Pigeons (Was: NLP followup)

[Rafael Garcia-Suarez]

On 13/11/2007, Smylers <Smylers at stripey.com> wrote:
> When I moved to London in January one of the first billboards I noticed
> (at Ealing Broadway station, I think) proffered this pigeon-related
> advice:
>
>   A smart Londoner doesn't feed the pigeons.
>   A smart Londoner travels by Heathrow Connect.
>
> I'm still puzzled by it.  Are those two activities supposed to be
> mutually exclusive?  Is the suggestion that if you get the urge to do
> the former you should do the latter instead?

I saw once (or maybe was it another person who saw it) a sign saying
"if you like pigeons, don't feed them". What to do if you actually do
not like pigeons ?