a magpie???
What kind of team uses a little songbird as their mascot???
Magpies aren't little songbirds, they're revolting creatures! In essence they've flying chavs (not sure what's the US equivalent of a chav: I remember hearing the term [edit: removed--me] somewhere, so maybe that; basically a delinquent, anyway) and are so generally unpleasant that they're officially classed as vermin.
I imagine Newcastle Utd. chose them as a mascot because they share the same black & white colour scheme, at least I hope that's the reason and not some sort of statement of intent!
But believe me when I say that there's plenty worse than Newcastle's magpies.
