What’s With the Angry Birds?
Dear Mouthy Housewives,
Everyone is talking about these Angry Birds. I just figured out Twitter and now I have to wrap my head around these Birds? What is this game? Where do I find it? And why are the birds so angry?
Signed,
Tweet tweet
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Dear Tweety,
Remember back in school how we used to have final exams? And every once in a while, we’d get to the exam, look at the essay question and have absolutely no idea what to write? And then we’d look around the classroom hoping to see similar dismay on everyone’s faces, but instead we’d see them writing a lot and quickly? Well, what I would do in those situations is start writing a lot and quickly, too, and sadly it was usually off-topic. Because I may not have known the importance of the Reformation, but I could write up a storm about the Renaissance, and surely I’d get some credit for that, right?
So back to your question about your mother-in-law. Don’t worry because most people who write to us have problems with theirs. It’s natural. You both love the same man, so there tends to be some bristling over that. The best way to address whatever tension arises is with respect for the old bird. No need to get angry!
What? No credit for that answer? Oh, OK.
image from Wikipedia
Well then, Angry Birds is a game that is available through the Apple App store, smartphones, gaming consoles and personal computers. My nine-year-old son plays it on his iPod and my 12-year-old daughter downloaded a version on her Mac Book. The goal is to launch the birds, via a slingshot, to kill as many pigs as possible. I don’t get it, either. I can vouch for it being addictive, though, because when I played it on my son’s iPod, I almost went insane trying to annihilate those stupid pigs. It was so bad that one afternoon I decided to go cold turkey off the Angry Birds. That didn’t make the birds any less angry.
I always assumed that these birds were angry because they have a unibrow and everyone was calling them Breznev behind their backs.
But apparently, they’re angry because the pigs stole their eggs. During the days of my Angry Bird addiction, I did not once realize that there were eggs involved, which means either that I am one of the biggest morons online or that the Angry Birds developers need to flesh out this heart wrenching back story.
So give it a try! It may be just the time killer you’ve been searching for. And get your mother-in-law into it as well. I can’t help but think that the mass pig murder will enhance any relationship!
Happy launching,
Marinka, TMH
14 Responses to “What’s With the Angry Birds?”
Comment by Lady Jennie.
Come on there is no depressed lite going on in that wit! 
I enjoyed this one.
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Comment by Plano Mom.
How very fortunate that I found out about Angry Birds just this weekend, so I can feel superior. Thanks, TMH, for starting my week off to a great start!
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Comment by hokgardner.
I had to quit cold turkey because it turns out that I’m lousy at the game and I was becoming as angry as the birds.
Now I’m addicted to Plants v. Zombies.
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Comment by annie.
Alright now i’m pissed – or an angry really old bird or something! It’s your fault Marinka because even depressed you are SO much funnier than I am. Knock it of damnit!
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Comment by MommyTime.
My children have a lot in common with hokgardener: they too moved from their Angry Birds addition to Plants v. Zombies. My little bit of advice is that you can download Angry Birds Lite for free to test it out and see if you like it. It’s brilliant for killing time during the kiddies’ 1/2 hr ballet class. See, I’m nothing if not an enabler. You’re welcome.
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Comment by MommyTime.
sorry, addiction, not addition. There is no redeeming math component to Angry Birds.
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Comment by JubanMama.
Hold the phone – there are some of you out there who have the free time to play GAMES??? On your PHONES???
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Comment by Erin I'm Gonna Kill Him.
I wish my husband would go back to Duck Hunt. Angry Birds is far too portable. You couldn’t bring the Nintendo gun into restaurants.
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Comment by The Flying Chalupa.
(this is me, lost in the back of the classroom) Seeing as how I don’t use apps – unless they’re attached to an -etizer, I remain clueless.
However, I remember my Super Mario Brothers addiction in 7th grade quite well. Yes, come to think of it, I really should never play video games again. It was a rough time.
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Comment by Rachael.
Finally someone explained this bird business! I was thinking Marinka was seriously becoming senile with all the damn angry bird tweets.
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Comment by Cheryl.
Thank you Tweet Tweet & Marinka. I didn’t have the guts to ask this one. I’ve lost so much sleep wondering what the hell was wrong between the Twitter and the Angry Birds.
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Comment by Nilzed.
I dumped the angry birds because my time wasting to do list is already so far behind. There is Facebook (and farming and now city building as well as my restaurant to run)and email and scrabble and words with friends and blog reading and following links of interest. And I have twitter but don’t keep up with that and then my daughter got me involved with reedit. No time for birds.
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Comment by Alexandra.
I still don’t get it.
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