Italy has a weird thing with pigeons. I dunno if its the volume of priceless marble statuary or what, but I have never seen so many pigeons in one place than Saint Marks Square. Dozens of people feeding them at all times, some people walked around with pigeons perched on every horizontal part of their body, and then you go to a restaurant and it's on the goddamn menu. Every city seemed to have a designated pigeon area where all the birds would gather, and it was always crawling with locals and tourists, and just about each one of these places also had someone peddling bird seed.
意大利人对鸽子有种说不清的执念。我也不知道是因为那些价值连城的大理石雕塑太多了还是怎么回事,但在圣马可广场(Saint Marks Square)看到的鸽子数量,简直是我这辈子见过最多的。随时都有几十号人在那儿喂鸟,有些人身上简直挂满了鸽子,每个能站脚的地方都蹲着一只,然后你转头去餐厅一看,好家伙,那玩意儿居然直接写在菜单上了。每座城市好像都有个专门的“鸽子聚集区”,成群结队的鸟全聚在那儿,周围全是本地人和游客,而且每个地儿基本上都有人兜售鸟食。
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nakedBiondo109 赞2018/9/12
I live in Verona, very close to Venice.
Here pigeons are a problem, but nothing compared to the number in Saint Mark Plaza in Venice. Imho the police should give fines to anyone who feeds them, even small, or at least tell people that it's illegal and shouldn't be done.
I saw a seagull eat a pigeon in Venice. Weird to see.
我在威尼斯看到一只海鸥把鸽子给吃了。看着真够诡异的。
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they could arrest at least 5 each day to make an example. one every few hours
他们每天至少该抓个5个人来杀鸡儆猴。每隔几个小时就抓一个。
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For tourist cities, that’s probably not good for business. Also o wouldn’t want to visit the type of city that jails people who feed pigeons.
对于旅游城市来说,这恐怕对生意没啥好处。再说,我也不想去那种连喂个鸽子都要抓人的城市。
Tsorovar70 赞2018/9/12
Perhaps if they arrested five pigeons a day?
也许每天抓个五只鸽子能管用?
westernmail25 赞2018/9/13
And thus started the Great Pigeon War. Grab your umbrellas folks, it's gonna be a shitfest.
于是,伟大的鸽子战争就这样打响了。大伙儿赶紧抄起雨伞吧,这下肯定要乱成一锅粥了。
FlyByNightt17 赞2018/9/13
Whatever you do, don't ask Australia for advice. The last time they fought birds, they lost.
不管你打算干什么,千万别去问澳大利亚人。
上次他们跟鸟打仗,结果还输了。
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but you also do not want polluting flying rats in your cities
但你也不想让那些会飞的“污染老鼠”在你的城市里到处乱窜。
Krelliamite16 赞2018/9/13
Why jump straight to arresting them? Seems like a fine or something along those lines would be not only easier to do but also much more cost effective.
干嘛一上来就直接抓人啊?感觉罚点钱或者类似的惩罚不仅执行起来更容易,而且性价比也高得多。
SuperluminalMuskrat19 赞2018/9/12
Calm down, Mussolini.
别激动,墨索里尼。
Yvgar18 赞2018/9/12
Distribute free poisoned pigeon food to tourists
给游客发免费的毒鸽子饲料。
Ivan-FTW17 赞2018/9/12
Yeah, I went to Italy as a school field trip (Not free of course) and in venice, my friend (5ft) had her sandwich stolen by a seagull. One that sat on her head and made her drop it then a whole colony came to fight for it. Also, some gulls are huge in venice compared to the ones in Canada
Way back when that ad came out, I remember it being pointed out that many birds were copies of each other, thus it was photo-manipulated and not truly real. I'm not even sure OP's is real - plus, it may have been taken in 1960... on a camera and film from 1920.
Anyone else see Batman and not a bottle of Absolut?
有没有人跟我一样,看到的不是Absolut伏特加酒瓶,而是蝙蝠侠?
macak33371 赞2018/9/12
Its illegal to feed pigeons in Saint Mark's square, I think its illegal in the whole of Venice. Source: I have been there myself and was warned not to do that as I would be getting a big fine.
I mean, I would think that having birds swarm you would be enough of a deterrent. There was a teenage girl near me who started scattering birdseed and the shrieked when they flocked to her. Dude, what did you think was gonna happen???
Is that really the case? It looks completely fake to me to be honest. Every person on there looks like it has been drawn, and every one of those letters with their extremely straight lines looks way too perfect.
That's completely legit! You can also ask 60s' pigeons for proof
这绝对是真的!你也可以找60年代的鸽子要证据。
Cthulhuwantedapepsi23 赞2018/9/12
Afterwards Coke Cola was spelled out in pigeon shit
后来可乐的拼写都是用鸽子屎摆出来的。
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Two words: pigeon mites. I learned not to eat outside in Italy real fast.
俩词:鸽子螨。
我很快就学会了在意大利别在户外吃东西。
Edwardlongbals5 赞2018/9/13
Assassin's Creed 2! I thought I recognized this place even though I've never left the U.S.
《刺客信条2》!我居然一眼就认出了这地方,尽管我这辈子还没出过美国呢。
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This advertisement cause a literal shitstorm back then...
当年这广告可是引发了一场真正的“屎”诗级风暴……
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grumpy_youngMan3 赞2018/9/13
I appreciate the translation but you can still call it San Marco Square since that was his actual name
谢谢你的翻译,不过你其实还是可以直接叫它圣马可广场的,毕竟那才是它本来的名字。
JelyFisch2 赞2018/9/12
How did the residents of Venice feel about the aftermath? That looks like a lot of pigeon poo.
威尼斯当地居民对后续的影响感觉如何?看起来那儿全是鸽子屎啊。
LesMiserables9992 赞2018/9/12
Does anyone know if there is a subreddit dedicated to really cool/original advertisements or marketing schemes?
有人知道哪个 subreddit 是专门分享那些超酷/有创意的广告或营销方案的吗?
myfakename682 赞2018/9/13
I posted this as a reply below, but thought I'd paste it here. Honestly... I was beyond shocked that there were no pigeons to speak of . I was just in Venice last year. I kept telling my teenage son about the millions of pigeons he'd see in Saint Mark's. We get there... and I swear... there were about 50 pigeons! I guess they have cracked down on feeding them and while there was one dear little old man selling dried corn, no one was buying and feeding the birds. It was so weird to not see the thousands upon thousands of birds. Also, gone? "The cats of Rome." I remember seeing cats every few 100 feet 20 years ago. I was also in Rome last year... and didn't see a single stray cat. I believe they are capturing them and taking them to an animal shelter outside of Rome. I did miss seeing the cats lounging about on statues.
inb4 somebody recreates this today with the message "Send Nudes"
坐等哪个大神今天就用“发裸照”这个信息把这玩意儿给复刻出来。
PROchiief2 赞2018/9/13
How did they lay grains fast enough that the previous grains on the ground wouldn't already be eaten and become a blob of pigeons from a bird's eye view?
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