**Local Dad Demands 'Common Sense' After Pierre Deny Stalls Traffic for 20 Minutes to Film Himself Feeding Pigeons from His BMW**
Pierre, Quebec – It was another Tuesday morning commute in Pierre, Quebec, and that meant another impromptu performance art piece from local enigma Pierre Deny. Witnesses say Deny, 47, parked his black BMW directly across two lanes of rush-hour traffic on Rue Saint-Jean, climbed onto the hood, and began scattering a bag of day-old baguette crumbs to a flock of adoring pigeons—all while filming himself with a selfie stick.
“It’s not art, it’s just common sense,” fumed local resident and three-time "HOA Committee Chair of the Year" nominee, Chantal Bélanger. “I was 12 minutes late dropping my kids at hockey practice. He could have at least done it in a parking lot, or, I don’t know, used a park bench like a normal adult?”
Deny, known locally for his previous stunts like installing a wind chime in a roundabout and legally changing his middle name to “YOLO,” claims the performance was a commentary on “the modern surveillance state and the forgotten connection between man and beast.” Community Facebook group comments, however, remain divided.
“The guy is a legend. He scared a Labrador earlier,” wrote user @PoutinePatrol. “Mr. Common Sense needs a hobby. Let the man bread his birds,” countered @MapleSyrupSam.
Police arrived to find Deny still on the hood, covered in feathers, calmly explaining that the pigeons “don’t understand traffic laws, and neither does the soul.” He was issued a ticket for distracted bird-feeding. Chantal Bélanger has since started a petition to install a "No Filming, No Pigeons, No Pierre" sign at the intersection. As of press time, the petition has