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The Hideous Pecking Bird is located on a runner that circles
your car along the edge of the roof, where most cars used to
have a little rain gutter.
He is a mechanical device that perches benignly, when at
rest, just above the centre of the windscreen. You can
activate him into a series of
modes ranging from serenade
through vigilance to defend and attack. In serenade function
he calmly swivels his head from side to side and sings
harmoniously like a lark, but at any time he can quickly switch
across to defend and attack posture.
In this latter guise he becomes the Hideous Pecking Bird. His
normally sweet voice ceases, and is replaced by the vocalised
repetition add nauseum of a series of diabolical puns, as he
begins roaming around his territorial loop and extending his
telescopic neck to snap like a vulture at anyone who
approaches his car without the disarming remote. He is
especially good at deterring those irritating bill posters who
stick their unwanted notes and fliers under your windscreen
wipers, but he can equally be programmed on long journeys
for vigilance.
In this mode he peers in through the windows randomly,
tapping on the glass and squawking loudly to prevent sleep
induced accidents.
Hideous Pecking Bird
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"Prometheus Bound" by Pieter Pauwel Rubens (and associates) at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. [jurist, Feb 08 2006]
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A parrot for preference, please; from 6 ft away they look cute, but upon closer inspection, no. |
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Twin Overhead HPBs please. |
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I'm wanna bake this... Anyone know were I could get an Emu for the back of my pickup? |
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No, but I know a guy who sells penguins for pretty cheap. |
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Ahhh,yes... for a dogsled... Why not? |
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UnaBubba - you have come closest to its true meaning -
"look further, and ye shall have minor merriment" |
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When he peers in through the window, does he become Hideous Peeking Bird? And what about when he's in the old capital of China? |
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Dodo? - you'd need a crane to get it up there, and it'd be nothing to crow about. What about a little chicken powered by a starling cycle engine chasing around a little Gregory Peck doll? People would be raven about that. |
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If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, what's a bird on your car worth?
And would safety-conscious types get in a flap about it? |
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I doubted this could have been posted in er-nest. And you keep egging him on. |
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Heh. This way to the egrets. |
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Adult version - as appreciated by a hornythologist - it had
to be said and you know it ! |
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I sea gullible fools that have actually given croissants for this. Bunch of tits! |
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I'd vulture to remark that this is getting a bit silly! |
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I think it reminds us of our mis-spent youth - swannin' about like loons in an old, teal Suzuki Swift, havin' a bit of a lark as you 'owl down the high street causin' old ladies to quail. Sometimes you'd even have a shag in the back, but that sometimes led to thrush or redthroat - though not many swallowed in them days....just a bit of puffin' and it were all over really. |
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Corr. More rants. That's all we need. |
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It would tell you when you're low on petrel. |
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<joking> Reminds me of the parrots in the walk-in aviary at our local zoo. The ones that say "hello polly" are alright, just watch out for the ones that say "It's got my finger!" and "Not the eyes! Not the eyes!" </joking> |
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That old soccer player..what's his name?..Hens Peckinbower. He'd love this on his Trabant. |
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I'm sorry, I just don't swallow this... |
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<pedant>sp. "ad nauseam"</pedant> |
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I think this is a good idea, but I can't come up with a suitable pun to subtly put into my comment. |
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If one HPB can deter bill posters then surely toucan do it better? |
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Ally a bird, never a swan. |
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What have Egyptian dams got to do with this idea? |
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When it's in deNile.
<budum tsh> |
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