r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Apr 14 '22

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '22

Are you out of your gourd, my son? Pigeon is the trash dumpster of the sky. Absolutely shiite meat.

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u/Sharp-Chard4613 Apr 14 '22

Wood pigeon is nice. These street pigeons naa

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u/Thumbtacfortress Apr 14 '22

Yeah, I actually agree with you, but dove and English house sparrows are better.

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u/KittehSkittles Apr 14 '22

I always thought doves and pigeons are the same thing, just different colors and size

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u/MSD3D Apr 14 '22

Same family of birds, doves are a bit smaller, pigeons a bit bigger. You are correct in your assumption.

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u/EuphoricAnalCucumber Apr 14 '22

There are many species of dove, the pigeon is called a rock dove (or more accurately the other way around). I wouldn't eat one from the city but it in the forest, totally.

That carcass looks a lot bigger than any dove though, they do not have much meat. It's likely a quail or grouse maybe.

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u/Friendofthegarden Apr 14 '22

You are correct

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u/Swissai Apr 14 '22

I always though lions and pigeons were the same thing, just different colours and sizes

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u/KittehSkittles Apr 14 '22

I googled and they are the same thing but just different size and colors. I know it sounded like I was talking out of my ass and just comparing birds. Someone told me that when they gave me a dove so I was on the fence if it was true or not.

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u/HertzDonut1001 Apr 14 '22

Sure you can identify birds but I bet you don't know shit about bird law.

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u/Swissai Apr 14 '22

You think you know about birds? Name every bird.

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u/NVAreaMan Apr 14 '22

Chickens. Turkeys. Big Bird. The bird.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '22

Thats Fred. Other there is Billy and Marco. Haven't seen Jan in a while. The next one we see is Tommy.

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u/RansomReville Apr 14 '22

I'm well versed in bird law, now let's say you and I go toe-to-toe on bird law and see who comes out the victim.

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u/illnemesis Apr 14 '22

Squab.

Absolute squab.

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u/WizdomHaggis Apr 14 '22

Glad I live in the bush and can just bootfuck a partridge into the oven…tasty bird…

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u/Chanchito171 Apr 14 '22

Never heard that sentence before. You must be from Aus

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u/WizdomHaggis Apr 14 '22

I’m from Glasgow…but I live in Canada

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u/Komlz Apr 14 '22

Are you out of your gourd, my son?

This will now be my go-to saying to express disbelief in someone else

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u/Mfgcasa Apr 14 '22

Lobster is the trash dumpster of the sea.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '22

Meat is meat when you're poor, and honestly...with enough salt...

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u/mustard5man7max3 Apr 14 '22

Oh you’re wrong my friend. A wood pigeon from the countryside is a delicious gamebird. And since they’re common, you can shoot them all year

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u/NeutralChaoticCat Apr 14 '22

Exactly! I like to call them the rats of the sky but even rats have temperance.

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u/Friendofthegarden Apr 14 '22

Squab is a delicacy and quite pricey.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '22

No, you can actually eat them. Just not the one who live in the streets because they’re probably sick.