Pigeon Fest – The Weird Side of the Internet

Pigeon Fest – The Weird Side of the Internet – by Liam Sweeny.

Pigeon Fest! Yes! Yay!

So yes, New York City park’s celebrating the lives and times of the city’s most beloved avian – the pigeon. Pigeon Fest will be at The High Line on the West Side on June 14^th from noon to 8pm. The ‘fest will have art exhibitions, science demonstrations, and the first of its kind ‘Pigeon Impersonation Pageant.’

There’s also a 17-foot-tall aluminum statue of a pigeon in the park. So really, it’s a good thing they’re putting the ‘fest on here. I have to admit that I think a better place to hold Pigeon Fest would be under the High Line, so that the local honored guests could look on and aim true and Jackson Pollack some cloth-covered card tables.

Okay, so let me share, suffer an oldish man his memories.  So I was an animal collector as a kid, which is what happens when your dad takes no umbrage at the prospect of scooping litter. I had them all, dogs, cats, rodents, lizards, birds. It’s this last one, birds that is relevant. See I had a pair of pigeons, also known as doves. Now I’m sure a scientist will tell me that a dove is not just a fancy pigeon, but I will be unconvinced. So I had two doves, pigeons, whatever, and I learned two things. One, they really do shit a lot. And they love 5 o’clock in the morning. And maybe three that doves really lucked out. It could be worse, right? I wonder if doves feel guilty about the fate of their kin?

Anyhoo, Pigeon Fest. Again, hell yeah, and Yay! I might actually go down to the city, catch that festival and catch a cab with Famous Dave driving, who can hook me up on the great underground New York City eats.

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