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

[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

[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.

[SimonMac]

Thirty years ago it was full of Soviet helicopters too.

[Mich the Tester]

Thirty years ago it was full of Soviet helicopters too.

Did they bring the sparrows with them?

[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!!!!

[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?

[AtW]

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

HTH

[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.

[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'