Pigeons (Was: NLP followup)

[Nic Gibson]

On 11/13/07, Smylers <Smylers at stripey.com> wrote:
> Nigel Rantor writes:
>
> > MacGyveR wrote:
> >
> > > On Monday 12 November 2007 21:55, Andrew Beattie wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am not familiar with NLP.  Does it stand for:
> > >
> > > never fight pigeons
> >
> > surely that was a typo since we're talking NLP, you must have meant
> > "never light pigeons", which I think is sage advice.
>
> 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?

Tom Lehrer comes to mind.
http://tinyurl.com/6d85x

nic
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