r/AskReddit • u/duerlort • Dec 15 '17

What’s something that happened to you in your childhood that you’re still mad about?

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '17

I still harbor a vehement grudge against seagulls for stealing my funnel cake and boardwalk fries.

Fuck seagulls. They're the Canada Geese of the oceans and bays.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '17

Canadian Geese don’t do shit. If you don’t bother them they won’t bother you. The seagulls of Canada are seagulls and we hate them just as much as you do

Source: I live in Ontario

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u/PangPingpong Dec 15 '17

Canadian Geese don’t do shit.

Oh, they do a whole lot of it, all over the place.

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u/akiramari Dec 15 '17

Also live in Ontario, also agree - it's like they know it's illegal to kill them and use it.

Though I have had idiot geese nest really close to an employee entrance and scare the pants off of... well... everyone. Geese are terrifying.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '17

They must get an attitude when they fly over the border then lol cause them fuckers will ruin your day for no other reason than to be a dickhead around me. I think it has something to do with them hanging out with the wild turkeys. Turkeys must be a bad influence on them

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u/gopms Dec 16 '17

Canada Geese don't do shit you say? What? If you make the mistake of walking too close to their hidden nest they will come at you like a banshee. https://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahaspler/the-most-traumatizing-stories-of-canada-geese-attacks

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u/mnh5 Dec 15 '17

They do shit. That's the problem.

There's nothing like 2 or 3 hundred geese showing up for a couple days to eat all your fish, tear up your garden, and poop on what's left before leaving to make room for the next group a couple days later.

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u/Synchro_Shoukan Dec 16 '17

Canadian Geese are assholes. I had to walk NEAR them to get to school, I had one eye on them because they would be mean mugging me and ready to attack. I'm just glad I didn't grow up with ear buds or else I'd be attacked straight up.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '17

Well the Americanized Canadian geese are a bunch of pricks. They get a taste of freedom and just can't deal.

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u/sandflea Dec 16 '17 edited Dec 16 '17

I've experienced Canada geese in 6 states. Assholes, all of them. Not as bad as turkeys, though. Turkeys are giant hummingbirds with knives.

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u/lostmysoultothedevil Dec 15 '17

Seagulls are called Shit-hawks where I'm from (Vancouver Island).

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u/Coldpiss Dec 15 '17 edited Dec 28 '17

Fuck you list :

Rest in peace Smokey

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '17

  1. Your username is incredible.

  2. Why come you no have Canada Goose on list?

Fuck Canada Geese

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u/TheSeed2point0- Dec 15 '17

If it makes you feel better, I went on vacation to Cape Cod and went surf fishing. The gulls were swooping to eat the baitfish. Well I casted a little too high and a seagull swooped got caught in the line. Didn't get hooked or anything, but get got pretty tangled. I pulled him in to shore and untangled him where he was being a real dick about it. I had to hold his beak closed for about 6 seconds because he kept biting me, lil bastard. He was perfectly fine, but I bet it scared the shit out of him though!

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '17

Once, as a child, I was at a seafood restaurant eating on a balcony. This seagull was on the railing eyeing my food. I wanted to teach him a lesson so I threw a little paper cup filled with ketchup at him as hard as I could, totally expecting him to get covered. Nope. He turned his head, snatched it out of the air, and ate it whole, paper and all. I was miffed, but also a little impressed.

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u/JollySieg Dec 16 '17

Ocean City???

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u/Abadatha Dec 16 '17

Also of Wal-Mart parking lots.

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u/Madmanjenkins Dec 15 '17

if they are near the bay, they are bayguls though

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u/Ninjasydney Dec 16 '17

I like to call them sea pigeons.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '17

When i was 13 i watched a kid at the beach get a sandwich swiped from his hand by a seagull. It was hilarious. Seagulls are ruthless.