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   Nabuquduriuzhur said, 9 months ago

   Some woodpeckers are really that, well, stupid. Walter Lantz supposedly got his idea for Woody Woodpecker when he and his bride were on their honeymoon and a woodpecker kept tapping on the cabin. (Not too many insects in the wood of a cabin to eat, normally, and the paint or stain wouldn’t be too good for the bird, I would guess.)
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   This spring, one of the woodpeckers banged on the flue for the wood stove several times. First time I heard it, my initial thought was a jackhammer near the house. Took photos of the silly thing. Can’t imagine it being very much fun to whack steel with it’s beak.
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   Dave53 said, 9 months ago

   sometimes woodpeckers will peck on things to purposely make a louder sound to establish their territory. That’s why they often will peck on things like rain gutters on houses.
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   Mister.Jim said, 9 months ago

   @Alexikakos and afficionado: If you think these comics are in bad taste why do you waste your time reading them?
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   Alexikakos said, 9 months ago

   @Mister.Jim

   For the same reason people keep going back to a once favourite restaraunt that’s gone down hill. We know what it was and can be and we hope it will be this time.
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   mrcharmander934 said, 9 months ago

   @Alexikakos

   I think someone should tell the mods to stop having comments for BC if this is what happens.
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   Allan said, 9 months ago

   @Alexikakos

   BUT … this isn’t a ‘bad’ strip. Today is kinda funny. Bird thinks he sees bark, but it’s a bit omnivore’s leg. Kinda funny, to me anyway.
   Maybe you need to take a break from comics?
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   David Henderson said, 9 months ago

   There was a woodpecker around here that did stuff like that. It pecked on a transformer up above the house for about an hour once. Then the transformer exploded taking out the woodpecker (I found the remains) and the top of the pole.
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   Rickapolis said, 9 months ago

   A woodpecker used to tap on our neighbor’s down spout. It was LOUD. I don’t know what they did to get rid of it. No shots were heard.
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 9 months ago

   @Alexikakos

   I see nothing of “bad taste” here so please explicate? Perhaps your halo is on too tight?

   
   

   I saw it as funny. A sleepy or drunk woodpecker mistakes a dinosaurs’ hide for tree bark. That is amusing, not in poor taste.
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    corjo2 said, 9 months ago

    We had a flicker drill a hole through the wall of a storage shed, and before we could cover it a pair of barn swallows moved in and built a nest. My son said the flicker was just the contractor.
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    Graden said, 9 months ago

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    Nice of you to notice. I’ve known that for 40 years.
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    Hunter7 said, 9 months ago

    The problem with commenting on comic strips…… is if your view is a complete 180 to the majority or simply a reference to something different.
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    Thus the problem of satire, parody, comedy and higher commentary such as the Three Stooges.
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    @corjo2 – who knew birds hired contractors! Hope you kept the barn swallows. They keep the insect population down.
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    The Life I Draw Upon said, 9 months ago

    @Nabuquduriuzhur

    Male woodpeckers also hammer objects to declare territory and attract mates. The louder the noise the greater the effect.
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    Jo Jo said, 9 months ago

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    What exactly is in bad taste? The idea of a bird with a hangover? C’mon, that’s a liiiiiitle funny. Lighten up.
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    Ransom D Stone said, 9 months ago

    Interesting comments today. No political venom, a diversity of views, good stories, and both sound and tongue-in-cheek advice. All without vitrol or snide and nasty remarks. I think BC and ID are beneficial comics in many ways.
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