Not all doves are created equal

Well, I do have a fondness for human absurdity illustrated via animal metaphors. So here's a lament to the unfortunate flying pigeon killed last week by an errant cricket throw.


This pigeon did not get the same honourable treatment as one of it's brethren, a sparrow killed in Lords in 1936 during an MCC-Cambridge cricket game. This one was mounted on the cricket ball that killed it!



Antony Amos , MCC’s Tours & Museum Manager commented:

“The dead sparrow is a very popular attraction in the MCC Museum. Despite its untimely death, it has certainly not gone unnoticed – being seen by over 50,000 visitors to our Museum each year.”

Clearly one can draw only one conclusion from this episode:

Better a dove gone above than a turtle gone hurtle.

Amen, again.