volcanogirl73,

I apologize if it seemed I was picking on you. I actually had a great laugh at the expense of others here that couldn't be bothered to even look into how we acquire the feathers to begin with. I did see what you said, but had to point out that the likelihood of their being slaughtered for the feathers was so slim as to not even be a possibility because there is no need for it. So why even contemplate it and get people worked up over nothing?

I actually don't care for the feathers. As I mentioned, I am not personally superstitious, but it's been so engrained that they are bad luck, I kind of find the feathers off putting. I'm also not a great fan of the bird because the noise they make is a bit grating. Regardless, I do think the dress is pretty amazing, though it's not necessarily something I would wear either. It seems to me one would have to be pretty tall to pull off that look and I am not. :P

I will be the first to admit that I wear leather boots and use other animal products, but if I thought a dress like that had come from dead birds, I would be pretty bothered by it as well. That's a lot of feathers!

But does it taste good?

I haven't had Peeps since my grandfather was alive, and can't bring myself to eat them anymore because of the sweet memories I have of sharing them with him - back when they only came in pink or yellow. I am a little put off by the new colors, even. But chocolate covered? I would totally try those.

Hilarious!

Exactly, shadowfirebird. Nice coincedences, but that's pretty much all they are, because we want to see them. I have to admit, it would be cool if it were all on purpose, but when you consider that a good bit of Dark Side is meant to be about Syd Barrett, which they have publically stated, having it sync to a 1939 Judy Garland movie as well seems like a bit too much to do. I love them and think they are genius, but that's just a lot of work for something that they aren't openly admitting. Besides, the album would have certainly been longer and run through the entire length of the movie if they were being that ambitious.

Good point too, about it working with any Floyd album. I may have to try it on a night that I have nothing better to do. I think The Final Cut would be a great album to try and sync up to this. Certainly would be creepy, and there is an over the rainbow refrence on that album as well.

volcanogirl73, while you are certainly entitled to your opinion on how this looks or how it skeeves you out, the feathers are not typically sourced from slaughtered birds, which is why poaching them in India and probably a lot of other places is illegal. I know it's fun to imagine that someone needs to save these helpless birds from being killed by evilbadnasty people for their feathers, but the people who are doing this for profit very likely have more of them than you have ever seen in one place, as well as years of collecting them. They aren't cheap and there is a surprising demand for them. It would make no sense to kill the bird for them if you are running a business. It would be like shearing the sheep and then killing them because they are now bald.

Look it up. Google is your friend.

That was really cool. I thought the one with the long haired blonde lady was especially striking.

It's actually illegal to shoot/poison them for their feathers from what I just read, too, violet, and they have tests that can show whether the feather came from a dead bird or a live one.

I do find the knee jerk outrage to this story amusing, though. It doesn't take a whole lot to Google something.

Actually, the feathers are gathered after they molt after mating season and then used, but the alarmists here would love to pretend that these birds are getting slaughtered for them so that they can express a little righteous anger.

Only poachers kill them to obtain the feathers, which is apparently an issue in India.

I found that the Pink Floyd thing really only works with the Scarecrow and "Brain Damage", but the rest of it, while it has a creepy feel to it, I don't think that it's anything but coincedental.

Actually, doesn't matter cause I am not eligible in the UK, so mine was a blueberry cake doughnut with cheesecake filling, white icing, and graham cracker sprinkles. It could have been more original, but it's what I was craving.

This is a pretty amazing dress. However, though I am not superstitious, there is a persistent superstition in my culture that says peacock feathers are bad luck. I don't know that they would be apprpriate for a bride given that symbolism.

I will not say what I did either, but yeah,not for the faint hearted, and NO BACON.

I would eat everything on this list, even though as much as I love avocado, putting it in a pie seems a little weird.

I love reading about this stuff. Great post!