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Bat E Bird
25th September 2007, 07:24 PM
Rice ban a party pooper!
The mayor of Venice is considering a ban on the throwing of rice as part of his city's efforts to reduce a burgeoning pigeon population.
The throwing of rice is one of the key ingredient of the romantic Italian wedding. It is intended to wish newlyweds prosperity and fertility.
But the rice has the side effect of attracting pigeons - there are about 40,000 in the historic centre.
This is forcing the city to spend a lot of money on cleaning.
A Venetian wedding attracts all sorts of onlookers and among those often waiting patiently for bride and groom are the city's pigeons.
They queue in their hundreds.
The more discerning have worked out that weddings are more than just a cause for celebration; they are an abundant source of food and with over 1,000 weddings every year, there is plenty of rice to go round.
With all the food and rice that is dropped in Venice, the pigeons can pick and choose what they take.
In Venice, things are about to get an awful lot tougher for the pigeons and their fanciers.It was written by quite a controversial local councillor (controversial for us anyway) and posted on the Lancashire Telegraph website:

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/letters/display.var.1712382.0.rice_ban_a_party_pooper.php

My first thought was "what the hell has rice and Venice got to do with people in Lancashire?" :cheesy: and then I tried to work out if he was implying something but, call me thick, I can't fathom it.

Any ideas or suggestions? (Proper ones please;)) Or am I just too suspicious? ???
Tin Lizzie
25th September 2007, 08:28 PM
:ponder:
Melanie
25th September 2007, 08:31 PM
Nothing much happens in Lancashire. (Trust me, I'm a Lancastrian.)
bindeweede
25th September 2007, 08:39 PM
Nothing much happens in Lancashire. (Trust me, I'm a Lancastrian.)

Does Lancashire have its equivalent of Letchworth Garden City, in Hertfordshire? The majority of people there simply die of boredom.
fruitfly
25th September 2007, 08:49 PM
Nothing much happens in Lancashire.

No, but it's about to. Keep watching the sky!
Bat E Bird
25th September 2007, 08:49 PM
Nothing much happens in Lancashire. (Trust me, I'm a Lancastrian.)

Maybe that's why I'm reading the Telegraph and various forums and trying to find something exciting ;D.

Suppose it beats housework and there's naff-all on telly at the moment. :sad:
Bat E Bird
25th September 2007, 08:51 PM
No, but it's about to. Keep watching the sky!

I missed that because I was posting. What's going to happen?

Ah I suppose you're going to say the clouds will go so we can see the moon :cheesy:
fruitfly
25th September 2007, 08:54 PM
I missed that because I was posting. What's going to happen?

Ah I suppose you're going to say the clouds will go so we can see the moon :cheesy:

I can't really say too much here. Let's just say it's pigeon related.
Bat E Bird
25th September 2007, 09:06 PM
I can't really say too much here. Let's just say it's pigeon related.

Nah. They're asleep after all that rice ;D
fruitfly
25th September 2007, 09:21 PM
Nah. They're asleep after all that rice ;D

Yes, but they're in for a big awakening. Does the name Ken Livingstone mean anything to you?
Bat E Bird
26th September 2007, 11:51 AM
Yes, but they're in for a big awakening. Does the name Ken Livingstone mean anything to you?

I know who he is but don't take much notice because I don't really like what I see.>:-)

I've done a quick Google and found that he's trying to rid London of pigeons (this seems to have been going on for a number of years).

Is this what you mean?

If so, what's that got to do with us up North? ???
tablemonkey
26th September 2007, 06:47 PM
Are they going to be sending them 'up North'?
Melanie
26th September 2007, 08:12 PM
No! No more pigeons! We've got plenty, honestly! Has Ken never watched Corrie? There's a whole flock in Jack's back yard!

(Yes, Corrie is real. Don't try to tell me otherwise or I'll send Vera round.)
Bat E Bird
26th September 2007, 08:12 PM
Are they going to be sending them 'up North'?




:scared: :eek3:
bindeweede
26th September 2007, 08:15 PM
No! No more pigeons! We've got plenty, honestly! Has Ken never watched Corrie? There's a whole flock in Jack's back yard!

(Yes, Corrie is real. Don't try to tell me otherwise or I'll send Vera round.)

Melanie,

Are you actually suggesting that some people somehow think "Corrie" isn't real? How deluded can you get?^-^
Bat E Bird
26th September 2007, 08:41 PM
I've been on the LT site again (nothing much on telly again :sad:) and someone's commented on the letter:


"no wonder this country is going down the pan with people like him on the council
remember hitler spouted crap and we all know where that lead!"
:cheesy:

Now what the hell has Hitler got to do with pigeons and Lancashire? :ponder:

Has Ken sent all the idiots up here instead of pigeons?
Melanie
26th September 2007, 08:55 PM
"remember hitler spouted crap and we all know where that lead!":cheesy:



Or else he's planning a large-scale pigeon-poo attack. Watch the skies! (And remember your umbrella.)
n8rae
4th October 2007, 08:30 PM
I've been on the LT site again (nothing much on telly again :sad:) and someone's commented on the letter:


"no wonder this country is going down the pan with people like him on the council
remember hitler spouted crap and we all know where that lead!"
:cheesy:

Now what the hell has Hitler got to do with pigeons and Lancashire? :ponder:

Has Ken sent all the idiots up here instead of pigeons?

I think he played the Hitler card way too early! Once you have played this card, only the Tom Cruse card can trump it.

nathan

about the Hitler thing, I watched Dawkins "the God delusion" TV programme the other day. He was talking to an American pastor and the first thing he said was the church service was like the Nurenburg rallies. Why did he do this i wonder? it wasn't like the pastor and him were going to best friends, so why compare the pastor to hitler in the first place?
For such an intelegent person, he can be a bit silly sometimes.