Spotted in London

[telophase]

You should tell me what you think this is. I do know what this place really is, but that's taking the easy way out!

Additionally in unrelated news, I have a picture of a big fat pigeon, so your argument is invalid.

Comments

[rilina]

When I went to London years ago, my friends and I called those Winston Churchill pigeons.

[l_elfie]

oh man, that pigeon. i love pigeons, and that pigeon has SO MUCH to love.

[rydra_wong]

That is a pigeon that has prospered during the course of the year. Possibly by eating other pigeons.

[telophase]

Did you see the news story abut the pelican caught on film eating a pigeon? Freaky!

[rydra_wong]

I did! And that must have been one tough pelican, because London pigeons are hardcore.

[jonquil]

I'm going with the academic study of AUs.

[sub_divided]

I love London signage! When I was there a few years ago thee was an "Invisible Mending Company" (they sold anime).

Fat pigeons remind me of Blur's song Parklife.

No idea what goes on in that building you posted...

[jarodrussell.livejournal.com]

It's the God Pidgeon!

[catseye2001.livejournal.com]

THIS!! That was the first thing I thought when I saw this. >^.^< Where are Bobby, Pesto, and Squit?

[mscongeniality.livejournal.com]

"Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth."

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

That pigeon looks like he will BEAT YOU UP if you try to tell him he can't drive the bus.

[cicer.livejournal.com]

BWAH! Seriously. This dude is gonna drive the HELL out of that bus, and woe to anyone who tries to stop him!

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

He eats ALL THE HOT DOGS he wants.

[nightambre.livejournal.com]

And the pigeon's name shall be Guido.

Or Bubba.

[cicer.livejournal.com]

OMG PIGEON. He is obviously the big Kahuna of all the pigeons in the park and will crush any uprisings with his powerful fist! (Claw?)

[unjapanologist.livejournal.com]

It's a centre devoted to the study of Kim Possible? The secret London HQ of the Large Hadron Collider?

Oh wait, look at the flower-shaped window. It's obviously a White Lotus pai sho establishment where old guys sit around giving woolly advice in the form of incomprehensible proverbs.

[madame-manga.livejournal.com]

The sign "Serpentine Gallery" makes me imagine that: 1. either they have a very long, sinuously winding hallway or 2. they're selling things made in China of ersatz green stone that aren't legally certifiable as jade.

"Possible Studies", however, is definitely what my children do in the afternoon when I say, "Where's your homework assignments, boychicks? Put down that Xbox controller when you speak to your Mama..."

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't want to be raised by THAT pigeon.

The Center for Possible Studies must be a giant Schrodinger's box, but with a stack of proposals and a match instead of a cat and gas.

[tool-of-satan.livejournal.com]

Are there pigeons by which you would want to be raised? (I have given the matter little thought, myself.)

[tool-of-satan.livejournal.com]

You know, I must be even more tired than I thought, because it took me this long to realize that you probably meant "raised" as in poker, as opposed to the urban equivalent of being raised by wolves.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

No, I was actually referencing a manga (Hikkatsu) in which the hero is raised by pigeons, as in brought up by.

[tool-of-satan.livejournal.com]

That makes... I'm not sure "sense" is exactly the word I want but it'll have to do.

Hikkatsu sounds cute. Is it good?

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed what I read of it.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

It ends at the right point - three volumes in. It's essentially a parody of shounen tropes. You can see various things I posted about it at my Raised by Pigeons (http://telophase.livejournal.com/tag/raised%20by%20pigeons) tag. :)



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[tool-of-satan.livejournal.com]

I am sorely tempted to read it. Since my library system does not have it I will think about it seriously at a time when I haven't bought so many books recently. :)

[tygerr.livejournal.com]

The Centre for Possible Studies is CLEARLY the local satellite campus of Unseen University. And I'm reasonably certain that it's been there for years and years. (Though maybe it hadn't been there for years and years as recently as last week....)

And, really? You DO NOT WANT to travel the Serpentine Gallery. (At least, not if you have problems with snakes.)