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Old November 12th 04, 04:37 AM
Howard Kveck
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Curtis L. Russell wrote:

The Wall Street Journal reports that there is a growing scandal in
pigeon racing in Belgium and Britain. Evidently the drug of choice is
(are?) steroids. My favorite paragraph is the following:

"An incident involving one of Mr. Brammer's birds fanned the doping
rumors when the pigeon in question went missing during a race between
France and England in May, only to turn up in Canada two months later.
A racing pigeon's maximum range is usually around 500 miles, but this
bird traveled more than 3,000 miles over the Atlantic Ocean."

No doubt WADA to intervene shortly - as soon as they get a supply of
little needles and little, tiny plastic bags for the drug testing.


And let's not forget the little cups to pee in.

--
tanx,
Howard

"It looks like the squirrel's been showing everybody
where he keeps his nuts."

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?
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Old November 13th 04, 03:00 AM
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If someone tests positive, can he blame it on the pigeon he
ate last night?

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:35:10 -0500, Curtis L. Russell
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 19:11:37 GMT, "B. Lafferty"
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Hunting pigeons on steroids has to be more interesting than hunting
the regular kind. Steroids, pigeons and shotguns sounds like a fun mix
to have next door. Throw in a squirrel or two and I'll buy the video.
Get the squirrels on steroids and I'll buy two.


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Old November 13th 04, 03:00 AM
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If someone tests positive, can he blame it on the pigeon he
ate last night?

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:35:10 -0500, Curtis L. Russell
wrote:
On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 19:11:37 GMT, "B. Lafferty"
wrote:
Hunting pigeons on steroids has to be more interesting than hunting
the regular kind. Steroids, pigeons and shotguns sounds like a fun mix
to have next door. Throw in a squirrel or two and I'll buy the video.
Get the squirrels on steroids and I'll buy two.


 




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