Originally Posted by MK Ultra

When I was a little kid one of the goddam seagulls on that pier bit me but I would have my revenge.

A number of years later I would wad up a slice of white bread and pour a nice dollop of bourbon into the center of it and throw it up into the air, those gulls were great at catching them.
After doing that for a while you would start to see some pretty wobbly flying and crashing into the sand while trying to make a landing, and then being unable to take off again without doing the seagull version of a faceplant.