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Foul-mouthed parrot banished by embarrassed keepers

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  1. kwik_e_mart

    kwik_e_mart Member

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    http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/2005072...iygOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

    Foul-mouthed British parrot banished by embarrassed keepers

    LONDON (AFP) - A foul-mouthed parrot previously owned by a lorry driver has been banished from public areas in a British animal sanctuary after repeatedly embarrassing his keepers, they said.

    Barney, a five-year-old Macaw, is now kept indoors at Warwickshire Animal Sanctuary in Nuneaton, central England, when outsiders visit after abusing dignitaries with swearword-littered insults.

    "He's told a lady mayoress to f*** off and he told a lady vicar: 'And you can f*** off as well'," sanctuary worker Stacey Clark said.

    Nor did the forces of law and order escape, she added.

    "Two policemen came to have a look at the centre. He told them: 'And you can f*** off you two wankers'."

    Clark said sanctuary workers believed Barney either picked up the phrases from television or was taught them by his previous owner, a truck driver who emigrated to Spain.

    "He does say 'Hello, big boy' and 'Thank you' when you give him a biscuit," she added.

    "But it's mainly naughty words and always to the wrong people. We're trying to teach him not to swear. Macaws are very intelligent birds."
     
    #1 kwik_e_mart, Jul 26, 2005
  2. wnes

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    Fascinating, especially if you consider this all comes from a bird with a small brain - compared to average mammals.
     
    #2 wnes, Jul 26, 2005
  3. subtomic

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    Awesome. I want to adopt this parrot.
     
    #3 subtomic, Jul 26, 2005
  4. Invisible Fan

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    So there's this fellow with a parrot. And this parrot swears like a sailor, I mean he's a pistol. He can swear for five minutes straight without repeating himself. Trouble is, the guy who owns him is a quiet, conservative type, and this bird's foul mouth is driving him crazy.

    One day, it gets to be too much, so the guy grabs the bird by the throat, shakes him really hard, and yells, "Quit it!" But this just makes the bird mad and he swears more than ever.

    Then the guy gets mad and says, "OK for you," and locks the bird in a kitchen cabinet.

    This really aggravates the bird and he claws and scratches, and when the guy finally lets him out, the bird cuts loose with a stream of invective that would make a veteran sailor blush.

    At that point, the guy is so mad that he throws the bird into the freezer.

    For the first few seconds there is a terrible din. The bird kicks and claws and thrashes. Then it suddenly gets very quiet.

    At first the guy just waits, but then he starts to think that the bird may be hurt. After a couple of minutes of silence, he's so worried that he opens up the freezer door.

    The bird calmly climbs onto the man's out-stretched arm and says, "Awfully sorry about the trouble I gave you. I'll do my best to improve my vocabulary from now on."

    The man is astounded. He can't understand the transformation that has come over the parrot.

    Then the parrot says, "By the way, what did the chicken do?"
     
    #4 Invisible Fan, Jul 26, 2005
  5. Master Baiter

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    I hate birds as pets but I would so have that on just for the novelty.
     
    #5 Master Baiter, Jul 26, 2005
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