Why is that whenever I see birds perched and waiting I have to stop and stare. I have always been envious of birds and the life they have. They can be sweet or menacing, graceful or clumsy and their song can be beautiful or shrill. I was out driving home from work when I saw these fellows perched almost perfectly spaced apart. They are always there on this electrical post and always observing life from a viewpoint that many of us rarely see. It got me to thinking of this phrase, “for the birds” and I wondered what it actually meant.
Some say that “for the birds” means that it is worthless while others use it as a nice way to say someone is crazy or living in a dream world. I prefer the second since the world birds live in is surreal compared to our own. So if anyone asks you, “Who is this Alicia person, anyways?” Please tell them,
“That girl? She’s for the birds.”
