Peacock Beatdown

Whack!

The woman on trial for killing a peacock with a baseball bat said yesterday that before the incident she had not had a good night's sleep for months because of constant squawking from peacocks outside her condominium.

She said the lack of sleep made her withdrawn and cranky.

"I got to the point where I didn't want to go anywhere. I just wanted to stay in a hole," Maloney said.

On the morning she admits killing the peacock, she said , she went outside to chase a particular bird that had been squawking in the parking lot. She said she never intended to kill any birds but found that chasing them with a baseball bat made her tired and was helpful in venting her frustration.

Maloney said she was able to shoo some away, but one did not flee with the others. Instead it turned around and defecated in the barbecue, she said.

That's when she went to Louisville. Obviously the stupid bird wanted to be on the BBQ; she was just obliging. Dunno what peacock tastes like, but almost anything is pretty good if you smoke it for four hours @ 250F.

What the article fails to tells us is why there are peacocks wandering around the condominiums.