I saw one of the funniest things the other day.  We were driving along and I notice a couple of pigeons sitting in the middle of the lane next to us just up the road.  As we pass I see they are standing on either side of a pair of open scissors.  I burst out laughing and Erik looked at me like I’d lost my mind.  When I told him of the scene he began laughing and said, “No deal!”  I nodded in agreement still laughing.

What is this inside joke you might wonder?  Well it’s based on a Seinfeld episode called, The Merv Griffin Show.

Here’s a little slice of the episode to bring further clarity:

<In George's car>

MIRANDA: George watch out for those pigeons.

GEORGE: Oh they'll get out of the way. You really smell banana?

<George hits the pigeons.>

<Later at Monk's>

JERRY: You ran over some pigeons? How many?

GEORGE: What ever they had. Miranda thinks I'm a butcher but it's not my fault is it? Don't we have a deal with the pigeons?

JERRY: Of course. We have a deal. They get out of the way of our cars, we look the other way on the statue defecation.

GEORGE: Right! And these pigeons broke the deal. I will not accept the blame for this.

<Towards the end of the show after another pigeon encounter and then hitting a squirrel while trying to avoid the pigeons>

GEORGE:  So go ahead pigeons. Laugh it up. I'm getting in my car now and the last thing I heard ... we have NO DEAL!

I personally don’t like the “George” character from Seinfeld so I just loved the visual of those pigeons with the scissors that day.  I could just picture them taunting, “You’re darn right, all deals are off, say bye-bye to your tires!”