Will the magpie I scared the shit out of keep coming back to shit on my floor?
Will the magpie I scared the shit out of keep coming back to shit on my floor?
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resolved Sep 14
Resolved
NO

A bird has been sneaking into my house when I leave the back door open and pooping on the floor every day this week. Today I left the door open only a little to discourage this behavior while still letting cool air in, and this idiot (for whom I will use male pronouns for obvious reasons) came in and trapped himself because, despite going through the door opening to get in in the first place, he can't tell the difference between it and the glass. So I had to open the door wide for him, then herd him out of the corner under the spare kitchen chairs where he was hiding from me, then past the rest of the picture window to the giant gaping door opening, so he could leave.

This experience literally scared the shit out of him, so I had to go around with the steam cleaner all over the place cleaning up little piles of birdshit. The question, then, is: will he learn from this experience and tell all his friends how scary it was, or will he come back in the next chance he gets?

I will resolve this NO if there is no bird poop on my floor for the next week; I don't plan to change my habit of leaving the door open unless there is. If at any time in the next week there is bird poop, or a stupid magpie stuck in my living room even if by some miracle he does not poop, I will immediately resolve YES.

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6mo

End of the last day. It's been quite cool, but to give them a sporting chance, I did keep the door open for a bit while I was upstairs. Barring surprises from hypothetical noctural magpies, this will resolve NO.

6mo

Several good hours today with the door open, no love from the magpies.

Cold and rainy again yesterday, left it closed. Today it's still wet out but I'm leaving the door open for a bit for science

6mo

Yesterday was cold and rainy, kept it closed; but the magpie was visibly lurking outside for the first time in a couple days.

6mo

Day three: it rained, so the door was open for less time, but still a couple hours. No magpies or poop.

6mo

Day two: again, door left open for a few hours and haven't seen any magpies. Somebody did eat the pastry crumbs on the patio, though.

7mo

Day one: door left open several hours, usually with someone around. No sign of magpie or poop.

bought Ṁ5 NO7mo

New favourite market on the site lol

bought Ṁ10 NO7mo

@LasseRunst the magpie in the art looks too scared to come back. i consider this sufficient evidence of NO

bought Ṁ10 YES7mo

@LasseRunst But if one adds the user's name... it has to come back.

7mo

@sortwie now I'm curious how my name relates to this

7mo

@ijk1 There is this idiom of Spanish origin which uses the word (phonetic) /kəˈhoʊniːz/ and denotes courage, gumption, audacity, gall. Bad pun.

7mo

Ah, cojones. I think another friend saw it the same way; he said he only just got the connection to quaternions the other day

boughtṀ10YES
7mo

@AustinColdon5m20 I reversed the sense of the title so it matches the resolution criteria in the description---hopefully you were betting on the latter.

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