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US College releases bald eagle indoors... it didn't go well

  • 30-08-2013 09:51AM
    #1
    Foxhound38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,547 ✭✭✭


    Story this morning of a US evangelical college that decided to show the majestic symbol of freedom that is the bald eagle to a bunch of eejit college students roaring "USA, USA!" at the poor thing in a church...

    What happened was as good a metaphor as it was unfortunate for the bird

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhITpTtG888


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  • #2
    McDermotX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,099 ✭✭✭✭McDermotX


    'Merica.


  • #3
    fro9etb8j5qsl2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,391 ✭✭✭fro9etb8j5qsl2


    Shower of tw@ts


  • #4
    Banjo String
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    A bald Eagle with razor sharp talons an a dagger like bill?
    Huge glass windows?

    What could have possibly gone wrong?


  • #5
    tin79
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    Was the eagle injured?


  • #6
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    tin79 wrote: »
    Was the eagle injured?

    Slightly. I don't think that was legal either.


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  • #7
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,310 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    The glass represents the laws that restrict their freedom. The eagle soared like an american, and then it hit the invisible wall that you only find out about when you hit it. And then they find out how fcuked that they are!


  • #8
    fishy fishy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,456 ✭✭✭fishy fishy


    wot a pack of idiots. symbol of freedom - capturing a poor eagle for their own entertainment and injuring him in the process. ah sure, at least they were entertained :rolleyes:


  • #9
    CardBordWindow
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    I want one!


  • #10
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    What kind of retards chant USA! USA! USA!?

    I'll never understand that level of unthinking, idiotic jingoism.

    No wonder the eagle tried to kill itself.


  • #11
    Foxhound38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,547 ✭✭✭Foxhound38


    My name is URL wrote: »
    What kind of retards chant USA! USA! USA!?

    I'll never understand that level of unthinking, idiotic jingoism.

    No wonder the eagle tried to kill itself.

    Anyone who buys into that whole "Country right or wrong" bull doesn't deserve to have a country


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  • #12
    gobnaitolunacy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭gobnaitolunacy


    Hopefully the eagle knows a few legal eagles and sue that school's ass.


  • #13
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,554 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    My name is URL wrote: »
    What kind of retards chant USA! USA! USA!?

    I'll never understand that level of unthinking, idiotic jingoism.

    No wonder the eagle tried to kill itself.

    being proud of your nation is jingoistic now?


  • #14
    donegal_road
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    good metaphor is right..


  • #15
    CruelCoin
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    Cliche i know, but christ these 'muricans are the biggest pack of raging retards on the planet.


  • #16
    hardCopy
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    My name is URL wrote: »
    What kind of retards chant USA! USA! USA!?

    I'll never understand that level of unthinking, idiotic jingoism.

    No wonder the eagle tried to kill itself.

    It's no worse than Olé Olé Olé or The Fields of Athenry. It's hardly an American invention.


  • #17
    gobnaitolunacy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭gobnaitolunacy


    hardCopy wrote: »
    It's no worse than Olé Olé Olé or The Fields of Athenry. It's hardly an American invention.

    Yup, shout some gibberish in Spanish, so folks know we're Irish.
    Makes sense.


  • #18
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,119 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Gawd bless amerika


  • #19
    FouxDaFaFa
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    Someone's going to get their wrist slapped for this. There are very strict laws about endangering the bald eagle.


  • #20
    Mardy Bum
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    The eagle probably had the biggest brain in the place.


  • #21
    donegal_road
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    hardCopy wrote: »
    It's no worse than Olé Olé Olé or The Fields of Athenry. It's hardly an American invention.

    useless fact for the day: olé is derived from Allah, made its way into southern Europe from North Africa, allegedly


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  • #22
    krudler
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    'Merica, flock yeah.


  • #23
    conorhal
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    Foxhound38 wrote: »
    Story this morning of a US evangelical college that decided to show the majestic symbol of freedom that is the bald eagle to a bunch of eejit college students roaring "USA, USA!" at the poor thing in a church...

    What happened was as good a metaphor as it was unfortunate for the bird

    I wonder what kind of metaphor can be drawn for Ireland, given the rate at which released raptors here are quietly and persistantly poisoned?......


  • #24
    ado100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 193 ✭✭ado100


    What exactly did they expect the eagle to do, fly around in circles until all the featherbrains got bored and went home, then quietly let itself out the back door?


  • #25
    [Deleted User]
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    Is an evangelical college as stupid as it sounds?


  • #26
    krudler
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Is an evangelical college as stupid as it sounds?

    Probably


  • #27
    TwoShedsJackson
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Is an evangelical college as stupid as it sounds?

    Yes.


  • #28
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,257 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    tin79 wrote: »
    Was the eagle injured?

    The college said it was ok afterwards. Of course, they would say that :p

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #29
    Foxhound38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,547 ✭✭✭Foxhound38


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Is an evangelical college as stupid as it sounds?

    Without a doubt


  • #30
    Joe Exotic
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    What a bunch of idiots

    Pity it didn't drop a couple of bombs of its own on its flyover


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  • #31
    conorhal
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    ScienceNerd wrote: »
    The college said it was ok afterwards. Of course, they would say that :p

    IT'S A MIRACLE!!!!!


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