Unusually quiet roosters and a dozen missing Apple iPads were two mysteries solved yesterday morning on Kaua‘i’s North Shore. Both mysteries were found to be related.
“Roosters using iPads, well that’s just ridiculous,” said Deputy Robert Moakane, “but apparently there is something to that.”
According to the Deputy’s report, a dozen new Apple iPads, originally suspected stolen a few days ago had, in fact, probably fallen off a delivery truck. They ended up in a shallow ravine near The Cliffs at Princeville. The new computers were discovered to be scattered around a small area and were all face up, turned on and surrounded by dozens of very quiet roosters.
“The whole scene was really quite odd,” said island visitor Gavin Gardiner of Chevy Case, Mich. “I couldn’t believe how quiet it was yesterday morning and this morning. Normally, you know, those energetic roosters are crowing and yakking like all get out. Instead, for the past two days there was not a peep to be heard. It was so unusual that I got up and looked out my window early this morning to see where all those pesky birds were. Come to find out, there were dozens of them right under my lanai, all gathered around these iPads. They had somehow turned them on and were literally surfing the web.”
According to Mr. Gardiner, the younger roosters appeared to be showing the older ones how to operate the computer tablets. “In fact, one younger little guy seemed to be giving up on the older one as if to say, “Oh just let me do it!” I could also see that one hen was on the Twitter site content to just sit on top of one of those “new-user” egg images. It was all quite the scene.
Another flock of birds had the Youtube site up and were watching the trailer from Chicken Run! They looked to be literally rolling around laughing and pointing, as much as roosters ever laugh and point.
But, what really struck me in the “animal-imitating-humans” category was how most of the surfing was done by the younger chicks, while the older ones watched and apparently tried to learn. I could tell there was a lot of texting going on between the mid-age, or maybe “teenage” roosters and chickens. They were just quiet and intent as anything and not paying a bit of attention to the older ones, who may well have been their parents,” said Mr. Gardiner.
As it turns out, a local concierge had ordered the iPads to be pre-loaded with island information to loan or rent out to their guests. After the iPads were gathered up by the resort’s staff they were found to be in pretty good shape except for one that an older rooster had given up on trying to learn how to use and so he simply left his opinion of the new technology in a big blob on the screen. “I actually watched that happen”, said Mr. Gardiner, “and cheered him on! Sometimes I think that’s the appropriate response for these texting-surfing gadgets!”
“Roosters using iPads, well that’s just ridiculous,” said Deputy Robert Moakane, “but apparently there is something to that.”
According to the Deputy’s report, a dozen new Apple iPads, originally suspected stolen a few days ago had, in fact, probably fallen off a delivery truck. They ended up in a shallow ravine near The Cliffs at Princeville. The new computers were discovered to be scattered around a small area and were all face up, turned on and surrounded by dozens of very quiet roosters.
“The whole scene was really quite odd,” said island visitor Gavin Gardiner of Chevy Case, Mich. “I couldn’t believe how quiet it was yesterday morning and this morning. Normally, you know, those energetic roosters are crowing and yakking like all get out. Instead, for the past two days there was not a peep to be heard. It was so unusual that I got up and looked out my window early this morning to see where all those pesky birds were. Come to find out, there were dozens of them right under my lanai, all gathered around these iPads. They had somehow turned them on and were literally surfing the web.”
According to Mr. Gardiner, the younger roosters appeared to be showing the older ones how to operate the computer tablets. “In fact, one younger little guy seemed to be giving up on the older one as if to say, “Oh just let me do it!” I could also see that one hen was on the Twitter site content to just sit on top of one of those “new-user” egg images. It was all quite the scene.
Another flock of birds had the Youtube site up and were watching the trailer from Chicken Run! They looked to be literally rolling around laughing and pointing, as much as roosters ever laugh and point.
But, what really struck me in the “animal-imitating-humans” category was how most of the surfing was done by the younger chicks, while the older ones watched and apparently tried to learn. I could tell there was a lot of texting going on between the mid-age, or maybe “teenage” roosters and chickens. They were just quiet and intent as anything and not paying a bit of attention to the older ones, who may well have been their parents,” said Mr. Gardiner.
As it turns out, a local concierge had ordered the iPads to be pre-loaded with island information to loan or rent out to their guests. After the iPads were gathered up by the resort’s staff they were found to be in pretty good shape except for one that an older rooster had given up on trying to learn how to use and so he simply left his opinion of the new technology in a big blob on the screen. “I actually watched that happen”, said Mr. Gardiner, “and cheered him on! Sometimes I think that’s the appropriate response for these texting-surfing gadgets!”
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