Birds

And now you officially think that I am off my rocker...like over the edge...have lost all my marbles..is two bricks short of a full load...has altheimers...delirious...sunk to new depths of despair...OK OK, you get my drift...but my question for the day is...drum roll please...
Why do birds perch on lines above traffic?...what?...perfectly set up, with perfect spacing, and with perfect views of whatever they are looking at...what?
Take a peak at what I'm talking about...do you even notice?...or do you even care?...other than covering your head, if you are walking under them...as they appear to have no scruples when it comes to unloading their stuff...and why is their stuff white?...nobody else has white stuff...
It makes no difference if it's telephone wires or power lines...by the way, if nobody is using the land line telephones, why are those still there?...it'll take away from the birds?...is it a conservation type of thing?...by the bird lobbyists of America?...the NBA?...
No scientist will stick his or her neck out and definitively  say why this phenomena happens...apparently they can't talk to a bird...some have said it is because from their perch they can see food and enemies easier that way...above a highway?...why are they evenly spaced?...for easier mobility when they pounce upon their prey...hey, has a bird ever dive bombed your head?...like the one that did so to Elaine in a Seinfeld episode?...I have...
Was that the impetus for Alfred Hitchcock to make the forever scary film, "The Birds"...I mean if you saw that, you definitely looked skyward for at least two months thereafter...

With all the hoopla about being politically correct and all...you know my dig on some schools and teams using Native American symbols as their names...it is way correct to use bird names...Philadelphia Eagles, St Louis Cardinals, Toronto Mud Hens, Pomona Sagehens, Seattle Seahawks, Oregon Ducks...wait, is a duck a bird?...

You can even call yourself a cute bird nickname...like the infamous MLB manager, Birdie Tebbets...or "The Bird" Mark Fidrych...or Larry Bird...wait, that was his real name...or Big Bird...
Or, even feel like you might infringe upon the NBA's rights of rights, and change the spelling to be politically correct...call yourself the Byrds and be big hit songsters..."Turn, Turn, Turn"...

I hope that I have enlightened you today on the natural happenings of this fine land...take some time, as you get in your car, heading out for a cup of the joe, and look up...and gander at the species that...that...are looking back at you...

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