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Oddest thing you have found in your garden.

  • 14-07-2013 06:27PM
    #1
    Pensivepuca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 215 ✭✭


    My mum told me "there is a parrot in the tree" so I laughed at her, went out into the garden and low and behold, a yellow/green budgie.

    I took two photo's when it came into the garden and watched it fly about, tried tempting it down with seeds, but no luck.
    No doubts its gonna end up dead by a cat, magpie or starvation sadly.

    So, has anyone else found odd things in the garden?


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Comments

  • #2
    beeroclock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 237 ✭✭beeroclock


    I found myself asleep out there once after one too many and they dont come odder than me


  • #3
    moneyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,337 ✭✭✭moneyman


    Is it just accepted that people find odd things in their gardens now?


  • #4
    Rabbo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 637 ✭✭✭Rabbo


    Is it now so hot that tropical birds are migrating here?


  • #5
    nocoverart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭nocoverart


    A half onion.


  • #6
    Pensivepuca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 215 ✭✭Pensivepuca


    moneyman wrote: »
    Is it just accepted that people find odd things in their gardens now?

    Soon it's gonna be flying onions.


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  • #7
    mosstin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,553 ✭✭✭mosstin


    I found God in my back garden. Insisted on taking charge of the barbeque so I told him to bugger off.


  • #8
    Mariasofia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭Mariasofia


    Found my neighbour out there once with binoculars. He's very odd.


  • #9
    C.K Dexter Haven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,711 ✭✭✭C.K Dexter Haven


    Mariasofia wrote: »
    Found my neighbour out there once with binoculars. He's very odd.

    Can I have your burger please- there's one left over- there's a napkin over it right now so you mightn't know it's there- just left of the white wine bottle -please?


  • #10
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Three gnomes.


  • #11
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Little cute parrot, is he lost from somewhere? Have you tried handling him?


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  • #12
    Hownowcow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 341 ✭✭Hownowcow


    My dog once found a hedgehog.

    I'm not sure which one of them we rescued.


  • #13
    Mariasofia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭Mariasofia


    C.K Dexter Haven wrote: »
    Can I have your burger please- there's one left over- there's a napkin over it right now so you mightn't know it's there- just left of the white wine bottle -please?

    Get out of my garden C.K.


  • #14
    Pensivepuca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 215 ✭✭Pensivepuca


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Little cute parrot, is he lost from somewhere? Have you tried handling him?

    We tried getting close but he flew off to the Oak tree, then we tried tempting him with food/seeds, no luck.

    I put the photo in the "Lost and Found Pets" section on boards and might tell the neighbours.


  • #15
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    Pensivepuca wrote: »
    My mum told me "there is a parrot in the tree" so I laughed at her, went out into the garden and low and behold, a yellow/green budgie.

    I took two photo's when it came into the garden and watched it fly about, tried tempting it down with seeds, but no luck.
    No doubts its gonna end up dead by a cat, magpie or starvation sadly.

    So, has anyone else found odd things in the garden?

    Aw he must be delighted with the freedom to fly around :)

    Maybe he'll mate with a magpie or something and introduce a new species :D


  • #16
    Pensivepuca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 215 ✭✭Pensivepuca


    Dear God, a budgie magpie mix would be terrifying :p


  • #17
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    Pensivepuca wrote: »
    Dear God, a budgie magpie mix would be terrifying :p


    Magpies are very handsome! They'd make a lovely couple :D


  • #18
    Pensivepuca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 215 ✭✭Pensivepuca


    Indeed they can be handsome, but picture the noise!


  • #19
    Menas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Menas


    A frog. We live about 1km from the nearest stream so i presume a bird dropped him. He lived there for a week until we evicted him.


  • #20
    Boscoirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,411 ✭✭✭Boscoirl


    A grenade, it was all rusty


  • #21
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,183 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    A snowman.


    Pic -

    v v v v





































































































    ^ ^ ^ ^

    Half an hour ago.


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  • #22
    Mick Murdock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,543 ✭✭✭Mick Murdock


    My auld fella. He was in Dublin for the day at a rugby match.

    I came home from work about half 4 in the morn and found him flat out in the garden.

    Never told him actually. His clothes were destroyed but he never let on.


  • #23
    dj jarvis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,485 ✭✭✭dj jarvis


    Jesus - I found Jesus in my garden


  • #24
    Academic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 445 ✭✭Academic


    Pensivepuca wrote: »
    Dear God, a budgie magpie mix would be terrifying :p

    It’s the parrot/onion hybrid that worries me …


    Cheers,


    Ac


  • #25
    C.K Dexter Haven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,711 ✭✭✭C.K Dexter Haven


    Mariasofia wrote: »
    Get out of my garden C.K.

    Burgers's cold anyhow. It's been there as long as i have. How about that bottle of wine- you finishing it?


  • #26
    C.K Dexter Haven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,711 ✭✭✭C.K Dexter Haven


    Lapin wrote: »
    A snowman.


    Pic -

    v v v v


    ^ ^ ^ ^

    Half an hour ago.



    It is unseasonal weather- I'll give ya that.


  • #27
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,533 ✭✭✭SV


    Found a tire in it once and a wheelie bin, neither were mine.


    I kept them anyway cos I'm a stand up guy like that and I couldn't turn down such a sweet offer!


  • #28
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,079 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    A few years back, I found a half drunk naked guy tied to a tree in my lawn. Some prank his college mates pulled on him.


  • #29
    Cedrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭Cedrus


    A Ferret.

    Twice.

    The dogs didn't see her the first time, but I doubt she'll be back after they pinned her behind the compost bin the second time.


  • #30
    Mariasofia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭Mariasofia


    I in all seriousness found my brother sitting in my kitchen drinking tea and eating a ham and cheese toastie ! I had gone to bed earlier, pissed as a coot and had left the front door open. He on his way home from a night out just walked right in......


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  • #31
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,079 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    Mariasofia wrote: »
    I in all seriousness found my brother sitting in my kitchen drinking tea and eating a ham and cheese toastie ! I had gone to bed earlier, pissed as a coot and had left the front door open. He on his way home from a night out just walked right in......


    That would be perfect in a "Oddest thing I have found in my kitchen" thread :p


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