FF – Not Safe Anywhere
Here is my post for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by Krista Strutz.
Ah, the bustle of the big city, all of life happening around me, walking along eating my pizza slice, some kids on the corner, looking at me funny, coming right at me!
Woohooo!
“Hey, my lunch! Come back with my lunch! I’ve had enough of the city.”
Much later…
Ah, the quiet of nature, beauty all around me, paddling along eating my packed lunch, a huge bird on a log, looking at me funny, coming right at me!
Squaaaaak!
“Hey, my lunch! Come back with my lunch! I’ve had enough of nature.”
😦 Not safe anywhere 😦
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draliman on life 
HAHAHA! True; there is nowhere to hide! 😀
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We must learn to eat while under cover 🙂
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That made me smile
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Good 🙂
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Oh, you poor dear!! lol
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What is he to do? 🙂
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Sooner or later, he’ll take the hint that he should just go on a diet…
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It doesn’t look like he has much choice…
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There are disadvantages to even the most enchanting of environments
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Yes, always. The grass is always greener…
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Those city gulls are real mean!
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It’s best to just give them what they want…
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awesome! Loved this! ❤
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I’m glad, thanks!
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Poor guy, cant get a break anywhere. Great take on the prompt.
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Thanks! He’s not having the best of luck.
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I’ve had a sea gull steal part of my sandwich right out of my hand. Never an eagle, though :). Fun story.
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I’ve had a gull steal my ice cream but also, never an eagle!
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You need to come to Australia and sit on Bondi Beach eating hot chips. Duck for cover as the seagulls dive bomb you to steal the chips (sometimes out of your mouth) 😄
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Or you can come to Cornwall and walk along with an ice cream cone. A rush of air and suddenly all you have is an empty cone 🙂
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Oh I’d love to come to Cornwall! My BFF is from Cornwall. She wants to show me around her old stomping ground. LOL and eat fish and chips on the beach 🤣
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I’d quite like to visit Australia. We could do swapsies 🙂
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LOL but then there’d be no chance of meeting 🤣
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True 😦
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this reminded of st. ives where i came face to face with seagulls aiming to snatch my sandwich. 🙂
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There are two St Ives in the UK and maybe you’re referring to one in the US, but the St Ives in Cornwall is 37.2 miles from where I live (according to Google!) so I’ve been there a few times and yes, it’s pretty bad 🙂
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i’m referring to the one in the UK. 🙂
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An absolute gem, had me LOLing, literally! Our local Wetherspoons has a sign in the garden saying they take no responsibility when food is nicked by gulls!
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It’s a big problem in Cornish seaside towns too. I once had an entire ice cream cone nicked by a seagull in Newquay 😮
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law of the jungle, just some of them are concrete. Cute story.
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Yep, the location may change but the threat remains.
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Loved the humour. Looks like food is in short supply and easy pickings is to snatch a snack or two.
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I’m sure eventually the kids will come a cropper. Not so the birds, they’re too fast!
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Dear Ali,
I hate to laugh at his pain, but I did. Poor guy can’t seem to catch a break.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
I hope he doesn’t end up shut in a cellar somewhere! But then there’s the rats… 😮
Ali
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I’m sitting here, laughing and snorting more than I should. That was masterfully constructed. And the comments are too funny as well.
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it 🙂 There are indeed some funny comments!
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Ha Ha – it happens to me all the time when I’m at the beach. I’ve learned to leave food at home. Cute story … unfolded nicely 😊
Isadora 😎
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Very wise, it’s a constant danger 🙂
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You may not be safe, but the good side is you may lose a few pounds… LOL! “Gotta hold y’er food close to your chest, inside your jacket” I remember the homeless man telling me as I was crying over my lost lunch stolen by pigeons while I sat outside the Capital building years ago. Now, sometimes I forget, and find stray french fries in my laundry… LOL!
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Hey, that’s true. No need to feel guilty about ice creams etc if you know a bird’s going to eat most of it 🙂
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Your story made me smile with the memory of snatched ice cream and fish and chips at various resorts – including St Ives!
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Newquay was the scene of my last attack!
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Maybe he should try eating inside with all the windows closed. With his luck, though, he’d still lose his food somehow…
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He probably has a ravenous kitty cat at home 🙂
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Ali,
Poor guy! I just want to know what he’s eating that makes his lunch a target for birdbrains and birds, lol.
pax,
dora
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We need to know so that we don’t attempt to eat the same thing outside 🙂
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Ha, this person has a serious problem, no sanctuary anywhere.
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Where to go next?
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Exactly
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OMC some kids got wings…MOL🐦Extra Pawkisses🐾😽💞
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A frightening development 😮
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That’s life, always looking over your shoulder. He better no go out on the sea, those killer whales snap lunch boxes like they where… uh… Lunch boxes
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He’d definitely better stay away from the sea, with his luck.
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