Pigeons (Was: NLP followup)

[Martin Robertson]

On 13/11/2007, Nic Gibson <nicg at noslogan.org> wrote:
>
> 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



Pigeons feature heavily in Bill Baileys new show : TinselWorm,
(currently on tour!) where he advocates using them as targets for drunken
abuse -

perhaps an appropriate game for the next social?

Mart.