Men are dumb animals. Yes, guys, it’s time to fess up but somewhere in our DNA we have the “dumb ass” gene that makes us to stupid things. From backyard wrestling to punching walls to lighting things on fire, the phrase “Honey, I was just…” is pretty much the lead-in to every stupid thing we’ve ever done. That being said, most of our actions are at least, in our mind, explainable. This one, however, is not.
This story comes out of Columbia, where futbol player Luis Moreno actually kicked an owl. You read that right, a soccer player from Deportivo Pereira actually ran over to an injured owl that happened to be the opposing team’s mascot and happened to land on the field and gave it the boot. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had many fantasies and wild notions of starting and official Pigeon Kicking League since moving to New York, but an owl? Look at this thing:
How could you kick that? In all fairness, that would be a 500 point bonus in the Pigeon Kicking League, but I digress.
Not to be outdone, because other countries that are into soccer are absolute lunatics, they were afraid that said owl kicking would incite a “violent response from home fans”. This rule also applies to Philly fans.
It comes as no surprise that as fanatical futbol countries go that Luis has received threats, however the specifics of said threats have yet to be confirmed. Luis was also banned for two games from playing soccer and fined $560. Anyone who’s married knows you’d rather face death threats from fans than suffer the wrath of your wife asking why you’re inexplicably at home for 2 days and short $560!
