World Gone Mad - Racing Pigeon Sells For £1.4m

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  1. Moose

    Moose First Team Captain

    Bidding war between two Chinese pigeon fanciers. The winner purchased the bird ‘New Kim’ for £1.4m in what can only be described as a bit of a coup.

    I was shocked to learn that Belgium is regarded as the ‘traditional heartland’ of the sport. You’ll be telling me pizza isn’t British next.

    Maybe you have seen things that also lead you to conclude that the World has gone mad?

    http://news.sky.com/story/belgian-r...g-war-between-super-duper-and-hitman-12133806
     
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  2. Lloyd

    Lloyd Squad Player

    1.4m for New Kim sounds like better value than 18m for Andre Gray
     
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  3. Moose

    Moose First Team Captain

    Good in the air, but don’t be getting ideas. £1.4m too steep for WFC these days.
     
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  4. I Blame Pozzo

    I Blame Pozzo First Team

    There's a thought!
    I have about thirty that lurk on the roof and monopolise the feeders if they can.
    I'll get some training cones out for them.
     
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  5. Moose

    Moose First Team Captain

    If they always make it back to your roof, then they can pretty much do all that this pricey pidge can.
     
  6. AndrewH63

    AndrewH63 Reservist

    Getting hold of a quality pigeon is no easy task
     
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  7. hornmeister

    hornmeister Tired

    There was a dead pigeon by my back door last week. Looked in decent condition not mauled so I think it just gave up.

    Shovel and binbag in hand I was supprised to find out that I needed to walk half a mile to the nearest public waste bin. I don't have a dustbin, bin men don't empty them and I wasn't leaving the carcass inside my house for a week or outside to get ripped apart by a fox.

    Now I find out I could have sold it off and made a wedge.
     
  8. Diamond

    Diamond First Team

    How much can I get for a squirrel?
     
  9. hornmeister

    hornmeister Tired

    Peanuts
     
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  10. El distraído

    El distraído Johnny Foreigner

    I spent part of my furlough plugging the bastards in the garden with the airgun.

    I got 19 of them! I just chucked the carcasses over the hedge and left them for the red kites. They were gone by the following morning.
     
  11. I Blame Pozzo

    I Blame Pozzo First Team

    Hurrah!
    Bring on the Plump Speckled Jims!
     
  12. Smudger

    Smudger Messi's Mad Coach Staff Member

    Supposing it gets killed by a falcon. The world has indeed gone mad. Usually from the actions of people with more money than sense. They know the price of everything and the value of very little. The sort that hoard art in private collections and buy Koon balloons because they think it is an epic form of creativity.

    I would much prefer to see most art in places where everyone can see it. Or historic artefacts. Not hidden away by some trophy collector to massage their ego.
     

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