Vote: Harmless Birds or Rats with Wings?

[cyro51]

I have started a new thread on the vote alone because I feel this part may be missed and because the people that believe pigeons are "rats with wings" are winning the vote at the moment.

Please vote for the pigeons!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/featur...vote14290949=1

Cynthia

[maryco]

Cynthia,

The link is not working.. must we register first?

[John_D]

Have voted - currently it sits at 54 % against

I did have to register, and what happened was... I used my alternative email address, but I spelt it wrong, which is why I didn't receive a confirmation of registering (you have to respond to it within 30 days to 'activate' your account). Nevertheless, it took me into the online newspaper and allowed me to vote anyway, I guess just because I'd submitted a registration.

John

[pigeon george]

yes you have to register we got one more for the birds

[cyro51]

Thanks for the votes but the-anti pigeon brigade are still ahead but only by 7% or so!

Cynthia

[Izzy]

Just registered and voted, count one more for the birds!

[Lin Hansen]

Count me in too!

[birdlover000]

I voted!

[phyll]

The angels have my vote.

When I told my husband that "rats with wings" had more votes, he looked at me & said, "You're kidding."
I wish I had been kidding ~ it's really a shame.

[Lin Hansen]

Hey Everyone,

Don't know how ethical this is, but....I think you can vote more than once. I wanted to see how the vote was going and didn't know how to see the results w/o voting again. So, I voted again, and it let me! The difference right now is about 3% with
"rats w/ wings" in the lead.

Linda

[KIPPY]

Registered and voted!

[Izzy]

Darn, I went back to vote again but I think it's over. I only see results posted there.

Sooo close, but unfortunately 'rats with wings' got 50.6% while 'harmless birds' got 49.4%.

[Lin Hansen]

Izzy

Try it again...I just clicked on it and was able to vote again.....there is only a 3 vote difference between harmless birds and rats w/ wings with rats winning.

***I think the key is to sign off completely with whatever internet provider you use. Then sign back on, come back to Pigeons.com and click on the link...you should then be able to vote again if you want.

Linda PS..I just tried it and it worked..now there is only a 2 vote difference!

[Izzy]

Linda, you were right! I had to log out first on the Trib site and was able to vote again, woohoo! The birds are now ahead of the rats, yayayaya!!

Thanks for letting me know,
Izzy

[cyro51]

LOL, sometimes you can only see the results if you vote again! We can't help that, can we? The same must apply to the "other" lot!

BTW, the "rats with wings" tag came from this film dialogue:

DORRIE Hey, that's so pretty. A pigeon!
SANDY Geez...no, it's not pretty at all. They're...they're...they're rats with wings.
DORRIE They're wonderful. No! It's probably a good omen. It'll bring us good luck.

As far as I remember the Sandy character was afraid of pigeons and one had got into the room. Now why coudn't people have taken up Dorrie's view? Perhaps because so many people are actually afraid of birds, odd though that may seem?


Cynthia