Of Birds and Bombs
03-06-09, 11:56 AM
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Of Birds and Bombs
So i'm riding along this morning, a couple miles from home when I feel and hear a loud "THUNK!" on my helmet visor.. I'm like "wtf? did someone throw somethin at me?" then it dawns on me.. "fuuuu#$*".. I pull over at the nearest trash can, take off my helmet and sure enough, a giant blob of bird crap.. right on my helmet visor. It was huge. Luckily I had a napkin in my bag and wiped it off, but damn, that bird had good aim, it only got on my visor, right in the center of it, which is easy to clean so I guess I got off lucky. Glad I wear a helmet.. heh, heh..
03-06-09, 12:00 PM
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at least it didn't hit you in the face or something. I hope this doesn't happen to me .. but I do shower when I get to work so I guess it wouldn't be so bad ....
03-06-09, 12:44 PM
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I saw that happen once. The guy took his helmet off and asked me if I had any toilet paper. I replied, "Why bother? The bird's already flown away."
03-06-09, 01:37 PM
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Lucky you had the VISOR!
Kept it out of your face.
Kept it out of your face.
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03-06-09, 01:42 PM
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Been there and done that sort of....found a blob of dried bird crap running down the vent of my helmet. No clue how long it had been there.....
It happens to the best of us!
It happens to the best of us!
03-06-09, 02:30 PM
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03-06-09, 02:54 PM
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Enough of these, bad things threads. With the threads here and in the Pacific- Northwest forum complaining about the cold, head winds, rain, flats and bird crap; it is bad luck that you pass on to the readers.
Monday thru Wed of this week commutes for me, all had strong head head winds, were cold (cold for Hawaii anyway) and on the rainy day, it helped cause a flat.
Then Thursday everything came together in a single commute: very strong head winds, cold, rain, a flat and when I got to work and thought it was all over, I take my helmet off and see a big blob of bird crap.
So now I guess I just passed the bad luck off to someone else here!
Monday thru Wed of this week commutes for me, all had strong head head winds, were cold (cold for Hawaii anyway) and on the rainy day, it helped cause a flat.
Then Thursday everything came together in a single commute: very strong head winds, cold, rain, a flat and when I got to work and thought it was all over, I take my helmet off and see a big blob of bird crap.
So now I guess I just passed the bad luck off to someone else here!
03-06-09, 04:43 PM
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I heard that getting slopped by a bird is good luck.
I've been slopped, but I still haven't hit the lottery yet.
I've been slopped, but I still haven't hit the lottery yet.
