Gulling at the landfill

[UPDATE 11/27/13: Sadly, it appears that Xtranormal has shut down their website. Gone with it is this video, with no trace to be found, much like the girlfriend on which the movie was based!! That's a bummer...I wish they had emailed me beforehand so I could have tried to reproduce it in some form.]

Inspired by a few recent Xtranormal videos sent to me, I've re-created a conversation I seem to have every year around this time...


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  1. NickLNovember 15, 2010 at 8:25 PM

    hahahah well done, sir

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  2. UnknownNovember 15, 2010 at 9:48 PM

    I am still laughing - I loved this, especially the part about the "neutral light". Thanks !
    Denise

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  3. UnknownNovember 15, 2010 at 10:03 PM

    Nick, I laughed so hard I almost busted a gut! Thanks for the funny. It alway good to have a rolling chuckle!

    Mardi

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  4. ScottNovember 15, 2010 at 10:19 PM

    love it!

    -Scott

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  5. CharlieNovember 16, 2010 at 6:11 AM

    Nick,

    Great job. Very funny stuff.

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  6. Dan HuberNovember 16, 2010 at 6:46 AM

    Love this!!

    dan

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  7. AnonymousNovember 16, 2010 at 6:54 AM

    This was hilarious! Thank you for letting me start my day with such a good laugh.

    M.

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  8. Patrick CominsNovember 16, 2010 at 7:42 AM

    Funniest thing I've seen in a while...or I guess it would be funny if it wasn't so scary true!

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  9. GlennNovember 16, 2010 at 6:26 PM

    This gets funnier every time that I watch it. The whole family is into it.

    Glenn

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  10. JasonNovember 16, 2010 at 10:49 PM

    Utterly awesome. And my first reaction is to wish there were better sites close to home, not sure what that says about me.

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  11. AnonymousNovember 17, 2010 at 8:29 PM

    "are you seriously choosing seagulls over me!?" haha this is great, Nick!

    -Alex

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  12. Laura KJanuary 7, 2011 at 7:18 PM

    Nick, you had my husband, son, and I laughing at this one. Glad you pointed it out!

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  13. ShawneenFebruary 5, 2011 at 12:20 AM

    Too, too funny. Love it!

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  14. eileeninmdFebruary 22, 2011 at 9:39 AM

    Very funny, I love this one.

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  15. Hilke BrederDecember 23, 2011 at 3:27 PM

    So funny! The gap between me and my non-birding husband is not quite as wide.

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  16. LowieJanuary 3, 2012 at 6:08 PM

    Soooo for the record, Ben's pick up line that worked on me was "I could show you some gulls sometime"... I agreed and after our first "gulling" experience I had a plethora of new life birds including Ivory Gull and Thayer's Gull.... :-) so for SOME people this might actually work!!!

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  17. Nick BonomoJanuary 3, 2012 at 6:24 PM

    Great story Lauren. So there is hope for guys like me...
    I think I actually first met you on that gull session you referred to - pretty sure it was at the Gloucester Ivory Gull.

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  18. LowieJanuary 3, 2012 at 8:43 PM

    Yep! That indeed was the first time we met - I remember because you were one of the few people Ben introduced me too! I thought he was ashamed of me but turns out he couldn't remember a bunch of the other people's names!

    And you're better off finding someone to share your hobby with in my opinion! I mean if Ben and I weren't both birders... we would never see each other!

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