Man beats Peacock he said was vampire

[Merkuri]

Hmm ... I suspect fowl play at work here.

*points to the "no puns" sign and thwacks Mycanid upside the head (or whatever passes for a head on a fungus)*

 

[GAAAHHH]

Still peapire is better than...the alternative

Honestly, who's the moron that named the peacock anyway?

The term for the species is peafowl. The male is called a peacock. The female is called a peahen. Just like a male chicken used to be called a ****.

 

[Dioltach]

I think the man might have had a point. I mean, has anyone actually ever seen a peacock in the mirror?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Just like a male chicken used to be called a ****.

Some people still hate talking about buying a four asterisk to make the hens lay more eggs...

 

[Treebore]

Having just had my face slashed open two days ago while trying to move a peacock and its four companions during a county orchestrated rescue,

Peacocks are far from a "poor, helpless, defenseless" animal.

To the point no one else went in to try and get them out until someone was brought in who had nice big nets to catch them in. They waited nearly two hours for this person to arrive.
Thats how much this "poor defenseless creature" scared the tar out of us.

 

[Treebore]

Really its the population density and support infrastructure, people were never meant to form communities that large. So many people crammed into so small a space does make people go crazy because it's utterly unnatural. In rural areas you see far fewer so insane they can't function in society because their isn't really any support structure beyond family which has very limited resources.

But the Dark Masters probably have something to do with it. they're behind everything you know

I live 28 miles from the nearest town. Yes, town. Not city. My little town has a population of about 500. I would say at least a dozen are mentally unstable.

So saying cities have a disproportionate amount of people with mental problems is an urban legend at best.

 

[HeavenShallBurn]

I live 28 miles from the nearest town. Yes, town. Not city. My little town has a population of about 500. I would say at least a dozen are mentally unstable.

So saying cities have a disproportionate amount of people with mental problems is an urban legend at best.

Then you're in about the same situation I am for location. And though it may be particular to Appalachia I find that there are far more people who have retardation serious enough to hinder their ability to survive in society than mental illness, the slow tend to get helped while the unbalanced are kicked out and ostracized from the community forcing them to move elsewhere from what I've seen around here.

 

[Treebore]

Around here I am only aware of two who have birth disabilities. Then again many mental illnesses have genetic roots as well.

 

[HeavenShallBurn]

For illustration, the county has one each of elementary, middle, and high school. A total of maybe 800-1000 students in the entire county school system. The mentally handicapped program (which doesn't accept borderline or mild disability those get shunted to regular classes) fills up three full-size school buses. Whereas serious mental illness though it exists is far less common than serious retardation and those with serious mental illnesses tend to be unofficially given a cold shoulder by most everybody, wear out the tolerance of their family, and move away to seldom be heard from again.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Peacocks are far from a "poor, helpless, defenseless" animal.

They are a largeish bird with beaks & claws...I wouldn't call any bird over 5lbs defenseless.

There is a golf course around D/FW that has a hole in which the Swan at one of the Water traps is so aggressive, its noted as a particular hazard of the course...players are advised to avoid trying to retrieve balls that go in or even near the water.

Heck...the Romans used Geese as guard animals. Not only are they noisy, but they, too are aggressive and can deliver painful bites.