Local Englishman Wildly Misinterprets The Guardian’s Bird Of The Year Poll

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT

A Sydney based recruiter has today been left with egg on his face, after making a rather fowel misstep.

Alistair Henderson (39) found himself picking up the pieces a few moments ago, following a rather severe crossing of wires during a conversation with one of his colleagues.

“Yeah turns out the Bird of The Year competition wasn’t what I thought it was,” laughed the local geezer a short time ago.

“Safe to say the bookish old bird who works in accounts wasn’t impressed when I said, if I was voting in the poll I’d be putting Sydney Sweeney forward.”

The reason for the consternation was the Guardian’s yearly Bird of the Year poll, which sees readers, birders and people who spend a lot of time in the internet voting for their favourite winged Ornithurae.

A cult sensation, the poll sees a huge number of votes cast across the time period it is open.

However, it has left Alistair rather befuddled, after the former English press consumer assumed it was a competition to vote for the hottest female individual.

“Yeah, Bev wasn’t impressed by me voicing my support for Sydney,” he laughed.

“But I just thought it was for fit birds,” continued the man who refers to women as birds.

“Which I thought, geez that’s a bit of fun in this day and age.”

“But lo and behold, it’s for the speckled southern wren and all that shite.”

“So there ya go.”

“Lives and learns.”