Like All Crime Waves, These Take Place In Cycles
Border guards in Belarus said they had foiled an attempt to smuggle 277 parrots into the ex-Soviet state - aboard a bicycle. Spokesman Alexander Tishchenko said the smuggler abandoned his bicycle and cargo - contained in six cages - and fled back over the border into Ukraine. "The cages were fixed to an ordinary bicycle. The parrots were stuffed inside like sardines, 40 to 50 to a cage," he said. The birds were handed over to veterinary inspectors.
FOOTNOTE: Parrot fashion.
I have to admit, I'm struggling with the pun here. Parrots' (Paris) fashion? Nonetheless the visual of birds on a bicycle is hysterical....
ReplyDeleteAlternate Footnote:
ReplyDeleteBird on a tire...
Bradley
The Egel Nest
(David...can't believe you didn't have that as YOUR footnote." lol)
That's sad :(
ReplyDeleteHi Leendaluu,
ReplyDeleteI just got back from your blog! Small world, isn't it?
Maybe it was indeed Parrot Hilton!!
Keep smiling
David
Hi Bradley,
ReplyDeleteEvery time I see your Alternative Footnotes I just go ``D'Oh - why didn't I think of that''!
You, sir, are a genius!
Keep smiling
David
Hi Moosekahl,
ReplyDeleteThank goodness he was stopped.
Keep smiling
David
hiya David..ok it is hard not to laugh..sorry!..poor thangs though~!
ReplyDeleteWhen are people going to stop exploiting Parrots for their own personal gain? Poor birds.
ReplyDeleteawwww :)
ReplyDeleteHowdy Dave?
Keshi.
Man! That must have been hard to manouver, lol.
ReplyDeleteJust skipped over the pond to say hi and thanks for visiting...birds on a bicycle? Yes, Bird on a Tire...I quite like that! Hope you'll stop in again soon...baking day was today, but my friends who play a mean game of scrabble ate like pigs...alas, not a slice left! Enjoyed my visit!
ReplyDeleteSandi from Holding Patterns
Perhaps it wasn't so much of a smuggling job as he was hoping his bicycle might fly...
ReplyDeleteBut one has to feel really sorry for those poor birds - people can just be so totally dumb and inhumane. Ah, but let me not get started!
;-)
He had to get the flock out of there.
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