Popular Post rooster59 Posted May 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2020 Move over James Bond; India returns alleged bird spy to Pakistan FILE PHOTO: General view of a pigeon kept by Oswald Ossie Robson, a pigeon fancier in Pelton Fell after pigeon racing was suspended as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Britain March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Lee Smith/File Photo SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Indian police have released a pigeon belonging to a Pakistani fisherman after a probe found that the bird, which had flown across the contentious border between the nuclear-armed nations, was not a spy, two officials said on Friday. "The pigeon was set free yesterday (May 28) after nothing suspicious was found," said Shailendra Mishra, a senior police official in Indian-administered Kashmir. It was unclear where the bird was released and whether it flew back to its owner. The Pakistani owner of the pigeon had urged India to return his bird, which Indian villagers turned over to police after discovering it. "It's just an innocent bird," Habibullah, the owner of the bird, who goes by just one name, told Reuters on Friday. He rejected allegations that the numbers inscribed on a ring on the pigeon's leg were codes meant for militant groups operating in the disputed region of Kashmir. Habibullah, who lives in a village near the Kashmir border, one of the most militarised zones in the world, said the bird had participated in a pigeon racing contest and the digits on the bird's leg were his mobile phone number. The sport is especially popular in the border villages, said Yasir Khalid of the Shakar Garh Pigeon Club, adding such races are held in India too, and it is not unusual to lose a bird on either side. Owners identify their birds with stamps on the wings, paint and rings on the feet. "We had to take the bird into our custody to probe if it was being using for spying," a senior Indian border security officer said requesting anonymity, while explaining this was part of the drill given border sensitivities. In 2016, a pigeon was taken into Indian custody after it was found with a note threatening Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Reporting by Fayaz Bukhari in Srinagar, Umar Farooq in Istanbul; Additional reporting by Rupam Jain; Editing by Gibran Peshimam and Cynthia Osterman) -- © Copyright Reuters 2020-05-30 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matzzon Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 What´s next? Visa for ants? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Used to work with a guy who raced pigeons guess lots of people do it glad he got his bird back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bluesofa Posted May 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Matzzon said: What´s next? Visa for ants? Only as long as they form an orderly queue. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 3 hours ago, rooster59 said: said the bird had participated in a pigeon racing contest and the digits on the bird's leg were his mobile phone number But it would be easier to TXT as answering it when flying was not easy .. 3 hours ago, rooster59 said: Owners identify their birds with stamps on the wings Is that 1st class for the HiSo birds then .. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, Justgrazing said: 3 hours ago, rooster59 said: Owners identify their birds with stamps on the wings Is that 1st class for the HiSo birds then .. The birds weren't Royal Male obviously. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dap Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 2 hours ago, bluesofa said: Only as long as they form an orderly queue. And dress appropriately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stouricks Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 4 hours ago, rooster59 said: "It's just an innocent bird," Habibullah, the owner of the bird, who goes by just one name, told Reuters on Friday. Is it the bird or the owner who goes by one name? PML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylophone Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Living in the "dark ages" and having a nuclear bomb..........unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgMech Cowboy Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 5 hours ago, rooster59 said: said the bird had participated in a pigeon racing contest I guess he lost. ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardColeman Posted May 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2020 6 hours ago, rooster59 said: India returns alleged bird spy to Pakistan 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 12 minutes ago, RichardColeman said: 6 hours ago, rooster59 said: India returns alleged bird spy to Pakistan I'd have thought that was more of a pie bird. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Justgrazing Posted May 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2020 4 minutes ago, bluesofa said: I'd have thought that was more of a pie bird. I used to go out with a bird who liked a pie or 3 .. but chicken and mushroom .. does that count .. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 6 hours ago, rooster59 said: We had to take the bird into our custody to probe if it was being using for spying They should've got Dastardly and Muttley on his tail .. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick501 Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 when water boarding failed, it was tied to a chair with a bright light shone in its face. A tall blond haired man in a full length black leather jacket walked in, stood nose to nose, said, "Ve haf vays ov making you talk!" when that failed they were out of ideas and it was released. True story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 58 minutes ago, Justgrazing said: I used to go out with a bird who liked a pie or 3 .. but chicken and mushroom .. does that count .. I'd have thought the ones keen on a meat sandwich would be popular, especially hide the salami. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanuk711 Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Hartlepool (**North England) is known by many as the place where a monkey was mistaken for a French spy and hanged.......... One stormy day, a French ship was wrecked off the coast of an old fishing village clinging to the north-east coast of England. The only survivor was the ship's mascot, a monkey that was washed ashore. The people of Hartlepool had never seen a monkey before - nor, for that matter, had they ever set eyes on a Frenchman. Mistaking its chattering for the language of the enemy, they convicted the monkey of being a French spy and hanged the animal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Can remember a few years ago some wild life photographers returning by road from Canada to the USA. They had 'adopted' a few geese that had been abandond by their parents. At the border they were refused entry of livestock, 7 or 8 young geese in the back of the estate wagon. They reversed about 300 yards and let the geese out and drove through the border. Stopping after a few hundred yards they opened the tailgate and the young geese flew over to the USA and back into the estate wagon, leaving the border guards looking a bit silly in the process. ???????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 On 5/30/2020 at 8:58 AM, rooster59 said: India returns alleged bird spy to Pakistan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketDog Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 On 5/30/2020 at 1:37 PM, Dap said: And dress appropriately And maintain proper social distancing. ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dap Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 1 hour ago, RocketDog said: And maintain proper social distancing. ???? 1 hour ago, RocketDog said: And maintain proper social distancing. ???? Made me laugh also made me spill my beer but was well worth it as I had another waiting in the wings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxYakov Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 It wasn't wearing a GoPro so it was OK. What they didn't know was that the bird had a photographic memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 It was a miscommunication from the get-go. The intercepted message was supposed to say the spy was a bird-brain, but the text got truncated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Christmas13 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 On 5/30/2020 at 10:39 AM, Matzzon said: What´s next? Visa for ants? Yes but millions will get denied according to you.???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Christmas13 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 On 5/30/2020 at 6:08 PM, sanuk711 said: Hartlepool (**North England) is known by many as the place where a monkey was mistaken for a French spy and hanged.......... One stormy day, a French ship was wrecked off the coast of an old fishing village clinging to the north-east coast of England. The only survivor was the ship's mascot, a monkey that was washed ashore. The people of Hartlepool had never seen a monkey before - nor, for that matter, had they ever set eyes on a Frenchman. Mistaking its chattering for the language of the enemy, they convicted the monkey of being a French spy and hanged the animal link pls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 5 hours ago, White Christmas13 said: link pls The best I can find is this: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-40801937 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 20 hours ago, Burma Bill said: Similar came to my mind. ElegantAffectionateColt-mobile.mp4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanuk711 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, White Christmas13 said: link pls They were so proud they erected a statue about it................The Hartlepool Monkey monument on Hartlepool Headland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_hanger And wrote a song about it..... In former times, mid war an' strife, The French invasion threatened life, An' all was armed to the knife, The Fishermen hung the Monkey O! The Fishermen wi' courage high, Seized on the Monkey for a spy, "Hang him" says yen, says another,"He'll die!" They did, and they hung the Monkey O!. They tried every move to make him speak, They tortor'd the Monkey till loud he did squeak Says yen, "That's French," says another "it's Greek" For the Fishermen had got drunky, O! "He's all ower hair!" sum chap did cry, E'en up te summic cute an' sly Wiv a cod's head then they closed an eye, Afore they hung the Monkey O! Edited June 1, 2020 by sanuk711 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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