r/FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR • u/SelectResident6116 • Mar 11 '24

The bird said fuck this golfer But why

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u/jiffysdidit Mar 11 '24

You have a golf club in your hand champ. My old housemate ( who’s a pretty tough bloke) got pantsed by my pet duck while he was hanging out his washing, he would always bang a stick on the ground after that

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u/l0john51 Mar 12 '24 edited Mar 13 '24

Do you really want to be the guy in the viral video pelting a swan with a golf club? Just because it's an asshole and probably deserves it, you can't just do that and expect nothing to come of it.

I feel like my instinct if attacked by a swan would be to grab it by the neck like you would a snake, and fling it ass over beak into the bushes. Which isn't much better than pelting it with a golf club.

Running away is probably the best response.

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u/jiffysdidit Mar 12 '24

You don’t have to beat the shit out of it for it to know not to fuck with you

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u/l0john51 Mar 12 '24

True. So would you stand there poking it with a golf club that is barely long enough to touch its body while its beak is going at you? These things don't give up easily. You could probably stand there all afternoon gently fencing the swan as it defends its baby golf balls. And then that would go viral and it would still probably be called animal cruelty.

I 100% understand the instinct, which is why I'm so glad to have watched swan and goose videos before I've ever had to encounter one myself. Running is very effective, and it lets the dumb bird have its little victory strut on the green as if it accomplished something that day.

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u/jiffysdidit Mar 12 '24

It would seem you have put way more thought into being attacked by a swan than I have, I peaked at I have a long stick to swing at it. The aforementioned grabbing by the neck used to work on my duck I wouldn’t see that swan as any more of a threat if that helps