Birdbrains by Thom Bluemel for February 04, 2013

Now that’s a man-sized parrot!

That’s telling him. This one says what others can only think.

" Leave it be, Dickie. I’ve had enough." – Dora Charleston, Murder By Death

Which is why politicians do not have parrots.

Since when do parrots have teeth?

‘Polly wanna cracker’ is definitely species profiling.

My Cuddles could speak very well but she was very selective about the phrases she learned. Other than simple greetings “Hello, how are you!” which she said in multiple variations, she was fond of saying “I love you” to men who she found attractive as well as to me. Notably, she used it with great expression as she pleaded with me not to inject her cleation medicine (she had extended treatments to recover from ingestion of costume jewelry).

There were other things she said a single appropriate time: “shut up” to a yappy little dog (before she jumped down and chased it off), “I like red” when I scolded her about grabbing at a woman wearing a red jacket, “I like to play” when she was being passed around in a large crowd of partygoers. In this tape she laughs and whispers “I have to practice” and demonstrates how she likes her name as well as “Hi, darlin, is it good?”, then shows her reactions as others speak on a tape we were watching, laughs and says “I wanna talk”- funny that while taping I missed so much of what she said. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gcNT3WVSQE

Something tells me Polly thinks Dick is a Cracker.

Ooooooooo………what a ’tude!!!

parrotinitis

I’ve had parakeets in my lifetime. I bet they wished they could say what they felt like saying.

Richard.

That’s what happens when you talk down to a superior creature…..