just saw that, and thought it was pretty funny:
Carrier Pigeon With Love Letter from Girl in Israel to Boyfriend in S. Lebanon Triggers Bird Flu Scare
A carrier pigeon with a love letter from a girl thanking her boyfriend for a "terrific night they spent together" has flown across the border from Israel, triggering a bird flu scare throughout south Lebanon, the Beirut media reported on Saturday.
The green-and-white pigeon landed at the roof of Ahmed Kamel Zaytoun in south Lebanon's Kfar Tibnit township on Friday. He found the letter concealed in an iron ring with figures identifying the trained carrier.
The letter was written in English and Hebrew. The girl from Israel's upper Galilee panhandle speaks fondly of the night she spent with her lover, thanking him and asking him to acknowledge receiving her message to her e-mail address.
She also wrote in the message a post address in the Kafar Qassem district in the Galilee, the Beirut daily As Safir reported. But the name of the lover and his address were not mentioned.
Scared that the pigeon may be carrying a bird flu virus, Zaytoun, who had no difficulty catching the love messenger, rushed it to the police station of the Nabatiyeh market town, which in turn rushed it to an agriculture ministry laboratory in Al Fanar to determine whether it is clean or contaminated.
The Beirut ANB TV network, which aired a full coverage of the pigeon being seized and inserted in a big cage by Zaytoun, said the incident sent a bird flu scare sweeping across the region. The population is awaiting an assurance from the ministry of agriculture, ANB said.
Beirut, Updated 20 Nov 05, 09:50
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Carrier Pigeon With Love Letter from Girl in Israel to Boyfriend in S. Lebanon Triggers Bird Flu Scare
A carrier pigeon with a love letter from a girl thanking her boyfriend for a "terrific night they spent together" has flown across the border from Israel, triggering a bird flu scare throughout south Lebanon, the Beirut media reported on Saturday.
The green-and-white pigeon landed at the roof of Ahmed Kamel Zaytoun in south Lebanon's Kfar Tibnit township on Friday. He found the letter concealed in an iron ring with figures identifying the trained carrier.
The letter was written in English and Hebrew. The girl from Israel's upper Galilee panhandle speaks fondly of the night she spent with her lover, thanking him and asking him to acknowledge receiving her message to her e-mail address.
She also wrote in the message a post address in the Kafar Qassem district in the Galilee, the Beirut daily As Safir reported. But the name of the lover and his address were not mentioned.
Scared that the pigeon may be carrying a bird flu virus, Zaytoun, who had no difficulty catching the love messenger, rushed it to the police station of the Nabatiyeh market town, which in turn rushed it to an agriculture ministry laboratory in Al Fanar to determine whether it is clean or contaminated.
The Beirut ANB TV network, which aired a full coverage of the pigeon being seized and inserted in a big cage by Zaytoun, said the incident sent a bird flu scare sweeping across the region. The population is awaiting an assurance from the ministry of agriculture, ANB said.
Beirut, Updated 20 Nov 05, 09:50
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