Justin Langer kills seagulls! News at 10!

[littleheaven]

I like cricket. The gentleman's game. Sedate. Polite. Non-contact.

So imagine my horror when two of Adelaide's seagulls were killed after being hit by a cut shot from Justin Langer. And at least one of them didn't die straight away - the cameraman got a shot of it rolling around, head flopping wildly, before cutting away when he realised it was actually quite disturbing.

Such a sad sight, two New Zealand fielders carrying the bodies to the edge of the field so play could continue.

At least, in their final moments, those birds gave their life stopping the shot from going for 4. Maybe they were New Zealand seagulls over there on holiday.

Scarred. For. Life.

Comments

[florrie.livejournal.com]

Oh, god, why did they have to show that clip? Got a glimpse of it this morning and didn't know whether the poor bird survived or not! I mean, it could have just being doing some sort of mating dance, right?

Now I know :(

[littleheaven70.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm a real bird enthusiast (I have budgies) and that little clip really upset me. I think that's why they suddenly cut away from it. It would have died of shock pretty quick. Cricinfo said both birds were killed. Poor things.

My husband plays golf and apparently one of his golfing buddies killed a duck in similar fashion. Ack.

Ooh, look how cloudy it is in Adelaide today! *does rain dance*

[kimmers-81.livejournal.com]

Sweets your an Aussie? hmmm didn't know that about you

[littleheaven70.livejournal.com]

No mate, I'm a Kiwi. That's why I was glad that the poor seagulls at least helped our team out by stopping the ball :o/

[florrie.livejournal.com]

Suicide seagulls.

Should have been Black-cap terns. *snicker*



I get the joke.

And will they never stop showing the bloody clip?

[littleheaven70.livejournal.com]

Lordy, are they still showing it? I haven't seen it again, thank goodness. Still disturbed. Obviously the guys at 9 Sports aren't big seagull fans. Henry Blofeld would be mortified. Remember him, the English commentator with the really plummy accent? He was always going on about the seagulls, I think he had a fondness for them...

[crazymadjo.livejournal.com]

At least, in their final moments, those birds gave their life stopping the shot from going for 4.

:spews tea all over computer monitor: Bwa-ha-haa! No, wait, that's not funny.

MWA-HAAAA!! LOL!

Oh, and I :lust: your icon!

[littleheaven70.livejournal.com]

I was sick yesterday and stayed home from work and played with Photoshop. I'm not very good, but I made some Daniel icons you can snag if you want. Since I can't be bothered to upload to my site so I can hotlink them here, I'll email them to you and you can snag any you want, just credit in the keywords when you upload them. I'm just a beginner so they're not great. And my mate Becky has some here too: http://users.ev1.net/~rr1013/html/stargate.html Credit her in the keywords for these ones.