Dirty birds drop fowl tweets

February 15, 2018 5:29 PM

You got your swearing in my bird art! No, YOU got YOUR bird art in my swearing! Stop fighting, kids: Effin' Birds on Twitter brings you the best of both worlds. Bonus: The Story Behind the Foul-Mouthed ‘Effin’ Birds’ Twitter Account, from Audubon.org and Andrew Del-Colle.
posted by MonkeyToes (6 comments total)

What is it about birds? Between this and "birds with arms", I really feel like I'm 12 years old again.
posted by acrasis at 5:57 PM on February 15, 2018 [2 favorites]

Prior art (also NSFW).
posted by Slinga at 6:48 PM on February 15, 2018 [1 favorite]

I was hoping for some info on where the bird illustrations are originally sourced from, but I guess that's what you're paying Vector Hut for. The collections appear to be 38 Vintage Engravings of Birds Vol.1, 30 Vintage Engravings of Birds Vol.2, etc, sourced from our personal collection, online libraries, and public domain archives.
posted by zamboni at 7:05 PM on February 15, 2018

I love Effin Birds. I have often contemplated getting something emblazoned with one if my three faves:

Feminism is for everyone, dipshit

I bet this problem will go away if we have more fucking meetings

I am a goddamned delight

Also, their Twitter thread of other people's Valentine's poetry that uses Effin Birds tweets is priceless.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 12:45 AM on February 16, 2018 [1 favorite]

False Knees is on the talking-birds tip but is a lot funnier.
posted by ardgedee at 6:44 AM on February 16, 2018 [4 favorites]

I have the "Feminism is for everyone, dipshit" mug on my desk right now.
posted by Making You Bored For Science at 7:52 AM on February 16, 2018 [2 favorites]