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Nick
Throw all the phones and books you'd like until it's out of your system. Don't toss the birds. Birds talk. They'll turn you in. ;) I read a story where a parrot told a woman about her husband's affair, but I couldn't find that story. I did find this one. I'm gonna have to teach this to my Grey.
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Parrot terrifies burglars
October 7, 2003
Kiev: A Ukrainian parrot fluent in police terminology foiled thieves intent on breaking into its owner's home, according to a report in Monday's Cegodnya newspaper.
The incident took place in the eastern Ukrainian city of Izium after the parrot's owner, who was described in the report as a retired police officer named Hennady, had left the house en route for the local train station.
A group of boys, who lived next door, were aware of Hennady's planned departure, and broke into the pensioner's home shortly after he had left.
However, their attempt to remove the former policeman's television and electronic appliances failed however when the parrot uttered the words: "Stop! I'll shoot! On the ground!"
The terms are standard language for a Ukrainian law enforcer arresting a potentially dangerous suspect.
The former policemen returned home minutes later after having changed his mind about leaving town that day. He found all three neighbours on the floor of his living room.
Hennady reported the break-in to the boys' parents, but declined to press charges.
The parrot had lived with the former policeman for more than a year, and had never uttered a word before the incident, the newspaper report stated. -
The cockatoo just sits in front of one of the stereo speakers and dances. I love that bird.
An urge often hard to ignore by smokers that are trying to quit.
...and very hard to ignore for anyone working with Microsoft products, when the OS crashes the one and only time you forget to save your 50 pages Word document every two minutes.
one of the most important events in European history
AFAIK, there were TWO defenestrations in Prague.
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[edited by: Sinner_G at 12:27 pm (utc) on Oct. 21, 2003]
Also experienced when the in-laws come for christmas....
Ug, don't remind me. Mine invited themselves this year. So much for our first Christmas at home by ourselves. Sadly we live in small house with small windows. Even if I could get them through they wouldn't fall very far. Or did you mean taking out my frustrations on random inanimate objects rather than pitching the in laws themselves out?
