best excuse

[jimmy white]

now that the racing is upon us , no doubt well get some excuses for birds not comming in,,some serious , some funny, ;D some downright rediculous   :-/

it would be great to hear of some of the more lighthearted" excuses",,,a competition for the best original excuse ;D ;D ;D   [maybe not so funny at the time , but when you think of it later,,you have to smile ;D]

1, a helicopter flew 2 inches above the loft and frightened the bird ;D

2 bird was frightened by a hawk ,,,the  size of an albatross ;D

im sure there are many more that can be quite amusing ,, wonder if we can hear of a few ;D ;D ;D

[mitch]

Ive heard 1 and 2 somewere Jimmy ;D ;D ;D ;D

[jimmy white]

remember one of my dad ;D ;D ;D we didnt have a clock so where timing in , to a chap up the rd, father had his bike all balanced  on bricks, ready to jump on like a horse, when the bird came , it came in ok , but dad, off  the rubber between his gums [never wore teeth ;D] tearing out like a madman, fell off the bike , taking the bend , rubber dropped down the drain,[me and all my wee pals looking at my dad, bike in the middle of the rd, sleeves up , penknife clearing the lid of the drain , hand in drain, found rubber ,,,back in his gums [yuk]  cycled round to freinds [would have broken world record ;D ;D] ran in with rubber and frightened freinds first bird off the loft  ;D ;D ;D,,,freind wasnt pleased ;D ;D ;D

[rockinrick]

lmao

i have chased the wrong bird for ten mins then realised and clocked the right one and still won race lol

;D

[jimmy white]

two races on the same day, come back race and national ,, about 12 of us in the yard ,,,i said ," i bet some idiot puts wrong rubber in wrong clock"[birds due back about same time]   well some idiot did,, me ;D ;D ;D

but luckily for me, i got the last laugh,, got 3 grand out of national with2 birds out of 3 sent ;D  £100 pool as well ,, last in come back race ;D ;D ;D

[westy]

the pigeon sat on the pen for 5 mins said the member that was second

[jimmy white]

;D ;D ;D that 5 mins on a race day ,,,is about 30 secs  ;D

[harky]

remember one of my dad ;D ;D ;D we didnt have a clock so where timing in , to a chap up the rd, father had his bike all balanced  on bricks, ready to jump on like a horse, when the bird came , it came in ok , but dad, off  the rubber between his gums [never wore teeth ;D] tearing out like a madman, fell off the bike , taking the bend , rubber dropped down the drain,[me and all my wee pals looking at my dad, bike in the middle of the rd, sleeves up , penknife clearing the lid of the drain , hand in drain, found rubber ,,,back in his gums [yuk]  cycled round to freinds [would have broken world record ;D ;D] ran in with rubber and frightened freinds first bird off the loft  ;D ;D ;D,,,freind wasnt pleased ;D ;D ;D

 

ma father told me a story like that when they used to time into someone elses clock that when they were running with the rubber which was in their mouth they swallowed it ;D ;D ;D

[Guest TAMMY_1]

 

ma father told me a story like that when they used to time into someone elses clock that when they were running with the rubber which was in their mouth they swallowed it ;D ;D ;D

 

is that what happened to you last week harky, only you swallowed the clock with that big mooth of yours

[harky]

 

is that what happened to you last week harky, only you swallowed the clock with that big mooth of yours

 

naw couldy get them in cause a wis in gettin ma ice cream oot the oven ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Guest]

"Would have won the star bird pool.......if I'd picked the right one!!!!!"

That was a particular classic!

[crazy pigeon boy]

it was clapping round the loft for 10 mins and would not come down must be to fit

[westy]

;D ;D ;D that 5 mins on a race day ,,,is about 30 secs  ;D

 

yes jim lol ;D

[pigeonpete]

havent got tim to post my "genuine" excuses for the last 2 years!!! :P ;D ;D

[Tony C]

My club used to put up a £10 special for the best 'bad trap' story and this was awarded to someone at the end of the year. One year it was won by someone saying that a pair of Mallards decided to build a nest on top of his shed, said everytime a pigeon tried to drop a Mallard would chase after it. Photographic evidence of the Mallards in question was produced to support his claim, the panel decided he would win the £10 that year even though the Mallards in the photo were most definitely plastic.

[jimmy white]

My club used to put up a £10 special for the best 'bad trap' story and this was awarded to someone at the end of the year. One year it was won by someone saying that a pair of Mallards decided to build a nest on top of his shed, said everytime a pigeon tried to drop a Mallard would chase after it. Photographic evidence of the Mallards in question was produced to support his claim, the panel decided he would win the £10 that year even though the Mallards in the photo were most definitely plastic.

 

def, the best one yet ;D ;D ;D    original ;D ;D ;D ill offer £25 to best excuse and £25 to pb ,,[for allowing it ;D ;D ;D]  within  the next month ;D ;D ;D

[ALF]

Can mind being at my uncles years ago for an early race and the birds were expected to be quick and me and him were in changing the water just getting ready for the birds as he had been working and when he opened the drop bowl and just threw the water out all over his pooler who must've just landed :o ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Poor we thing got drooned and lost topping the fed by a yard after he got it in : : : but it was still 2nd west section 2nd open beaten by another club member

[Guest TAMMY_1]

Can mind being at my uncles years ago for an early race and the birds were expected to be quick and me and him were in changing the water just getting ready for the birds as he had been working and when he opened the drop bowl and just threw the water out all over his pooler who must've just landed :o ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Poor we thing got drooned and lost topping the fed by a yard after he got it in : : : but it was still 2nd west section 2nd open beaten by another club member

 

YOU SEE A POUND SIGN AND YOU ARE IN THERE LIKE A SHOT ;D

[Guest TAMMY_1]

 

def, the best one yet ;D ;D ;D    original ;D ;D ;D ill offer £25 to best excuse and £25 to pb ,,[for allowing it ;D ;D ;D]  within  the next month ;D ;D ;D

 

Very generous of you jimmy

 

now where can i dig up a winner ;D somebody please pm me with a surefire winner as its another fortnight before i get another giro

[Guest]

Heard a good one last night from a guy who just heard I topped the fed last week. "Christ he said that pigeon of mine was better than I thought" why said his mate. "well the first two came but they are my wild ones so they wouldn't trap, then the third came and stayed out because of my other two so I only clocked the 4th. If I could have clocked the first two I would have had the first two in the fed".

 

He was near last in the club last week and never won a card before so it gave us all a good laugh.

 

One of my mates had a good excuse a couple of years back that he still hears about most weeks, and that was that his bird wouldn't trap because there was a spiders web over the anti bolts!!!!!! lol  ;D ;D ;D

[jimmy white]

;D ;D a freind of mine , couldnt get his bird in [ again would have topped the fed ;D ;D ;D ill get killed for this ;D ;D ;D] ,,,, a cow,, from the feild behind his back garden ,poked its head through the wire fence to eat the fresher grass?in his garden ;D , and kept lifting its head , making the wire go squeak, squeak, squeak, thus , frightening the bird  ;D ;D ;D

[Roland]

A fancier for two weeks was swearing that his pied cock bird wouldn't trap, and would have won  no only club, but Fed too. Third week he was ranting and rving the exact same lines, adding that if it didnae trap the next week he'd shot the flipping thing ....

Next week it was timed in, 2nd, club and second Fed!

But was reported by the loft mate two doors up, that he had indeed shot it after it had hung about for nigh ten minutes! As it didnae trap it was disqualfied! But it was a great pigeon. Many wanted him barred as I recall, but that never happened.

[jimmy white]

rushed forward to loft to time bird in , in my panic, forgot about washing line dangling ,,,,,, catapulted me back where i started ;D ;D

[carl]

it was clapping round the loft for 10 mins and would not come down must be to fit

 

Well guess what happened to me yesterday,,,,bird came to win and was clapping around the loft for 10 mins,that aint a lie :B :B :B gutted

[Guest jason]

a lad in our club, when asked why he didn't win the race, he replied ........cause me birds are crap!

 

another  lad in our club racing yesterday, missed out on winning because he was at the toilet!, he saw the birds through the window (his remark last night, I wasn't expecting them so soon so I thought i had time for a dump) lol.

 

jason