Gishwhes item #110

[tripperfunster]

VIDEO (20 seconds). The NSA is watching us. They’re reading our texts and emails and listening to our phone calls. The post office is just another branch of the government, so we can’t trust them either. There is really only one truly secure way to send messages these days... carrier pigeon. Using a carrier pigeon, send a GISHWHES shopping list with your team name on it from one location to another. We must see the pigeon arriving at its destination with the shopping list and see the list unfurled.114 POINTS

This one was surprisingly easy. This fellow breeds different types of doves and finches that we buy for our pet store, so I asked him if he knew anyone who had carrier pigeons. Well, HE had them! They're not carriers, per se, but homing pigeons. He was training them for releasing at his daughter's wedding. I met him early Monday morning and did this! There's actually quite a bit of footage, but the limit was 20 seconds.
Check out the shopping list! ;)
My only complaint is that they didn't edit in me releasing the bird in the first place, but there's only so much you can do in 20 seconds!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAkPzIeCHpg&feature=youtu.be

Comments

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

One of our German girls managed this one - and I never knew Germans HAD pigeon fanciers, I thought it was a real Northern England thing.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

There's a whole pigeon association here and everything! (we've go nothing else!)

[nic]

There was footage of it being released? Oh, that makes me sad it wasn't edited in too! (I only saw this one after the fact.)

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Yup. There was a LOT of footage, and I wanted to be sure that the shopping list was there. Did you read it? ;)

[pomma-penses.livejournal.com]

Oh! I looked for footage of it being released but couldn't find any! I am super bummed out to find out there actually was some, I totally would've edited that in. I also wish I'd edited it before crazy crunch time, I know better for next time.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Hey, no prob! There was a LOT of footage, and we were in a major time crunch. It's not impossible that I didn't upload it! I *thought* I had, but like I said, it was a crazy time.
I think the idea is clear enough here. *hugs*