Sunday, March 22, 2009

A message from the sky

Today, a crow flew by my windshield. He was carrying a cheeto in his beak.

What could it mean?

Is it the end of days? Or perhaps someone spilled a snack? Or maybe the crow is looking to clog his arteries? Is orange the new black?

Hard to tell with omens.

Without regard to the message, it was a striking image, from a color point of view. Close your eyes, just for two seconds, and visualize it.

32 comments:

Gordo said...

Cheezy!

You can't get much more of a colour juxtaposition than that: a jet back bird carying a snack product that's a colour not found in nature.

The Real Mother Hen said...

Quick, buy the stocks of cheeto! :)

Or, in my case, buy Powerball tomorrow!

ETK said...

It's clearly got to mean something. I think it means that cheese dust RULES! :) I love a good cheeto now and again.

A very striking image though, I'm sure.

Lynn said...

Thankfully, the crow did not leave and orangeish 'present' on your windshield.

heartinsanfrancisco said...

Orange and black -- is it Halloween already?

I so admire your ability to discern exactly which nasty human snack the crow was carrying (carrion?) as he flew by. It would have been a vague blob to me.

I think the omen is that you should keep your eyes on the road while driving. (Don't thank me. I'm here to help:)

meno said...

gordo, the cheesist! There is no mistaking that color.

mother hen, but what are my numbers?

etk, i too love cheetos, but haven't had one in years.

lynn, that would have been a statement. Orange poop.

hearts, i have a quick eye for a cheeto. Thanks for your interpretation. I'll keep it in mind.

fiwa said...

Obviously it means you need more cheesy poofs in your life. We have a crow in our neighborhood that meows like a cat.

Anonymous said...

You are DOOMED to love Cheetos for the rest of your life! That, or crows just can't resist a cheesy snack.

flutter said...

it is a widely known fact that cheeto carrying crows are the fourth horsemen of the apocalypse.

say your goodbyes now.

Mrs. Chili said...

I looked it up: the ancients believed that a crow carrying a Cheeto symbolized the turnaround of the economy and a good orange cheese harvest.

jaded said...

Maybe he's misinformed about carbohydrate loading?

furiousBall said...

maybe he had just come from a cheeto tree

egan said...

It's the cheesiest.

meno said...

fiwa, do you ever look for the cat and then realize it's the crow?

sally, OH NO! I was afraid of that.

flutter, bending over and kissing my ass goodbye.

mrs. chili, you made me laugh!

jaded, didn't he read the packaging?

furious, must be as those are common trees around here.

egan, that's what he said!

TTQ said...

Did you know you can teach a crow to speak? My sister did her thesis on crows...seriously.

Diane Mandy said...

If I had seen it myself I would have thought it was a sign from the gods that I should not be dieting. Seriously, I'd love a sign like that right about now.

Cheesy said...

He was just horny is all~ Gonna take it home and watch porn~ turn his daddy parts orange.....

Jonas said...

If it starts raining Cheetos from a clear black sky ('round about midnight) in your neck of the woods...well...I'm gonna crap my pants!

Just sayin'

Anonymous said...

I just love the image--no clever retort, no pun, no homage to old jokes. A black bird in a blue sky with an orange treat. You can't pose photos like that. Thanx for sharing!

sari said...

I love the puffy ones, myself.

meno said...

ttq, that is seriously cool!

diane, that how i interpreted it.

cheesym your name alone means that you would know!

jonas, i'll keep my eyes to the western sky.

irrelephant, it really was striking.

sari, nom nom nom!

Mrs4444 said...

I love how a crow holding a Cheeto can make for excellent blog fodder. Love it :)

P.S. Thank you for your kind words for Molly today; I appreciate it.

Dianne said...

we have so many crows round here and they always seem to pick-up the oddest stuff - someone told me they are nature's garbage collectors - I can only imagine what their nests look like

j.sterling said...

dude. you should knocked that fucker out and stolen that cheeto! i mean, that will teach that crow to fly over you, all showing off like "i have food and you don't!!"

meno said...

mrs. 4444, a blog post about nothing! One of my favorite things to write about. :)

dianne, probably like my deak!

jennster, believe me, if i hadn't been driving, that crow would have been TOAST.

Dick said...

It is kind of a weird image, isn't it? Just goes to prove that crows are not the smartest thing around. Or it was real hungry.

Tink said...

Cheetos are taking over the world...

Vanessa said...

The image makes me laugh! Hungry crow is all I can think of....

meno said...

dick, i guess crows are no dumber than anyone who eats cheetos!

tink, THAT MUST BE IT!

vanessa, really hungry crow!

Mels Place in Big Bear said...

I visualized. And then it crapped on my nose. Orange poop!

luckyzmom said...

You have the cleverest commenters. The comments often go where a Ch**to has never gone before.

capacious said...

I ate Cheetos for breakfast today. No joke.