Birds with arms.

July 7, 2014 10:44 AM

Does what it says on the tin.
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering (33 comments total)

One for each mighty arm.
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 10:49 AM on July 7, 2014

I found that much more entertaining than I thought I would....
posted by HuronBob at 10:52 AM on July 7, 2014 [6 favorites]

This is so good.
posted by mochapickle at 10:52 AM on July 7, 2014

See more birds with arms here.
posted by Brent Parker at 10:53 AM on July 7, 2014

Funnier than it has any right to be.
posted by yoink at 10:54 AM on July 7, 2014 [1 favorite]

Oh phew, not a double!
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 10:57 AM on July 7, 2014 [1 favorite]

Technically, it's a cloaca.
posted by hydrophonic at 10:59 AM on July 7, 2014 [10 favorites]

Jeez, how many "birds with arms" websites are there, anyway?

(I do not really want to know that, it was a rhetorical question).
posted by Curious Artificer at 11:05 AM on July 7, 2014

This is very interesting book about pigeons. I'm pretty sure many people didn't pick it up because of the disturbing image on the cover.
posted by benito.strauss at 11:05 AM on July 7, 2014 [1 favorite]

FAKE
posted by Mister_A at 11:09 AM on July 7, 2014 [2 favorites]

Also hydrophonic wins the thread.
posted by Mister_A at 11:09 AM on July 7, 2014

Some of them are exercising their right to bear arms, and some their right to bare arms, but there's one badass finch (?) about halfway down who is doing both.
posted by The Bellman at 11:10 AM on July 7, 2014 [1 favorite]

/r/birdswitharms is all well and good, but my entry for the best single-serving humorous subreddit has to be /r/thingsforants.
posted by fight or flight at 11:12 AM on July 7, 2014 [1 favorite]

I think it is actually a double but I can't be bothered to find the previously.
posted by elizardbits at 11:21 AM on July 7, 2014

So muscular! Who would have thought.
posted by Namlit at 11:24 AM on July 7, 2014

This is the previous Birds with Arms FPP.
posted by shakespeherian at 11:24 AM on July 7, 2014

Yeah, yeah, go for the cheep laughs....
posted by GenjiandProust at 11:27 AM on July 7, 2014 [1 favorite]

That aside, they definitely captured the fact that most birds are yelling "fuck you!" at the top of their lungs all day. Where late the sweet birds sang, my ass.
posted by GenjiandProust at 11:28 AM on July 7, 2014 [1 favorite]

They all aspire to the burly burninarity of Trogdor.
posted by carsonb at 11:36 AM on July 7, 2014

well that was the shortest transition I've ever had from "This sounds so dumb" -> "This is so fucking funny"
posted by en forme de poire at 11:40 AM on July 7, 2014 [1 favorite]

See also: bears with beaks.
posted by Akhu at 11:48 AM on July 7, 2014 [1 favorite]

"This sounds so dumb"

just wait until that peacock puts his froufrou gear aside and gives you a peaknock
posted by Namlit at 11:48 AM on July 7, 2014 [1 favorite]

Yeah. Bears. With. Beaks. Great, now I can't unsee it.
posted by Namlit at 11:51 AM on July 7, 2014

Yeah. Bears. With. Beaks. Great, now I can't unsee it.

Welcome. Some of us have been here for years.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 11:53 AM on July 7, 2014 [1 favorite]

Are you not entertained?

Why yes, I am.
posted by longdaysjourney at 11:58 AM on July 7, 2014 [1 favorite]

Birds *should* have arms.
posted by mazola at 1:03 PM on July 7, 2014

If I weren't at work, I would totally rickroll y'all with Liartownusa's take on this.
posted by whuppy at 1:46 PM on July 7, 2014

Oh man, I just walked by the ceramics area and saw someone just finished a magnificently pissed off pigeon with a giant hand givin' the bird. It's basically this crossed with this. Too bad I can't share photos of student work.
posted by hydrophonic at 2:55 PM on July 7, 2014

OMG, the goose! The magpie! The owl with a coffee cup!

THE ROOSTER!

Don't let my Roopert the roo see this. I'll be having to lock the knives up next.
posted by BlueHorse at 3:01 PM on July 7, 2014

Knives?? I shudder at the thought of the magpies that live around our house having arms. The next thing would be guns, seriously. Those guys are out of control as it is. Not even the cats are going near them.
posted by Namlit at 3:19 PM on July 7, 2014 [1 favorite]

I believe all of these are sourced from the Subreddit linked by Brent Parker above.
posted by cell divide at 3:54 PM on July 7, 2014

I'll match your "birds with arms" and raise you some "cows with guns".
posted by HuronBob at 5:54 PM on July 7, 2014

I was having one of those face/vase experiences: is it funny? is it disturbing? I CAN'T TELL! until I hit this one and made an audible *snerk!* noise.
posted by Lexica at 8:36 PM on July 7, 2014