Polly want a deal?
A computer programmer found out his girlfriend was having an affair when his pet parrot kept repeating her lover’s name, British media reported Tuesday.
The African grey parrot kept squawking “I love you, Gary” as his owner, Chris Taylor, sat with girlfriend Suzy Collins on the sofa of their shared flat in Leeds, northern England.
But when Taylor saw Collins’s embarrassed reaction, he realized she had been having an affair — meeting her lover in the flat whilst Ziggy looked on
Taylor said he had also been forced to part with Ziggy after the bird continued to call out Gary’s name and refused to stop squawking the phrases in his ex-girlfriend’s voice, media reports said.
“I wasn’t sorry to see the back of Suzy after what she did, but it really broke my heart to let Ziggy go,” he said.
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reminds me of an old USSR joke…
A man walks in KGB and reports “my parrot flew out of my window today and I couldn’t find it…”
KGB guys tell him “it’s not our business finding your parrot, go away”
The man continues “I’d like to make a statement in case the parot gets found – I absolutely do not share its political views!”
This probably wouldn’t have happened with a dog. They’re easily bribed with a biscuit.
It’s a parrot, retrain the thing. Play Wayne Newton music for a day or so, then, once the parrot picks up on a new mantra, you can shoot it with a clear conscience.
He should have tried hypnosis first.
I have a parrot, and can honestly say that the guy who got rid of his was an ass. First of all, parrots learn to say new things all the time, and the old mantra more or less goes away. But more importantly, parrots bond for life, and ones of this breed generally live for around 75 years. It’s not going to understand that it was saying something that hurt the guy, it’s just going to feel abandoned, which it was.
On the surface it seems funny, but I feel really awful for the bird. I hope it finds a good home.
– me –
Maybe Gary would like the parrot.
Phil Hendrie did a bit on this parrot. Dozer (one of phils characters) throws the parrot with cage, into the garbage truck, then phones his x wife, lets her hear whats happending to the parrot….
xman