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| Yan |
| quote: | Parrot placed in solitary for swearing at vicar
By Jenny Booth, Times Online
A foul-mouthed parrot who stands on top of his cage shouting rude words at passers-by has been isolated after swearing at the mayoress, a lady vicar and two police officers.
Barney the blue and gold Macaw has been placed in solitary confinement by his mortified keepers after he used some extremely choice language.
Stacey Clark, who works at Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary in Nuneaton, said that the bird had been handed in by a lorry driver three years ago when the man was emigrating to Spain.
"We don't know who taught him the words, but he seems to have a problem with authority figures," said Ms Clark.
"When he saw the policemen coming, he said: 'Hello, you two w*****s'. He told the mayoress and the lady vicar to f*** off. He stands on the top of his cage swaying his head backwards and forwards, singing 'B*****ks', "B*****ks'."
Normally Barney flaps around in a pen in the back garden of Geoff Grewcock's home, alongside about 300 other birds and 60 animals which have either been found injured in the wild or are unwanted pets.
But Ms Clark said that Barney had now been locked in the front room to keep him away from visitors to the sanctuary after the incidents. He was still shouting abuse at people through the window.
"The lady vicar came to borrow a bird cage, because she was preaching a sermon about the birds," she explained. "She was speaking to Barney really nicely when he said 'F*** off', clear as a bell, so you could tell exactly what he was saying. The vicar was a bit shocked but luckily she didn't mind. She even put it in her sermon on Sunday, saying she had never been told where to go by a parrot before."
Ms Clark said that Barney seemed to know what he was saying as he always picked the wrong person to insult.
"He always swears when you don't want him to," she said. "But when BBC West Midlands came round to film him, he point blank refused to say it. The reporter repeated it to him over and over and over, and he wouldn't say it back to her, so I think he knows.
"I can't wait to hear what he says when he sees himself on television tonight."
Barney does also know some marginally more polite words, apparently. When he sees someone he likes approaching, he says: "Hello, big boy."
Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/articl...1710646,00.html |
By the way, I believe 'w*****s' is wankers. You can guess the other one that starts with an f and is a four letter word and you'll probably be right.
Anyways, this entire series of events is bogus, in my opinion. |
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| Yan |
| quote: | Originally posted by DarkAngel
Bollucks? |
Ah. That fits it. Thanks for clearing that up.
Anyways, what are your takes on this wacky turn of events for the parrot? |
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| DarkAngel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Yan
Ah. That fits it. Thanks for clearing that up.
Anyways, what are your takes on this wacky turn of events for the parrot? |
Not a problem.
They must have really abused that bird or let him watch some vulgar movies/tv shows if he's shouting obscenities at people. I've never heard of such a thing. |
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| Yan |
| quote: | Originally posted by DarkAngel
They must have really abused that bird or let him watch some vulgar movies/tv shows if he's shouting obscenities at people. I've never heard of such a thing. |
I could totally understand the bird picking up these different terms from his surroundings. It's the cruel punishment that he received that's got me irked. Even if he says a fowl term, he has no idea of its relevance. His brain doesn't work that way.
The owners are morons. Wish they'd get arrested or something. |
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| Ygrene |
Barney the insult comic parrot?
If he was in the US he'd be on TV and have a cd deal. |
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| Ygrene |
| and you're right Yan, the owners are morons. If someone gets offended because they've been insulted by a parrot...well...let's just say the parrot isn't the problem. |
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| Yan |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ygrene
and you're right Yan, the owners are morons. If someone gets offended because they've been insulted by a parrot...well...let's just say the parrot isn't the problem. |
Much better solution to this all?
Get him shipped to a bird sanctuary somewhere. Everyone wins that way. |
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| Cloudburst |
| That's dogs bollocks mate! |
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| ::TranceVanDyk:: |
| why hasnt anybody blamed the lorry driver? its obviously he taught the bird the obscienities. |
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| Yan |
| quote: | Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk::
why hasnt anybody blamed the lorry driver? its obviously he taught the bird the obscienities. |
The dude's nowhere to be found, no? |
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| Technaut |
| parrots that swear are ing cool. I want one |
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