Pheasants revolt

[Jacob]

When was the pheasants revolt, and what were the pheasants revoling about?

[OnlyMe]

In 1472, there was a mass uprising of pheasants, who were getting really hacked off at getting shot and eaten by the landed gentry all the time. So, they got together in a small wood in Rutland, and plotted to overthrow the owners of every estate in England by covering their castles in pheasant doo. Unfortunately, being rather stupid, having decided this they flew out of the wood at the same time, making one huge, even-Andy-Cole-couldn't-possibly-miss target, and were all (but one) shot dead by Lord Simon de Beavoir. One did survive to tell the tale, but was thereafter executed on a small spit roast outside the Tower of London and eaten with a small salad, thus inventing the kebab.

[templeman]

The pheasants revolt actually took place in December 2000. They were revolting about the John Lewis store's involvement in pheasant shooting. Here is a link to news reports from the time.
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/news/0012lett.htm

[football]

Peasants' revolt, England was 1381.Alsace 1493. Germany 1513, 1524 & 1525. Hungary 1514. Switzerland 1653. Ask again in History & myths.

[football]

The pheasants were revolting last week because they were mouldy. So badly so, that they were revolving.

[Jacob]

Well, football, if Jacob had wanted to know about the peasants revolt Jacob would have asked about the peasants revolt in history and myths. Jacob asked about the pheasants revolt, a totally different thing. Involving pheasants.

[FredPuli]

Of course he has an edition of ' 1066 and All That' by Sellars and Yeatman, the celebrated book of English history; a book of 'all the history that you can remember' so with only two dates and very confused 'facts'. He obviously missed the publisher's note which says "for 'pheasants' read 'peasants' throughout". Easy mistake to make. ( Book is amusing too ).

[chef]

TW is that the famous grouse then?

[melandraf]

Did the peasants revolt becos Marie-Antoinette when told that the people had no bread, said "Then let them eat cake". They felt pretty cross that they were starving in abject poverty whle the royals were really living it up.