A key reason not to have a parrot

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― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 14:09 (nineteen years ago)

Ziggy rules! (smooching sounds, lol!)

― StanM (StanM), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 14:14 (nineteen years ago)

haha i was just about to quote that bit too!!
The parrot also made smooching sounds whenever the name Gary was said on TV.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 14:14 (nineteen years ago)

At least it was only smooching sounds.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 14:58 (nineteen years ago)

Re: thread title: Ned in siding with cheating wife shocka!

― StanM (StanM), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 15:00 (nineteen years ago)

Read this this morningin The Mirror. I loved the way she claimed the bird had it in for her!

― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 15:00 (nineteen years ago)

this makes me very sad.

― snowkitten (g-kit), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 15:01 (nineteen years ago)

snowkitten: in what way?

― StanM (StanM), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 18:18 (nineteen years ago)

Is this from an episode of The Office?

― Dom iNut (donut), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 18:40 (nineteen years ago)

A friend of mine has a parrot that has embarrassed her on several occasions when she's had gentelmen callers over by, well, parrotting the sounds the women make in the pornos she watches.

― M. White (Miguelito), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 18:43 (nineteen years ago)

Another key reason is that it's probably going to out live you.

A pal has an African Grey, and it has bitten this fuck out of me several times. But it doesn't meow like a cat.

― Jeff. (Jeff), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 18:48 (nineteen years ago)

Another key reason is that it's probably going to out live you.

A pal has an African Grey, and it has bitten this fuck out of me several times. But it does meow like a cat.

― Jeff. (Jeff), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 18:49 (nineteen years ago)

does DOES DOES

― Jeff. (Jeff), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 18:49 (nineteen years ago)

My family had an African Grey parrot for the longest time, and whenever company would come over, my family would do their absolute best to stop any yelling, bickering, would clean the place up until it was sterile, etc. then visitors would come over and feel very welcome, until they heard the bird yell things like "SHHHIIT!", "YOU GET OUT OF THIS HOUSE!", "I'm NOT GETTING OUT OF THIS FUCKING HOUSE", "CLEAN THAT UP!", "BBBBBBBAAAAAD DOG!", "YOU BETTER FINISH YOUR HOMEWORK", "..OR YOU'LL REALLY GET HIT!", "THEy'LL THINK WE'RE CRRRAAAZZZYYY!!", "SHHHHHUUUUUT UUUUUUUUUPPPPPPPPP!!!!!", and an entire encyclopedia of insults in Greek, etc...

..and my family wouldn't realize the visitors were paying attention to the bird.

― Dom iNut (donut), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 18:49 (nineteen years ago)

I'd love a parrot that delivered insults in Greek!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 18:51 (nineteen years ago)

His name was Trouble. He's unfortunatey passed on. But if you wanted a parrot that could the most slick "VRRROMA!" (which means "slut" in Greek), Trouble was there.

― Dom iNut (donut), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 18:57 (nineteen years ago)

Despite my best efforts, I couldn't get the damn bird to swear. It mostly picked up ambient noises, like doors squeaking, cars driving by outside, or the sound of a cell phone opening and closing. I tried to get it to say "fuck bird".

― Jeff. (Jeff), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 18:57 (nineteen years ago)

It has to be incidental and repetitive... although if you found 'pellas for an N.W.A. album, you could just play it as a loop everyday for the bird. Birds are pretty good about being able to recite song lyrics if they hear them enough.

― Dom iNut (donut), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 19:02 (nineteen years ago)

(African Greys that is)

― Dom iNut (donut), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 19:03 (nineteen years ago)

A bus driver in my town had a parrot that would sing opera!

― A BOLD QUAHOG (ex machina), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 19:08 (nineteen years ago)

A key reason to have a parrot

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 19:13 (nineteen years ago)

This story reminds me of the time I was working as a volunteer on a playscheme for kids with special needs. One afternoon we were doing T-shirt painting with them. It was good, low-stress, the got to make a mess, everything was cool. Some of them you had to help them out or do the T-shirt for them, which was good fun. Some volunteers were caring for three kids that day, so the ones that could be left to get on with it were left to get on with it.

This included one mid-teens lad who was tucked away in the corner. As we were finishing up and getting ready to take them back to the hall where we were based we were looking at all the kids t-shirts, "thats nice Natalie, a lion!", "that's a nice flower!", "LFC forever! nice one Russell". Then we finally came to this one lad, who proudly held up his creation, painted neatly in red capital letters - "MUM'S HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH UNCLE COLIN". What the fuck. We told all the kids beforehand that they could wear their t-shirts when they went home. We ended up having to do another one with him quickly and making him promise not to mention it.

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 20:14 (nineteen years ago)

There was some inspired punning on another messageboard I visit:

The perils of pollygamy
Bird gets bird from bird
Ziggy: "He took it all too far"
Doing It Parrot Fashion
Polly Put The Cuckold Off
When the (par)rot sets in

― Dave B (daveb), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 22:00 (nineteen years ago)

Mynah Mishap
Parrot owner's girlfriend likes a cockatoo
This relationship is no more. It has ceased to be
Women beh-avian badly
Parrot catches cheater

― Dave B (daveb), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 16:25 (nineteen years ago)

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