Saturday, March 7, 2009

feckin crows

those lousy feckin crows have had their way with my grass again. it happens every winter and every spring i have to patch the lawn where the crows have dined on some kind of asian grub. these wonderful little grubs eat the roots of the grass making it real easy for the crows to pull up the grass and eat the grubs. some lawns are totally destroyed by the crows.

you can buy some stuff to spray on lawns that will get rid of the grubs. it's some sort of natural enemy of the grubs and it either kills them or stops them from reproducing. i prefer to battle the crows. this past winter i was remiss on my battles with the crows. i didn't kill one lousy crow. in past winters i've shot as many as 6 arsehole crows. it's against the law to shoot crows and if i got caught the lovely mrs myshkin would be thrilled. have i mentioned how much she loves me??

i don't mind fixing up the lawn, it's kind of fun watching the new stuff grow.

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a man should be able to fight a war, deliver a baby, cook a good meal, program a computer, change a diaper, die with dignity and grow a little grass.

specialization is for insects.

13 comments:

BBC said...

I leave the growing of grass and the feeding of crows up to mother nature. I would just as soon have most of my place as cement and go camping and enjoy nature somewhere else.

To think that I could improve on her work here at this time would just make me a fuckin' idiot.

Think twice before you reply to that. :-)

Ananda girl said...

Ugh. I detest crows. They used to come to my house and catch the baby ducklings, take them up in the air and drop them from high into the road to split the little cuties open for juicy eating.
I make it a point to try and hit them with my car when they land in the road in front of me, much to my sons' horror. They usually get away though.

billy pilgrim said...

bbc - don't think twice, it's alright.

ananda - those crows are smart. sometimes i feel like the coyote chasing the roadrunner or elmer fudd chasing bugs. i need an acme pellet gun.

yellowdog granny said...

i don't have a crow problem but we all have a grackle problem here. someone asked me why I wasn't feeding the birds any more..and said until the fucking crackles go away I'm not putting out any more seed..they just chase away the smaller birds and eat all the food..I think she's still standing out in the parking lot with her mouth open..she just got over the tougue lashing I gave her when she told me she didn't vote...one of these days' she'll learn not to talk to me...
i'd like to see you change a diaper.
so the mrs, is still pissed?...jeez billy what the fuck did you do?
wait..let me rephrase that..what is it she THINKS you did.?

Sling said...

You don't wanna go to jail for shooting crows.
..All the other felons would make fun of you.

billy pilgrim said...

yellowdog - i've changed thousands of diapers. and not those disposable deals, old fashioned cloth diapers which i also washed.
i think the mrs is mad at me for breathing some of her air.

sling - i was hoping the other felons would call me dead eye dick and put me on a pedestal.

citizen of the world said...

I kind of like crows - they are so raucous. But I sympathise about your lawn - today I discovered some creature has dug little holes in all my mulched beds.

sageweb said...

Wow if you can't shoot and kill them, can you throw rocks at them?

Raspootin said...

How about a scarecrow - I mean are crows really scared of them? I have never seen a crow scared of anything including my neighbors big ratter cat...

BBC said...

Yeah? Well those crows are smarter than you are. :-0

BBC said...

Actually, I think they are smarter than I am. They don't even bother with check books.

Mr. Shife said...

Maybe you can put a laser on Ruby's head and let her go to work on the crows. Kinda like Dr. Evil with his sharks. One of his greatest desires was to have "frickin' sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their frickin' heads."

yellowdog granny said...

come to texas...i'll protect you..