Why is a bird pooing on you supposed to be good luck?

Was walking to the station today to head off for my first day in a new job. Didn’t even get to the station before a bird shat on me from the sky. Why do people say this is good luck?

Please feel free to share any stories here where you’ve been shat on by flying birds, ex’s or other animals.

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Originally posted by @Spudders

Was walking to the station today to head off for my first day in a new job. Didn’t even get to the station before a bird shat on me from the sky. Why do people say this is good luck?

Please feel free to share any stories here where you’ve been shat on by flying birds, ex’s or other animals.

I have asked top researcher ms pap about this, and she asked her mate Gareth Google. Between us all, we’ve surmised that the luckiness is down to the relatively remote chance of being shat on by a bird. This custom likely began before we started to see inner city pigeon gangs form up, and of course, the inevitable avian riots that occur with the seagull crew on a damp day.

ashley young’s good fortune, never gets old

https://vine.co/v/M3Kn7BTqXaY

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That’s even better than when the fly walks into Belloq’s mouth.

Go Paul Freeman though; completely unfazed and a total professional.

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Upvoted for referencing the greatest movie ever made on a thread about bird poo.

Why is a bird pooping on you good luck?

Simple. The answer lies in perspective. If, say, you had a job in the zoo as the guy in charge of inspecting all the elephant’s anuses, and at the end of the working day the only thing that shit on you was a pigeon…Well, that was good luck!

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Originally posted by @Cascadia-Saint

Upvoted for referencing the greatest movie ever made on a thread about bird poo.

If I had to pick one movie as my favourite of all time, Raiders of the Lost Ark would be it. Yes, it’s a giant boy’s movie, modelled after the radio serials of the 1930s, but there is so much to love about it. It messes with the audience from the word go; no-one can be trusted, this is a cut-throat game and just because someone appears to be an ally and is sharing a scene with Indy, doesn’t mean he won’t try to fuck him over very soon in the future.

The other thing I love about Raiders is the music. Melodrama scored by John Williams. Indy’s got a theme and the Ark has got a theme, artfully used whenever the Ark is present to convey its power. The scene in the map room with the correctly measured stick is something else through a decent surround sound system.

Mostly though, I love Indy’s tenacity. He’s not a man to let the lack of plan stop him from taking action. When Harrison Ford says “I dunno, I’m just making this up as I go”, that’s as good a line as “I know” from Empire, especially because the very next thing you see is Indy chasing mechanised infantry and assorted other motorised vehicles on a fucking horse :laughing:

Top men made this film. Top men.

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A guy walking down the road suddenly gets shat on by a passing seagull. His missus hands him a tissue but he replies, “don’t be stupid, the bird will be miles away by now.”

Been pissed on by a tiger once.

(For the record this is not a golf story)

People sat its good luck just to make the person feel better. It must be horrible having an animal shit on you so to make it not so bad you’re told some bullshit about it being good luck. Same as when you fucked by a dog.

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Have spoken to many birds regarding this particular subject. :laughing: especially when the pooing is on the poor old male species.

most common reply …most men are b…ards and deserve to be shat on. :laughing:

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Remember driving through town a few years back, my passenger had the window down an inch or so. There was this really loud noise like a smack. Somehow a seagull had opened its bomb bay doors, and the turd had come in through the gap in the window, hit the side of the passenger head rest and splattered across the back seat.

horrible job cleaning that up

Some people have all the luck.

Originally posted by @Fatso

Originally posted by @CB-Saint

Remember driving through town a few years back, my passenger had the window down an inch or so. There was this really loud noise like a smack. Somehow a seagull had opened its bomb bay doors, and the turd had come in through the gap in the window, hit the side of the passenger head rest and splattered across the back seat.

horrible job cleaning that up

Some people have all the luck.

Particularly my mate who somehow didn’t get hit at all

Yes although it’s extra good luck if the defecator is Lucy Pinder!