and today's 'no tulip sherlock' prize goes to..............

[RSoles]

"Thirty years ago, I used to shoot 500-700 sparrows a day with my sling shot," says Haji Shakoor, 57, from Salang valley. "The sky used to be full of birds. But now it seems so empty."

BBC News - Bird hunters 'emptying Afghan skies'

[mudskipper]

"Thirty years ago, I used to shoot 500-700 sparrows a day with my sling shot," says Haji Shakoor, 57, from Salang valley. "The sky used to be full of birds. But now it seems so empty."

BBC News - Bird hunters 'emptying Afghan skies'

no bird tulip sherlock.

[AtW]

I'd be more worried about IEDs and EFPs there.

HTH

[original PM]

maybe if he had not been shooting 500-700 sparrows a day for the last 30 years there may be a few left?

[Sausage Surprise]

maybe if he had not been shooting 500-700 sparrows a day for the last 30 years there may be a few left?

Whoooooshhhhh!!!!

[Mich the Tester]

Thirty years ago it was full of Soviet helicopters too.

Did they bring the sparrows with them?

[SimonMac]

Thirty years ago it was full of Soviet helicopters too.

[Mich the Tester]

Maybe AtW can tell us about the Red Army's secret sparrow diminishment weapons, designed to slowly starve the cats of Afghanistan until they submit to Soviet control to make room for Russian squirrels.

[original PM]

Maybe AtW can tell us about the Red Army's secret sparrow diminishment weapons, designed to slowly starve the cats of Afghanistan until they submit to Soviet control to make room for glorious new tractor factory.

ftfy