When you see a Magpie, what do you do?

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Going by the reactions of my friends, choices seem to be broadly split as follows:

A. Stop whatever you are doing/saying IMMEDIATELY to utter some weirdy salutation stating with the words 'Good Morning Mr Magpie', even though it's 4.30 in the afternoon. After which your friends are permitted to resume the conversation again.

B. Deftly perform some sort of ritual involving 3 salutes and a tug on your collar without breaking conversation and still managing to keep one hand in the steering wheel/pouring hot water into a mug etc.

C. Absolutely nothing, because it's just a sodding bird and why would you?

I'm C - I think I'm the only one who is and that the world has truly gone mad

Talking of Australian Magpies has anyone seen Penguin Bloom? Lovely film. True story.

@Soubriquet

I salute the magpie

Always have. Always will

Same. I don't need any more bad luck in my life!

C.
My Dm and DD 'Salute twice'
weird

Run like feck because it's probably about to swoop me........

I say "morning mr magpie how are your friends and family?"

DP says "morning mr magpie" and salutes

Sing Magpie by the Unthanks. Every time.

A always, no idea why but always have to salute and say good morning.

Search frantically for number 2 as I need some joy in my life.

Also - hope it doesn't shit on my car. Bastard birds.

Salute it and say 'Top of the morning to you Mr Jones'.
Obviously.

I start looking for another one

Salute. My friend who was always an old lady to me used to spit. She was very religious so it was a bizarre sight when she saw a magpie out the window when in church & then had to spit into a tissue

Nothing, if I saluted or said Good Morning/Afternoon and started asking after it’s family, I’d get nothing done. I see loads of them everyday where I live. They kind of just strut round my street!

Saw 4 (2 pairs) yesterday having a chinwag on neighbours roof!

I will count them though. I think the most I saw that landed at the same time was 11, on another neighbours roof.

Salute (and hope nobody saw me)

C.
I’m not from UK originally.