Sparrow summarily executed

[Xiahou]

Did the bullet come from the left?


I don't know what's sadder, the event itself or such a fuss about one bloody sparrow. Heck, it's getting more newstime than those gang killings recently.

Well, you have to keep your priorities straight, dont you?

This story is funny on so many levels...

[Papewaio]

They are nice little birds, but apart from seagulls I do not know of a more common bird... maybe they can say they thought it had bird flu and it presented a clear and present danger to the Domino nerds.

[Adrian II]

But would they have the mass to continue the domino chain of events?

ichi

Granted, they would have trouble competing with the sparrow.

[Kralizec]

I say it was a conspiracy, and start implementing an Endlosung for ALL sparrows. And even if there's no conspiracy, it's still worth doing by virtue of pissing off all those animal rights-extremists.

Seriously though, it's almost embarassing. When other nations get into the news because of scandals, riots, elections or what not...we get into the news because some guy kills a sparrow and we treat it like a fucking genocide

[Red Harvest]

Seriously though, it's almost embarassing. When other nations get into the news because of scandals, riots, elections or what not...we get into the news because some guy kills a sparrow and we treat it like a fucking genocide

"Almost" ? It is embarassing. It shows a basic lack of common sense. And people wonder why the U.S. is reluctant to sign certain military treaties?

(And I frequently point out U.S. foibles over things like the "Pledge" or nudity or sex.)

[Kralizec]

Nope it's not, I don't feel embarassed, so the ussage is correct

Military treaties? I must have missed something? Are air rifles considered mass destruction weapons?

Every nation occasionally comes into the news with comparable stupidity. I distinctly recall that in the US there was an investigation wether a former president had used his weiner (an important national asset, apparently) in an extramarital affair, and then tried to impeach him when he lied about it

[Kaiser of Arabia]

News Flash!

This just in. The Domino Day organisation did not get written permission from the local authorities to shoot the sparrow. Animal Rights activists are threatening violent retaliation. Specialised detectives from the Frisian police and Animal Protection inspectors are on the spot investigating the case; not the death threats, obviously, but the fate of the sparrow...

Meanwhile, tv channel SBS6 has announced that the start of their Domino Day programme this Friday will be a memorial occasion devoted to the sparrow. The sparrow's friends and family will address the crowd and counseling will be available throught the evening.

In a related development, the condolence website www.dodemus.nl ('dode mus' means 'dead sparrow') was temporarily hacked yesterday, the condolences were replaced by porn images.


Whereto? Spain, the Antilles, Madagascar?

Idea

Lets kill and eat animal right's activists to save some cow life.

Problem Solved.

[Just A Girl]

Good for the netherlands lol,

I dont think dominoes are More valuable than a life,

Any 1 know if some 1 managed to knock over the dominoes and get their reward?

Sorry for bumping this up, But its a good post :)

[R'as al Ghul]

lol very funny but i have to side with those animal rights people, it was simply a foolish animal who meant no harm, yet it was killed just so one fool or even many may have the satisfaction of pushing over a bunch of blocks. well thats humanity for you. for this great and noble and stupid and frivolous enterprise they would destroy the life of one of the most defensless and fragile of beings, so one may get his momentary satisfaction they would gladly kill one bird, but had it been a mouse? a cat? mabey a rouge dog? these animals would probably have been summerily destroyed also if they had showed up, but disturbingly it shows how fragile and weak the defense laws of these needy creatues is.

I agree and am happy to see that someone shares my sentiments.
I wasn't really surprised to hear it but it's sad. Most people don't care
about the animals that live around us and will happily put their interests
above the animals'. I don't think it's funny at all and to think it was
for "Domino Day", one of the most useless and unentertaining programs to be,
doesn't make it any better.
I don't think the sparrow would have fared any better in any other country
(except New Zealand perhaps) though.
This all said I usually think that actions by those "Animal Rights" people
are mostly exxagerated.

[Major Robert Dump]

I thought people only shot guns and played dominoes in East St. Louis, wow I learn new stuff all the time here.

[_Martyr_]

They should have used White Phospherous, then at least there would have been no sparrow left as evidence.

Very funny story, thanks for sharing!

[Adrian II]

I watched the Domino Day programme last Friday. Big mistake. It reinforced my natural propensity toward cultural pessimism and misanthropy.

Because I had to dine out first, I missed the opening sparrow memorial service. Maybe other Dutch patrons can fill the .org members in on that.

The first shocker was Nance's hair which had been superglued to her skull in an apparent attempt to give her a 'new look', thus ruining the full babe effect for me. That was a bad omen.

Second shocker was the voice-over. The domino's had been arranged in more or less huge panels. Each panel depicted a legend or fairy-tale. As the panels and sub-panels toppled, the voice-over told the accompanying story. Or tried to. And failed in the most miserable, butt-squeezingly embarrassing way. On the Fall of Troy:

''Will Troy finally meet its Waterloo?'

On the Japanese fairy-tale of the stone-cutter:

'Here we see the lowly stone-cutter, chipping away day and night at the rock. One day the King happens to pass by.'

The King of Japan.

By the time they reached the final panel, family members had long ceased to speak to me. I had sunk into a sort of Rip van Winckle-ish stupor, my mind clouded by images of toppling governments, voice-over actors with their tongues superglued to their palates, and historic panels of Hans Brinker on wooden shoes shoving his thumb up his own fundament.

It took two glasses of cognac, some quality attention and the instalment of a particularly gory video to bring me to my senses.

Two hours of domino's and not a single full body shot of Nance. This country is going to the dogs.

[miho]

I've watched some of it on tv last night. It was fun to see them fall. Dominos of course, not sparrows.

[Soulforged]

But the Animal Protection Society didn't think so. They were enraged that the precious life of a sparrow, a protected animal at that, would be sacrificed on the altar of tv ratings, commercial advertising and the prestige of tv-bosses, some anchormen and one admittedly scrumptious anchorwoman. Websites were soon replete with death threats against the henchman, the pest control firm had to shut down for the week. A marginal Animal Rights group filed a criminal complaint against the organisation, a radio dj has awarded 4000 euro to whoever manages to topple the domino stones prior to next Friday's event, and the tv channel has hired a private security firm to establish a large 'safety cordon' around the facility to protect the event from 'further acts of terrorism'.

WOW If I told you the things that happened here, you wouldn't believe me.
Yes it's funny. I don't care animals being shooted for food or for science (or killed by any means for that purpose), but when it's for pure cruelty or just because someone wants to follow with an pointless enterprise, then I don't like it. However I don't think that a demand is proper, it's too much, not to talk about the other stupidities that they did.

[Adrian II]

It was fun to see them fall.

It was awesome.

[Fragony]

It was awesome.

So neither of us did get any fun saturday huh

[Strike For The South]

Im at loss is this what people worry about in Europe? If I want to see a domino show I will do anything to make it so. Club a baby seal yes Kill my father yes Eat at Arbys yes

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

The real question is, was there a second gunman?

I personally support the magic air-rifle pellet theory.

[Kanamori]

The real question is, was there a second gunman?

I personally support the magic air-rifle pellet theory.

I hate Kennedy conspiracy theorists; I had a bunch of morons in my Social Studies 9 class.

[ichi]

The real question is, was there a second gunman?

I personally support the magic air-rifle pellet theory.

That's pretty funny

The government should accuse the sparrow of possessing WMDs, that'll give them a great excuse for killing it

ichi

[Geoffrey S]

By the time they reached the final panel, family members had long ceased to speak to me. I had sunk into a sort of Rip van Winckle-ish stupor, my mind clouded by images of toppling governments, voice-over actors with their tongues superglued to their palates, and historic panels of Hans Brinker on wooden shoes shoving his thumb up his own fundament.

It took two glasses of cognac, some quality attention and the instalment of a particularly gory video to bring me to my senses.

Two hours of domino's and not a single full body shot of Nance. This country is going to the dogs.

Which all begs the question: why did you watch it at all? Undue pressure? I've managed to live in this country for a number of years, and haven't watched Domino Day once; guess I'm not quite 'ingeburgerd' just yet.

[Dutch_guy]

I too have plainly refused to watch it...

I find it a sign that I'm mentally in good shape.

[Adrian II]

Which all begs the question: why did you watch it at all? Undue pressure?

Forensic interest.

I've managed to live in this country for a number of years, and haven't watched Domino Day once; guess I'm not quite 'ingeburgerd' just yet.

Hush, or else Fragony and his gang of benighted burghers will 'beat the shit' out of you...






... provided they ever manage to keep an appointment, of course.

[Geoffrey S]

Hush, or else Fragony and his gang of benighted burghers will 'beat the shit' out of you...

... provided they ever manage to keep an appointment, of course.

Like the late Pim Fortuyn?

[Adrian II]

Like the late Pim Fortuyn?

He never failed a media appointment.

[Brutus]

Ah, splendid, all good things about our country in one thread!

[miho]

Perhaps the everlasting question "why did the chicken cross the road?" should be replaced with "why did the sparrow knock the dominos?"

[Adrian II]

Perhaps the everlasting question "why did the chicken cross the road?" should be replaced with "why did the sparrow knock the dominos?"

It had to, it was Dutch.

[Geoffrey S]

Er musste?

[Adrian II]

Er musste?

Nur keine SpatzenSpäße.