giving them the bird - 10/12/01 06:26 PM
Technolgy strikes another blow for faster communication:
"The rapacious advance of technology has claimed the jobs of more innocent victims: 400 pigeons.
The Orissa state pigeon carrier service in India is cruelly sacking two-thirds of its winged workforce because of the increasing use of the internet and email.
A spokesman for the pigeon carrier service said: "We are going to retrench the pigeons to save the 5.4m rupees (£78,000) we spend annually on them."
Fear not: the practice of "retrenching pigeons" has nothing to do with ovens and pastry. The dole-birds will be handed over to the state's wildlife department, bless their little feathers.”
(with thanks to Jon at Silicon.com)
"The rapacious advance of technology has claimed the jobs of more innocent victims: 400 pigeons.
The Orissa state pigeon carrier service in India is cruelly sacking two-thirds of its winged workforce because of the increasing use of the internet and email.
A spokesman for the pigeon carrier service said: "We are going to retrench the pigeons to save the 5.4m rupees (£78,000) we spend annually on them."
Fear not: the practice of "retrenching pigeons" has nothing to do with ovens and pastry. The dole-birds will be handed over to the state's wildlife department, bless their little feathers.”
(with thanks to Jon at Silicon.com)