mayhap: hennaed hands, writing (RL)
mayhap ([personal profile] mayhap) wrote2003-08-31 05:31 pm

On the Arrival of Pigeons

A pigeon just came this close to entering my bedroom. It perched and stuck its head in, but evaluated the possibilities offered by my room and decided to go elsewhere.

I debated sharing this with you all, but I remembered the sage advice of Darwin's editor friend, Whitwell Elwin, upon reviewing the manuscript of On the Origin of Species and suggesting a possible alternate subject matter: "Everyone is interested in pigeons."

And if you haven't yet Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything, why not?

[identity profile] satyadasa.livejournal.com 2003-09-01 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
You don't have enough things in your room that are attractive to pigeons. It's not like you could offer it some tea.