmer if birds can eat rice...
Click to expand...
That's the story I heard. That and bird seed is easier to clean up.
 
I see a new Mythbusters episode in the making.....
 
The prob with bird seed.. is any of it that you dont get... turns into weeds next spring.. so if you are a place that has weddings every weekend, you are perpetually seeding your front walk with weeds.
 
Doggtyred said:
The prob with bird seed.. is any of it that you dont get... turns into weeds next spring.. so if you are a place that has weddings every weekend, you are perpetually seeding your front walk with weeds.
Click to expand...


Then the question becomes blue grass or red fescue?
 
Doggtyred said:
The prob with bird seed.. is any of it that you dont get... turns into weeds next spring.. so if you are a place that has weddings every weekend, you are perpetually seeding your front walk with weeds.
Click to expand...

Geico266 said:
Then the question becomes blue grass or red fescue?
Click to expand...
Maybe just throw grass seed...but wait- we've gone full circle- Rice is a type of grass.
 
Cook the rice before you throw it? and don't wash the starch off....:rolleyes:
 
pmanton said:
If I thought rice would make birds explode I'd buy a ton or so and feed it to the (&%&&$ doves with their hoo hoo call that starts at dawn.:mad3:

Cheers:

Paul
N1431A
2AZ1
www.indianhillsairpark.com
Click to expand...

"Early to bed and early to rise, work like hell and advertize".; Ted Turner.

"Nothing good happens past midnight." ; Geico




Maybe you should try going to bed when the chickens come home and then get up before dawn and with a nice cup of coffee sit out on the porch and listen to nature in all it's glory?

........or shut the window? :rofl:
 
Last edited:
An old guy I once worked with told me about feeding the seagulls following the ferry. They'd toss bits of food to them, and then someone would toss a piece of metallic sodium, I think it was, and the unfortunate gull that got it would explode a few seconds later.

Dan
 
Dan Thomas said:
An old guy I once worked with told me about feeding the seagulls following the ferry. They'd toss bits of food to them, and then someone would toss a piece of metallic sodium, I think it was, and the unfortunate gull that got it would explode a few seconds later.

Dan
Click to expand...
Did he later become a serial killer? That sounds like something a serial killer would do. Did he ever microwave a cat?:yikes: (I don't know what this little face is supposed to mean, but it looks like a serial killer)
 
Dan Thomas said:
An old guy I once worked with told me about feeding the seagulls following the ferry. They'd toss bits of food to them, and then someone would toss a piece of metallic sodium, I think it was, and the unfortunate gull that got it would explode a few seconds later.

Dan
Click to expand...


I'll bet it was Alka Seltzer. :rolleyes:
 
Geico266 said:
Remember when we use to throw rice at the bride & groom? Then all that changed when Ann Landers started a rumor that birds would eat the rice and explode as the rice expanded? So now we blow bubbles or something?

Just checking..............:rofl:
Click to expand...

Well, at our wedding, Sue and I had bubble filled airplanes for everyone along with the airplane candles!
 

Attachments

  • 115-1593_IMG.jpg
    115-1593_IMG.jpg
    89.7 KB · Views: 29
I thought people went to bubbles because they hurt less... much nicer to walk through a cloud of bubble then to be pelted with rice/seed.
 
pmanton said:
If I thought rice would make birds explode I'd buy a ton or so and feed it to the (&%&&$ doves with their hoo hoo call that starts at dawn.:mad3:

Cheers:

Paul
N1431A
2AZ1
www.indianhillsairpark.com
Click to expand...
Wish I'd known that when we had the farm. The pigons in the barn would crap all over everything. Ever go out at 5:30 a.m. and find your tractor covered with crap? This was before everybody had cabs. The seat, controls, everything would be covered. Not fun! I did find that No. 9 shot in a 20 ga. worked pretty good and didn't hurt the barn. Better than clays! :D
 
Missa said:
I thought people went to bubbles because they hurt less... much nicer to walk through a cloud of bubble then to be pelted with rice/seed.
Click to expand...

Nice thought, but my brother made a big enough mess filling our luggage with rice when he was supposed to be bringing the get away car around. Oh well, that was his mistake. My wife got AHEAD when he got married. :D
 
Wearing his Great Kharnak turban, the all knowing AggieMike announces that the answer is: "Siss, boom, bah!"

carnac1.jpg


The question (rips open the envelope): "What is the sound of an exploding sheep?"
 
Last edited:
AggieMike88 said:
Wearing his Great Kharnak turban, the all knowing AggieMike announces that the answer is: "Siss, boom, bah!"

carnac1.jpg


The question (rips open the envelope): "What is the sound of an exploding sheep?"
Click to expand...

"Sis, BOOM, bam"? Shouldn't that be in the Exploding Boobies thread? :D
 
And it's odd that female camels find this an irresitable trait in the males:

2830191743_cf31c21bc8.jpg
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top