Lukey’s next billboard.
Posted by pittgirl on 27 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Mayor Ravenstahl, The Damn Pigeons
Chinese scientists may have found a solution to the problem of pigeons in Trafalgar Square: the first remotely controlled bird.
They have successfully implanted electrodes in the brain of a pigeon to control its movements via a computer.
Scientists at the Robot Engineering Technology Research Center at Shandong University of Science and Technology in eastern China said the electrodes could make the pigeon fly right or left or up or down.
Great. Now if we can get our hands on this technology in the Burgh, I can just have all the little bastards ram themselves into the side of the PPG Tower over and over again.
Hey, we’ve got WiFi. I think remote-controlled pigeons are the next logical technological acquisition.
And then it would only be a matter of time before we would see billboards all over the city that say, “Welcome to Luke Ravenstahl’s Pigeon-Controlled Pittsburgh!”
Hat tip to Clarion.
7 Comments »
on 27 Feb 2007 at 4:37 pm 1.Susan Helene Gottfried said …
Yeah, but imagine the public outcry when it’s noticed that all those pigeon brains and blood have changed the color of the building. Maybe ram them into the Ariba building instead? If you’re lucky, you can get the letters to fall again.
on 27 Feb 2007 at 8:03 pm 2.bucdaddy said …
Best not steer them near the convention center.
on 27 Feb 2007 at 10:15 pm 3.PittCheMBA said …
If the PA Gaming Commission can propose deer snipers to control the deer population in Mt Lebo, why can’t they do the same for pigeons in downtown Pittsburgh? What happened to the infamous pigeon sniper?
on 28 Feb 2007 at 9:21 am 4.Jeeperz said …
Gaming Commission? You need a slots license to be a deer sniper?
on 28 Feb 2007 at 9:46 am 5.Bob said …
Ram them into the Cathedral of Learning — it’s about to be scrubbed anyway. Or else just leave the blood-n-guts coating on it. It would complete the Barad-Dur feeling of the place.
on 28 Feb 2007 at 9:54 am 6.Zorro said …
Dive bomb them into the rivers - nature’s septic system will carry them away where they will provide nutrients for fish and other aquatic species. A few can be smashed into the Gulf Tower to feed the wee peregrin falcons when they’re born.
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