The 12 Days of Sad Christmas Misfits: Day Eleven
There's really nothing sadder than wasted talent is there?
This appalling birdhouse shows the signs of find craftmanship: Mitered corners, good gluework, sturdy. Really a fine piece of woodworking.
But why?
One possibility would be that this really is a birdhouse, intended to be used by birds. But that's pretty sick, when you think about it. Birds don't celebrate Christmas. Birds don't even KNOW it's Christmas. Would one hang up the birdhouse, lure a bird family into it, and evict them as soon as the holiday is over?
Another, and possibly darker, scenario would be that this craftsman decided to create this Christmas Birdhouse simply to spite the birds. Imagine a poor homeless bird family, huddling in the cold, looking in through the windows of the warm, lighted house and seeing this perfectly fine birdhouse. How cruel and un-christmaslike is that (Even though birds don't celebrate Christmas)
I, for one, find it singularly disturbing.
This appalling birdhouse shows the signs of find craftmanship: Mitered corners, good gluework, sturdy. Really a fine piece of woodworking.
But why?
One possibility would be that this really is a birdhouse, intended to be used by birds. But that's pretty sick, when you think about it. Birds don't celebrate Christmas. Birds don't even KNOW it's Christmas. Would one hang up the birdhouse, lure a bird family into it, and evict them as soon as the holiday is over?
Another, and possibly darker, scenario would be that this craftsman decided to create this Christmas Birdhouse simply to spite the birds. Imagine a poor homeless bird family, huddling in the cold, looking in through the windows of the warm, lighted house and seeing this perfectly fine birdhouse. How cruel and un-christmaslike is that (Even though birds don't celebrate Christmas)
I, for one, find it singularly disturbing.
posted by Catalina Vel-DuRay @ Tuesday, December 11, 2007
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