I went outside today with ONE objective.
Get the mail.
That’s it.
A normal adult activity that should take approximately 45 seconds.
Unfortunately, I saw a crow.
And the crow saw me.
Now, I don’t know what came over me, but I nodded at him.
He nodded back.
So obviously we’re colleagues now.
I said, “What’s up, fucker?”
He screamed.
I screamed back.
This was apparently the password.
Because ANOTHER crow showed up.
Then another.
Within two minutes I had accidentally assembled a small airborne council in my driveway.
My neighbor walked outside and asked what I was doing.
I said, “Diplomacy.”
She went back inside.
Smart woman.
Anyway, I decided my new associates deserved snacks, so I went inside and came back with peanuts.
This is where negotiations deteriorated.
One crow took a peanut.
One crow stole THREE.
And Gerald—
I named the biggest one Gerald—
Gerald ignored the peanuts entirely and stole a fucking spoon off my porch.
Why was there a spoon on my porch?
Irrelevant.
Gerald has it now.
That’s between him and God.
I tried following him because THAT WAS A GOOD SPOON.
This resulted in me barefoot, halfway across the yard, yelling,
“GERALD YOU THIEVING SKY BASTARD, WE HAD AN AGREEMENT.”
That’s when I noticed a little kid across the street staring at me.
I stared back.
He stared at the crows.
Then back at me.
I whispered, “They’ve chosen me.”
His mother immediately called him inside.
Anyway.
I never got the mail.
Gerald has my spoon.
There are now seven crows sitting on the power line outside my house.
And one of them just dropped a bottle cap on my driveway.
So either I’ve been accepted into their society…
or they’re paying me.
I don’t know.
But tomorrow I’m giving them walnuts and assigning ranks.
Gerald is already on thin fucking ice.
One of my favorite things to see about the surprise song is how ARMY recognizes them in 1 second, with the first note/chord.
Either BCD trained us well or we REALLY, REALLY listen to BTS music.
Those brandishing the bot allegations can kiss my a$$.
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