• Tina Turner Scares Off Birds From Runway
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[quote]A British airport is blasting out Tina Turner songs to scare birds away from its runways.Gloucestershire Airport in Staverton has been playing songs, such as Simply The Best, full blast from a loudspeaker mounted on a van which is driven up and down the runways. The speakers normally play bird distress noises, but when it failed to work one day, staff turned the tape player on and found that the diva's powerful voice was just as effective. Head of Operations Darren Lewington told the Gloucestershire Echo: "Normally we use the speakers on the top of the vehicle we use to drive around the airport to play bird distress calls. "But when our bird distress noises weren't working properly, they turned the tape player on, and that day it was Tina Turner who scared the birds away." Christopher Short, of the Countryside and Community Research Institute, said: "Clearly birds and planes are not a good combination for either the bird or the plane. "You want something therefore that's going to keep those birds away, and create a habitat that's not of interest for them."[/quote] [URL]http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/Tina_Turner_scares_off_birds_from_airport[/URL]
Those poor birds. [editline]5th November 2012[/editline] Could be worse, I suppose. [editline]5th November 2012[/editline] Could be Celine Dion.
There was an exact article on that years and years ago already, but the song was different, according to the times, Private Dancer, I do believe. Funny it shows up 20 some years later. Lol. Must have been a slow news day to dig up something that far back.
When I read that title, the first image that came to mind was Tina Turner running down an airport runway, flinging a big purse through the air and screaming at the top of her lungs as birds flee in terror. Glad to see the situation wasn't so violent.
[QUOTE=!Xuddan;38327694]When I read that title, the first image that came to mind was Tina Turner running down an airport runway, flinging a big purse through the air and screaming at the top of her lungs as birds flee in terror. Glad to see the situation wasn't so violent.[/QUOTE] She'd scare off the planes, too.
[QUOTE=IKTM;38327821]She'd scare off the planes, too.[/QUOTE] I wouldn't land there.
[QUOTE=IKTM;38327821]She'd scare off the planes, too.[/QUOTE] If it's scaring them to take off faster I do not see a problem with this.
We need some Tina Turner at the airport here, I swear the birds fly around at the ends of the runways purposely trying to fuck peoples' days up or something.
I would say they should play Demi Lovato, but that'd probably kill the birds where they stood.
[QUOTE=archangel125;38327007] Could be Celine Dion.[/QUOTE] I think that's classified as animal abuse.
Here's the Sean Connery impression of Tina Turner: [video=youtube;PzE6-WZtOi4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzE6-WZtOi4[/video]
Nothing beats belting out "We don't need another hero" while driving up and down a landing strip
I heard this on Never Mind The Buzzcocks years ago
Tina turner? she did a brother bear song. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjqY1To-CoU[/media] Not the best singer.
she was also in the third mad max movie (awful)
Play some Merzbow
She's got some good stuff, she's got some bad stuff, just like every other performer in the world. To me, she is an inspiration. Her music got me through some really really tough stuff when I was a youngin. When there was no one else around. But to each their own.
I imagined Tina Turner stepping out of a plane then blurting out a line from one of her songs and scaring a flock of birds away while at it. :v:
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