So the beer I drank while sitting in my deck chair watching mockingbirds chase my cat counts toward this $36B. Glad I could help the economy while sitting on my fat ass.
All data presented here are from the wildlife-watching section of the 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation (FHWAR).
Much confusion was resolved when a sharp-eyed proofreader noticed that the category of "birdwatching" included "all types of pornography including hardcore, teen, amateur, anal, girl on girl, girl on guy, 2 girls on guy, orgy...."
I saw half a peregine falcon wing in the gutter at the corner of fifth avenue and 72nd street outside my apartment building on the way to work yesterday. VERY depressing.
Does that mean we horked $36 billionworth of birdseed down the collective gullets of a bunch of birds, only to have it streaked greasily across our nation's windshields and dripping down the heads of statues?
I've got a birdfeeder in my yard, and sometimes I like to look at the birds it attracts. But that's not really "birdwatching," is it? I always thought that, to be a real birdwatcher, you had to dress funny and go marching off into the wilderness with binoculars around your neck.
@MisterHippity: Plus hi power binoculars, spotter scope with tripod, camera with zoom lenses collection, a Sibley's, that's a 470 page bird i.d. book, plus driving 50 miles around five or ten rural type turnouts to figure out what kind of a swan that was, plus $50 a month for sunflower seeds, suet blocks, thistle chow, Mister Hippity's funny and expensive clothes from Filson or Barbour, with very little marching involved, mostly burning gasoline on these expeditions, plus Audubon dues for the magazine full of ads for gasoline burning vehicles. Lots of money in this hobby! But fading fast since global transfer of wealth from humans to cylon banking overlords made everyone into the Poors.
@hurleyburley: Remember that American Express commercial where this dick forgot his wife's birthday, and he's on the phone telling her that he has an awesome gift for her and was frantically staring around his office walls looking for something to make up -- he spots a bird out the window and goes "We're going to go birdwatching!.. in umm. uh.. (looks at his own necktie) .. in Thailand!..
and then they cut to the end scene where they are being taken down the Chao Praya in a rowboat by a Thai gondolier while they look at birds through binoculars, and she beams what a great gift!
Thank you, AmEx, for giving us the ability to conjure up ridiculously expensive excursions based on impulsive whims. What credit crisis, lulz?
Anyway, him. That's the one time where I can see someone blowing a lot of cash on fucking birdwatching. Though it was a fictitious scenario in a commercial, so, yeah, it never happens. Nevermind :p ..
"I tried to do everything to be beaten and rundown, a sense of feeling that pain. I purposefully did not do yoga or go to the dog park or hang out in bright, beautiful places."
I consider NOT EVER going to a dog park an essential part of my lifestyle.
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And making blended duck margaritas out of themselves.
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Much confusion was resolved when a sharp-eyed proofreader noticed that the category of "birdwatching" included "all types of pornography including hardcore, teen, amateur, anal, girl on girl, girl on guy, 2 girls on guy, orgy...."
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You brute!
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I eat pigeon meat on a daily basis at the Chinese place across the street from my boyfriend's place down on Mott Street.
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1. Counting crows
2. Eating crow
3. "Freeeeeeeebird!"
4. Quothing the raven
5. Flipping the bird
6. Larrying the bird
7. Renting The Birds
8. Tweeting
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When the government pulls numbers to bring before the legislators, they're allowed to be creative. Afterall, numbers are beyond refute.
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Hey, the bird is the word.
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9. Flying the coop
10. Cardinal sinning
11. Beating the Orioles
12. Jaywalking
13. Fowl play
14. Malt duck
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15. Getting the worm, early.
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Or the return of the Swallows.
And of course: Buy, buy blackbird.
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irony upon ironies.
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Somebody may file a suet.
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Stuffing your birdfeeder with birdfeed generally results in squirrel watching.
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Sign me up!
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Birdie gangbang krawwwwwk birdie gangbang.
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and then they cut to the end scene where they are being taken down the Chao Praya in a rowboat by a Thai gondolier while they look at birds through binoculars, and she beams what a great gift!
Thank you, AmEx, for giving us the ability to conjure up ridiculously expensive excursions based on impulsive whims. What credit crisis, lulz?
Anyway, him. That's the one time where I can see someone blowing a lot of cash on fucking birdwatching. Though it was a fictitious scenario in a commercial, so, yeah, it never happens. Nevermind :p ..
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I consider NOT EVER going to a dog park an essential part of my lifestyle.
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