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Hummingbirds and a Fittipaldi Torp (Nat)
rookie139 Offline
#1 Posted:
Joined: 03-02-2000
Posts: 2,149
A few days ago, I put up one of those hummingbird feeders in my backyard that Rickmaven was talking about...He says he gets a lot of enjoyment from his and I thought "Well, that sounds like fun!..I've never seen a live hummingbird and I have heard how beautiful they are"...I set the thing up and filled it up with this red sugar water solution on Saturday morning and this morning while I was in the backyard (here comes the cigar connection that justifies me posting this here: enjoying a nice Fittipaldi Torpedo that I received from Mr. Mean..Thanks!) I saw my first hummingbird!!...It was a beautiful creature with numerous tones of green, yellow and bright red...It hovered near the feeder darting back and forth, looking like a little helicopter...Soon more arrived and they seemed to fight over the plastic flowers, appearing very territorial....I recalled when I was a little boy and when the lightening bugs used to come out at dusk, my brother and I used to grab our tennis rackets and play "lightening bug baseball" for several hours in the yard until Mom would call us in for bed around 9PM...We did this every night during the summer months...As I fondly recalled these memories of my childhood while watching these beautiful creatures, I suddenly noticed that while daydreaming about these wonderful memories, I had subconsciously picked up my old tennis racket, "The Ultimate Lights Out Machine" as I used to refer to it as...As I rubbed the worn strings (which still had lightening bug glow from years before) I glanced at the busy feeder a few feet away and suddenly everything clicked...Yesterday morning I beat my old record (which stood for seven years) of seventeen homers by three...Man, they're a lot easier to hit than those lightening bugs...At least the hummingbirds don't go between the strings when you swing full force...Have a good day ;)
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#2 Posted:
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i hope you are joking.
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#3 Posted:
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you are joking
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#4 Posted:
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stupid me, i should have known this was satire.
rookie139 Offline
#5 Posted:
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Naah...I'm not joking...It's pretty neat to see the different colors mix together when you give them a good whack...Feathers go everywhere too!...Very cool! ;)
rookie139 Offline
#6 Posted:
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Posts: 2,149
They actually explode upon impact...After I smack one, when it's on the ground and looks like a big bumblebee trying to take flight, that's when I step on the little buggers ;)
Charlie Offline
#7 Posted:
Joined: 06-16-2002
Posts: 39,751
Say it ain't so, Keith! You can't be that mean to a little bird that weighs less than 2 oz. God, you make me think like a liberal! But I know you are joking. Charlie
Mr.Mean Offline
#8 Posted:
Joined: 05-16-2001
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Oh the horror! To think you didn't invite me over, I got three rackets made for distance.
rookie139 Offline
#9 Posted:
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Come on over Ed...There are more near the feeder during the early morning around 8:00AM..I'm off tomorrow, so bring those rackets over!...This is like shooting fish in a barrel ;)
rookie139 Offline
#10 Posted:
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Ed, Jack is gonna come over Saturday morning with a couple racquetball rackets to try out...He's also bringing an aluminum bat...Let me know if you want to join us...We're gonna have some good morning smokes and get some exercise...It's a lot of fun!
rookie139 Offline
#11 Posted:
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LMAO!...Poor Rick's gonna have a coronary
Mr.Mean Offline
#12 Posted:
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Good. I got a pile of rocks I ain't usin. I'll bring those.
jjohnson28 Offline
#13 Posted:
Joined: 09-12-2000
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I have this visual of the three of you sneaking around the corner of the house,in the early moring hrs.just after sunrise,cigars in one hand rackets at the ready.Rookie turns his head......Be verwy verwy quiet....LOL
RobertParrott Offline
#14 Posted:
Joined: 06-27-2001
Posts: 344
Wow!!! this sounds like more fun than squirrels on the automatic skeet thrower ;) LMAO Rob
jcrimmins Offline
#15 Posted:
Joined: 04-26-2000
Posts: 787
If you spray the hummingbirds with Raid first it disorients them. Then you can pick them up off the ground and hit them with the aluminum bat. Nothing but flying cockroaches!!
joedayan Offline
#16 Posted:
Joined: 04-19-2001
Posts: 261
I prefer to exercise my constitutional right to bear arms. Speaking from experience a .44 calibur with a hot load really leaves a nice pattern. Anything higher in caliber or dispersion does nothing asthetically. By the way when you use your oversized head raquet make sure you're holding your mouth right or you might miss
Charlie Offline
#17 Posted:
Joined: 06-16-2002
Posts: 39,751
Meanie, Jack and Keith, you should all be better sports and use sling shots with marbles or blow guns! Maybe even try to use something like a bow and arrow for real sport and testing of nerves! I like the "be vwery, vwery quite" line myself or use and for background music play "Das Valkrye" at level 10 on the stereo! Charlie
hegemonic Offline
#18 Posted:
Joined: 01-17-2000
Posts: 1,294
Two points: 1- LMFAO!!! Keith this is the funniest post I've ever seen on any cigar board! Great set up, great delivery, LMFAO!!!! 2- It's a scary thought that you carry a badge... :)
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#19 Posted:
Joined: 10-01-2000
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i have just come back inside after a meeting with the birds. one of them had hacked my password and read this post. they didn't come after me, they are so gentile. with a slight smile and tears in my eyes, i explained to them this was all fun, no one really wanted to hurt them. one of them, harry i think, mentioned something about a police helicopter pursuit. i convinced him they were after a cop with tennis elbow who was suffering a nervous breakdown. the little pictures of some of his relatives painted on the side of one of those nasty machines, are the birds they accidently had hit looking for "officer nervous breakdown" and the cigar smoking was acceptable in a helicopter. the fact that i had a tennis elbow brace on my arm was because of the excessive amount of time i spent using my mouse.
i know i heard a snicker when i mentioned my mouse. some people and yes birds too, have a dirty mind.
i promised i would switch from beet to cane sugar.
i won't know the outcome of our meeting until just before sunset when they all come to have their last feeding, no, not their last meal, just a last minute snack before bed time. i hope they are not in collusion with a certain cigar smoker that posts on this board. i will await my fate with a montecrist #5 from an isom and hold my head up, looking at the sky, and never flinch if they fly over my face and stop for a moment. your humble servant, richard barry miller.
rookie139 Offline
#20 Posted:
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Mike, Jack actually deserves the credit for coming up with the idea..I just followed through with it one day..LOL...Did I mention that Ed hit a grand slam yesterday morning?...Good job Ed!...The RAID suggestion worked wonderfully too Jack!...I believe I may have invented a possible new future Olympic sport!
rookie139 Offline
#21 Posted:
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and yes...Of course we are just kidding...I have seen numerous hummingbirds while visiting my mother in Chandler Arizona where she has a feeder in her backyard...I could sit there for hours (and frequently did) on the back patio watching their amazing antics.. They are just amazing creatures...BTW, I haven't seen any hummingbirds in my area yet (Chicago suburbs)...That kind of sucks...I was hoping to make this game a franchise so I can make some cigar money
Charlie Offline
#22 Posted:
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You guys are really sick! What an idea, and it is scary to think that poor old Rick was reading those posts! Charlie
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#23 Posted:
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there used to be a lot of hummingbirds in chicago, but some guy named al, you know, the guy with the scar, used to play tennis with them so they moved away.
jjohnson28 Offline
#24 Posted:
Joined: 09-12-2000
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This just in,Relayed to me personally from Harry:The Chicago Area Affiliation Of Hummingbirds,classified ironically as CAAOH Local #139.Have happily transplanted to La Habra and Costa Mesa,Califonia. to live out thier days being cared for by none other than our own RICKAMAVEN and Char5353.Rick,Harry has a personal message he wanted me to relay to you.Richard Some of my brothers CAAOH's haven't fully recovered from the trauma they've experiened and I'd just like to know.Next time your looking up into the sky and said brother is hovering over your face momentarily."FYI" Keep your mouth shut...Harry

Todog Offline
#25 Posted:
Joined: 05-05-2001
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whew! I thought I stumbled upon a bunch of hatching serial killers! Todog
Mr.Mean Offline
#26 Posted:
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This rash of free thinking hummingbirds must be stopped. We can't have these birds thinking they have free will and travel to and fro like everyone else. We must bring them down, THEY MUST BE STOPPED! All free thinking, talking hummingbirds must be brought to Rookies house for a proper thwacking.
jcrimmins Offline
#27 Posted:
Joined: 04-26-2000
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Flying rats!!!
tailgater Offline
#28 Posted:
Joined: 06-01-2000
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Clip half of one wing. The results are dizzying...
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