18.1.09

bird "strike"

if you were to hear "plane strike" or "terrorist strike" you would think we were under attack or something of the sort. but what do you think when you hear bird strike for the first time?

when i first heard it, it sounded like al-qaeda was recruiting poultry divebombers or something. the term bird strike makes it sound like the plane was the target or victim. but in reality the birds were the victim and in this case, the only ones harmed.

(if you consider being sucked up by a jet engine and being shredded to death harmed)