Twitter Thread: Bird Breaks Into Guy's Home, Crashes Zoom Meeting

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Aug 1, 2021 5:00 PM EDT

Birds' curiosity can end up getting the best of them. Sometimes while on their adventures they can end up flying right into the homes of people that forgot to batten down all the hatches. Naturally, these spontaneous and theatrical entrances can end up making for quite the spectacle. Generally, people can tend to go into a bit of a panic mode. Really though, just imagine what frantic thoughts must be rushing through the poor bird's brain at the same time. Michael Harriot's Twitter thread about his own experience with a bird deciding to make itself welcome in his home makes for quite the emotional rollercoaster. 

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    Font - Michael Harriot ( @michaelharriot It finally happened. One of my worst fears came true today but with faith and courage, I managed to overcome this nightmare scenario. Thread. 3:11 PM · Jul 20, 2021 · Twitter for iPhone
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    Font - Michael Harriot @michaelharriot 18h Replying to @michaelharriot I was working from home, minding my business when my dog came to let me know he needed to go outside. l'm letting him out in the backyard when I get a message on slack that I'm supposed to be in a meeting, so I leave the back door cracked so he can come back in 23 27 74 1.9K Michael Harriot Halfway through the meeting, I hear tapping. I figure it's Omar. He's 165 Ibs & can open the door with his face, but he's so dumb (or pol
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    Font - Michael Harriot O @michaelharriot 18h But he's already in. The door is still open and A BIRD IS IN MY HOUSE. First of all, I don't know about superstition where you're from, but in SC, a bird in the house means a family member is finna die (maybe it's dreaming about birds. or teeth falling out) anyway. 54 t7 79 3K Michael Harriot O @michaelharriot - 18h I gotta get this bird out of my house before Jesus kills my uncle or something. So I grab the negro pest control device that resides in a
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    Font - Michael Harriot @michaelharriot - 18h But this bird is gangsta AF. It turns around and flies AT ME like it wants to throw hands. So I square up with the bird. He looks me in the eye. I look him in the eye, and I can tell what he's thinking: "It's about to go down." He lands on the kitchen sink and I have an idea 15 27 57 2.5K Michael Harriot @michaelharriot 18h Usually, a real gangsta like myself would've just merked the bird, but I decide to catch him. But I don't want to lose an eye. I
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    Font - Michael Harriot O @michaelharriot 18h I grab a plastic cup and a paper plate to catch him, knowing he's gonna try to get away. Not this gangsta might have been a Robin so I figured it was probably a Kappa but this bird was obviously a Blood. bird. He just keeps staring like he's 2Parrot Shakur. He 35 27 71 3K Michael Harriot O @michaelharriot 18h I get closer (I've seen the crocodile hunter). He stares in Piru. I finally put the cup over him and slide him on the plate. He's glaring at me
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    Font - Michael Harriot So I take him outside to release him, I throw the cup and plate as far as I can. They separate, the thug robin escapes and, in midair, swoops BACK AT ME. @michaelharriot - 18h Now I'm yelling "shoo!" In high soprano. I run back in the house. The dog is staring like "WTF" and the craziest part is: 25 17 54 2.8K
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    Liquid - Michael Harriot I LOCK THE DOOR! @michaelharriot 18h I put on ALL the locks. The deadbolt, the knob, I may have even poplocked! Anyway, I know the birdgang is out there waiting for me, so I can't go in my backyard for the next 3 or 4 years So, if y'all hear about me being pecked to death, it was this goon: 718 17 223 8.2K
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