Rare/Near Extinct Sparrow shot down by locals for disturbing Domino game! - United Bimmer Community

**bmwcrazy** · 11-14-2005, 09:17 PM

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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - 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 new record of 4,321,000.

Found this to be a little interesting. But I feel sorry for the bird.

**komodo** · 11-14-2005, 10:21 PM

Hahaha!

Poor bird, but that's hilarious. Perfect timing. I bet everyone who set it up were all like "OH MY GOD".

witeshark · 11-14-2005, 10:31 PM

Yeah that's so incredible

**RogueRonin** · 11-15-2005, 11:56 AM

I would have shot that bird myself, then used his lifeless body to start the dominoes rolling.

**RealBmw 02** · 11-15-2005, 01:17 PM

nick_318is · 11-15-2005, 01:27 PM

I think these guys in the netherlands have too much time on their hands, i bet someone came up with this domino idea when high and everyone was like that sounds fucking awsome.

DEATH2000 · 11-15-2005, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by RogueRonin

I would have shot that bird myself, then used his lifeless body to start the dominoes rolling.

Same, i feel like killing something now....

**Spieluhr** · 11-16-2005, 07:33 PM

did i read that right, NOS news???

NOZZZZZ!!! ****BOOM****

**delmarco** · 11-20-2005, 10:25 AM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10102168/

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A Dutch television show claimed to have knocked down a chain of more than 4.1 million dominoes Friday in a new world record, but organizers conceded the event was overshadowed by the earlier shooting of an errant sparrow.

The sparrow was killed by an exterminator with an air rifle on Monday after it knocked down 23,000 dominoes. The killing was seen by many as an overreaction, and angered animal rights and bird protection groups.

It later emerged that the house sparrow, though common, is classified as an endangered species in the Netherlands. Its population has halved in the past 20 years to less than 1 million breeding pairs, due to human encroachment on its territory.

**xsperf** · 11-20-2005, 10:33 AM

haha repost, bmwcrazy already posted this!!!

http://www.unitedbimmer.com/forums/thread5018.html

witeshark · 11-20-2005, 10:39 AM

I think it was an over reaction

**delmarco** · 11-20-2005, 10:55 AM

opps!

**komodo** · 11-20-2005, 04:04 PM

Still hilarious.