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According to Nature on 27 October 2008, the behavior of the birds in the film may have been based on a real incident caused by poisoning with domoic acid. This chemical is produced when plankton are exposed to urea, a chemical which can leak out of septic tanks and is naturally present in human urine. Contamination can pass up the food chain, resulting in neurotoxic effects to predatory animals.
On 18 August 1961, residents in the town of Capitola, California, awoke to find sooty shearwaters slamming into their rooftops, and their streets covered with dead birds. News reports suggested domoic acid poisoning (amnesic shellfish poisoning) as the cause. According to a local newspaper, the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Alfred Hitchcock requested news copy in 1961 to use as "research material for his latest thriller".
On 4 September 2008, the BBC consumer affairs TV programme Rogue Restaurants identified extremely serious environmental health problems with two London outlets of Chicken Cottage where raw chicken was not kept refrigerated for long periods and products were used after their use by dates.
The programme did report that the Chicken Cottage headquarters promised to take remedial action once the BBC had informed them of the problems[1].
domoic acid.
'domoic' clearly means 'demonic'. Enough said.
Originally posted by Hack28
reply to post by arbiture
people and thier dogs eh?
I went to a bonfire and when i get out of my car a giant Rotweiller comes running up to me, goes down on his front legs and is barking his head off at me. The dog starts false charging, just jumping ahead and back, his owner yells at me "hes cool" its pitch black out and im supposed to stand here with some strange dog? So i yelled back at him "no he aint bro come control your *^*^&$% dog, i dont know this thing, its dark out common man a leash."
Rest of the night everytime i got up their dog would latch on to my white shoes because they showed up at night. Ripped through my pair of shoes, ate my ipod i hade on the stereo playing music, the radio attachment i had, and his owner didnt do a thing!!!!! I love dogs, i hate owners.
Originally posted by Bluebelle
reply to post by arbiture
You should have just punched the dog in the mouth & told her you only did it because you like your personal space.
I woulden't have done that unless the dog tried or did hurt me. I have a cat that used to jump up on the dining room table and sample people's food. Oddly, he never did this when it was just me eating. So when I have people over for dinner, I just lock the cat in the basement. Thats where his litter box and food are anyway, so if he "has to go", he can.
reply to post by LiveForever8
I cannot confirm or deny that unfortunately. All I can say is that in my avatar I may or may not have been in disguise on a secret mission.
'Duck off' .. Have you no shame? Back in the day you would have been put in the stocks & pelted with rotten fruit for making such a terrible joke!
Ducks rarely attack a person physically, its all about the mind games with them. Plus, what are they going to do really.. flap about in your face? Slap you with one of their feet? Is what they have even called feet?
Indeed we have been given warnings. I feel bad for the crows & seagulls though, it wasnt very fair of Alfred to perpetrate them as being bloodthirsty maniacs, when we know full well that it is the ducks & white pigeons that are the crazy one's.
I also feel that the pigeons may have some connection to the norway spiral. But I shall have to meditate for a while on that & see what I can come up with.
domoic acid.
'domoic' clearly means 'demonic'. Enough said.
You are incredibly lucky not to have heard of chicken cottage. What they sell is most definately not chicken, and its not a cottage. Its a hellhole.
Plus, Ive seen 3 different branches of chicken cottage and they all seem to be run by turkish men.
Hot 'N' Tender... you've got to be lying, who would call a place that unless it was some sort of special gentleman's club.
Judging by those pictures Rolf was quite the looker in his youth!
The more I read him the more I feel I should remove myself from this facebook group. As the title clearly belongs to Rolf.
So from now on his official title will be -
Rolf Harris: Deity, inventor of the wobble board, face of KFC, legendary artist - of both paintings AND music, dictator, general animal torturer/molester, Master of the Universe.
It doesnt have quite the same ring as his predecessors title. But who am I to argue with Rolf's unending greatness.
Yep, TWICE. But not just Dr. Kennedy but also Toadfish Rebecchi! I have a picture of me with him somewhere and I even have a coffee mug with said picture on.
Sharp remains a popular figure in the United Kingdom, and is hired for university functions throughout the country, thriving on the nostalgia of those who attend.
Is it because its not 1995 & he has chosen to wear a tank top
'Ladies, anyone wanna come back to my funhouse?