Monday, August 14, 2006
So I went...
to Wales with my mate Bindy, we looked at the sea and the mountains and the tiny little specks at the top which were sheep. Had coffee and cake and more cake, and coffee, and chips (French fries to my American friends) with vinegar and salt. At one point I was leaning over Llandudno Pier looking down at the waves when an enormous seagull swooped and snatched some chips right out of my hand! It had a gun so what's a person to do?
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They are vicious greedy bastards, and it does not surprise me to hear that they are now armed - had a similar experience with a seagull and a Cornish pasty whilst in St Ives. It was such a lovely Cornish pasty too...
Mmm, coffee cake and chips on the pier - sounds like an ideal holiday.
Annie,
I agree. The one that stole my chips had a t-shirt and sideburns, and a scar. Said his name was Hombre. Smoked cheroots. Didn't wash. Owned a burro. I'm sure you've met the type.
aiee, seagulls are stalkers, too. once they draw a bead on you they follow along and there's no escaping! Once got mobbed by seagulls. ornery, dangerous creatures. there was a good reason why there were so many of them in "the birds." wasn't just because you could get the extras cheap.
Hayden,
I'd forgotten about The Birds and poor Tippi Hedron. And you're right, buggers are there in numbers. Another thing about them is the size. They are really large birds, and they've got gimlet eyes. I'm not sure what a gimlet eye is but I know it's not good.
you can take your White Pelican, for instance, and, as big as they are, they never go for you. I once sat in a kayak in Monterey Bay with Brown Pelicans diving out of the sky, into the water for anchovies all around me, but they knew they could catch their own dinner and never bothered me at all.
seagulls are big enough, though. the difference is the attitude. They figure they can take you and want you to know it.
Hayden,
I know what you mean. The seagull that took my chips (fries) flew from behind squeezed my bum and as I turned round it nicked most of the chips. Bastard. I turned back round having felt the tug on my snack and that's when it pulled the gun. I think it was called Jake, well, that's what was printed on its vest. Actually the full legend said 'Yes I'm Jake you mutherfucker and don't forget it.'
Very forward, for a bird that is, I thought.
I've never met one o' those seagull fellas, are they really that wicked?
G,
Seagulls are the spawn of beelzibub. They are flying rats plus they're huge.
I've just discovered that you've linked at a picture of Llandudno on my old website. No problem with linking as such, but the link is to my old website [my old ISP -- account closed 10 months ago but site still online] and carries links to an aborted website.
The photo is now located at http://www.geraldengland.co.uk/out/out057.htm
all the best
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