It's war: House prices fall as seagulls wage airbourne attacks

Graham_Devon

Morning screeching. Defecation. Violence.

It's all going on. What's more, people in some parts of the country are having to throw their clothes out as they have been quite literally shat on.

It's now war, in a seaside town in Suffolk.

These gulls are now effecting peoples lives. Whats more they are forcing down house prices, the sheer cheek of the birds.

While house prices dive bomb, the gulls dive bomb aerial fitters all over the seaside town.

Culling of the birds, which hopefully would raise house prices was discussed, but found to be illegal.

So instead, were handing out tinky winky comdoms to the feathered beasts. Or how about setting fireworks off constantly at landfill sites?

But house prices falling? Obviously something must be done.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15476004

MacMickster

Are seagulls now the chavs of the bird world?

Graham_Devon

MacMickster wrote: »

Are seagulls now the chavs of the bird world?

Innit ryt u talkin 2 me?

Pimperne1

I think we will find that birds have more rights than people (if the Government could find a way to reward them for having kids they would do). Incidentally, I suspect that the council house dwellers find these birds a pest too.

Generali

Apropos of nothing, I saw a seagull snatch a burger out of a woman's hand down by Circular Quay the other week. Her dumb kids had been feeding them chips so she only has herself to blame.

Pimperne1

Generali wrote: »

Apropos of nothing, I saw a seagull snatch a burger out of a woman's hand down by Circular Quay the other week. Her dumb kids had been feeding them chips so she only has herself to blame.

I was in a cafe the other day and a chavvy woman shouted over to her kid "Do you want one sausage or two"? I had a quick look at him and I was tempted to say "What do you think"?

FTBFun

Generali wrote: »

Apropos of nothing, I saw a seagull snatch a burger out of a woman's hand down by Circular Quay the other week. Her dumb kids had been feeding them chips so she only has herself to blame.

It was probably after the beetroot.

Pimperne1

Generali wrote: »

Apropos of nothing, I saw a seagull snatch a burger out of a woman's hand down by Circular Quay the other week. Her dumb kids had been feeding them chips so she only has herself to blame.

People who feed their kids burgers should sing them this:

Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.
And eyes and ears and mouth and nose.
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.

A fun children's song, and also the ingredients of a Big Mac.

vax2002

I took this pic of this "mugger" in Torquay, they wait outside and mug folk leaving.

Generali

FTBFun wrote: »

It was probably after the beetroot.

This was a McBurger which is possibly the only Aussie burger without beetroot. Perhaps it just assumed that any decent Aussie burger contains beetroot and perhaps a fried egg.

paddyrg

There is another way to deal with gulls (Bath has a lot of pretty hefty-sized gulls every summer - the rooves provide an ideal replacement for clifftops, apparently). Early in the season, you place fake gull eggs in the nests, then they (obviously) don't hatch, so fewer baby gulls so fewer overprotective parents, and life is calmer on the streets, and they move along faster. And fewer baby gulls means fewer adults the next year, etc.