Pigeon for Christmas anyone?

laugh · 12-12-2013 03:58PM #1

Irish Times

It might be time to change the social welfare entitlements of business owners.

Ray Palmer · 12-12-2013 04:26PM

I'd love to know who this guy they mentioned is. It doesn't sound believable. Either way a bit of a hack piece by the sounds of it

Menas · 12-12-2013 04:32PM

Sounds like the article was written by a chancer for a laugh....and the NY times printed it.

Oink · 12-12-2013 04:35PM

Ryan's of Pargate Street do a mean pigeon. I believe they are organically sourced from the rafters of the car park next door.

D1stant · 12-12-2013 04:47PM

I'm quite fond of a pigeon TBH. Strange how there was no mention of swans. The Hedald must have copyright on that

Post-Celtic Tiger Ireland is a land where consumer spending is flat, mortgages are constantly late and pigeons are hunted by those in need, according to an article in the New York Times.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/new-york-times-paints-picture-of-ireland-where-people-eat-pigeons-to-survive-29833290.html

danniemcq · 12-12-2013 04:49PM

merged

Michael D Not Higgins · 12-12-2013 04:53PM

http://www.independent.ie/regionals/braypeople/news/defendant-fined-750-and-bound-to-the-peace-volunteer-worker-hit-youth-with-litter-picker-27608407.html

Same guy? 45 in 2003.

chopper6 · 12-12-2013 05:20PM

I do a bit of shooting so i eat woodpigeon quite often...lovely,tasty meat and very succulent.

Eating one of those one-legged "gicknahs" you see hopping round the city centre with growths all over them is not to be reccommended...fattened on filth and pre-marinated in pollution.

BMJD · 12-12-2013 05:25PM

yeh well in america they shoot childrens in school for fun so who cares what they think

TwoShedsJackson · 12-12-2013 05:26PM

I'd starve before eating a pigeon. Disgusting, verminous creatures.

ScumLord · 12-12-2013 05:39PM

How is he getting away with firing a gun in a built up area every day?

Sciprio · 12-12-2013 05:39PM

Pigeons are basically just flying rats.

Duggy747 · 12-12-2013 06:03PM

I keep reading it as "Skankhill"

Ray Palmer · 12-12-2013 06:03PM

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/regionals/braypeople/news/defendant-fined-750-and-bound-to-the-peace-volunteer-worker-hit-youth-with-litter-picker-27608407.html

Same guy? 45 in 2003.

Seems like it. Wonder what business he had if he was picking up litter on the streets for a living 10 years ago.

suicide_circus · 12-12-2013 06:19PM

Sinister Pigeon · 12-12-2013 06:26PM

I really don't know where to start with some of you c*nts...........

WilyCoyote · 12-12-2013 06:58PM

Sciprio wrote: »

Pigeons are basically just flying rats.

Well, rats kept some Parisians alive during La Révolution française. Cannot see anything wrong with eating pigeon except you'd need a good few to feed a family.

moxin · 12-12-2013 06:58PM

Funny comment on the NYT article!

SKDublin, Ireland
I live in Ireland, I was going to comment but I just saw a seagull have to shoot it for the tea

Gongoozler · 12-12-2013 07:01PM

Sciprio wrote: »

Pigeons are basically just flying rats.

Inspired. I think that's the first time I've heard that description. You deserve an award of some kind.

WilyCoyote · 12-12-2013 07:02PM

Let's hear it for all Pigeon followers. With Mouldy Old Dough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnOxfT6E_Bk

chopper6 · 12-12-2013 07:07PM

Gongoozler wrote: »

Inspired. I think that's the first time I've heard that description. You deserve an award of some kind.

Our top story, the population of parasitic tree lizards has exploded, and local citizens couldn't be happier! It seems the rapacious reptiles have developed a taste for the common pigeon, also known as the 'feathered rat', or the 'gutter bird'. For the first time, citizens need not fear harassment by flocks of chattering disease-bags.

Valetta · 12-12-2013 07:13PM

I tried racing pigeons once, but I'll be damned if I could keep up with the buggers, never mind beat them.

Michael D Not Higgins · 12-12-2013 07:17PM

Ray Palmer wrote: »

Seems like it. Wonder what business he had if he was picking up litter on the streets for a living 10 years ago.

It says he was a volunteer. The New York Times said he had a hardware supply business.

12-12-2013 07:39PM

Squab -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squab_(food)

Is on the menu of quite a few top restaurants. It tastes like gamey chicken but still quite delicate. Its very nice.

City pigeons are just rats with wings though.

garv123 · 12-12-2013 08:01PM

TwoShedsJackson wrote: »

I'd starve before eating a pigeon. Disgusting, verminous creatures.

Sciprio wrote: »

Pigeons are basically just flying rats.

There is a huge difference between wood pigeons and feral pigeons..

Wood pigeon is on a lot of hotel menu's for big money.

martinedwards · 12-12-2013 08:32PM

I'd need to desperate to eat a city pigeon, but country ones?

yummy!!

Mint Aero · 12-12-2013 08:37PM

I know plenty of people that have taken up hunting in the past 5 years for food. Better than rummaging through bins for scraps of food imho. Usually lads under 25 with reduced dole, they've no other option if there's no family to support them.

Auldloon · 12-12-2013 09:44PM

Pigeon is yummy. Breasts fried gently in butter for 1 min each side mmmmm carpaccio of wood pigeon another favourite. Try it!

BBJBIG · 12-12-2013 10:33PM

Pigeon
Cabbage sliced
Can of tomatoe
Can of tomatoe soup
Little vinegar
Some sugar

Delicious .....

All Yanks should try it :pac:

wendell borton · 12-12-2013 10:39PM

TwoShedsJackson wrote: »

I'd starve before eating a pigeon. Disgusting, verminous creatures.

That's only the skanger townie pigeons, nothing wrong with some wood pigeon.:D

martinedwards · 13-12-2013 12:08AM

BBJBIG wrote: »

Pigeon
Cabbage sliced
Can of tomatoe
Can of tomatoe soup
Little vinegar
Some sugar

Delicious .....

All Yanks should try it :pac:

yes, serve it with potatoe, preferably on a patioe in Sligoe....:P

Pigeon for Christmas anyone?

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