Sparrow knocks over 23,000 dominoes before being shot
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — A sparrow knocked over 23,000 dominoes in the Netherlands, nearly ruining a world record attempt before it was shot to death Monday, the state news agency reported.

The unfortunate bird flew through an open window at an exposition center in the northern city of Leeuwarden where employees of television company Endemol NV have worked for weeks setting up more than 4 million dominoes in an attempt to break the official Guinness World Record for falling dominoes on Friday night.

Only a system of 750 built-in gaps in the chain prevented the bird from knocking most or all of the dominoes over ahead of schedule, "Domino Day" organizers were quoted as saying by the NOS news agency.

The bird was shot by an exterminator with an air rifle while cowering in a corner.

The organizers are out to break their own record of 3,992,397 dominoes set last year with a record of 4,321,000.
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i rank this right up there with randy johnson exploding that bird with his fast ball, in terms of sheer hilarity at the expense of an animals death

i know they were looking to fine the people, cause the sparrow is endangered there, and some animal rights group was offering a large sum of money to anyone who could knock the dominoes over prematurely

i know its wrong, but i laughed my ass off at this.

This was in Amsterdam right? Who said people who smoke pot aren't violent?

My hero.

That is really funny, I can just imagine the look on everyone's face when the first domino got knocked over.

hahahahahaha

You would think that people who are setting up millions of dominos would keep their windows closed...

Hey, It was a particularly nasty sparrow... With big... pointy teeth and... claws and... bits...

The story itself may be funny , but somebody actually threatened to kill the exterminator that shot the sparrow... And the media are just raping this story to death. It's quite pathetic and sickening, to be honest.

Nobody would have been the slightest bit interested had it been a rat. And if sparrows are endangered, then I must be living in some sort of reserve, cause the blighters are bloody well everywhere.

I wonder how many people got murdered that day. Or raped, mugged, killed in traffic... Yet it's a poor and innocent budgie-wannabee that makes the damn headlines.

Thank you, "The News", thank you so fucking much for bringing us this marvel of a story!







Bastards!

Sonuva....I thought this was about PIZZA.

I heard the story went as followed:



"YAY DOMINOES ARE ALL SET UP!"

"OH NO A BIRD AHHHHHHHHHH"


"NOT THE DOMINOES"

"Hours of setting up.... what will we do now?"

"KILL THE FUCKER!"