Monday, May 18, 2009

Chatty Parrot

An elderly lady needed a new pet. She had moved into a retirement village, so it needed to be small, quiet, and not much bother.
After explaining her needs to the gentleman in the pet shop he suggested a parrot. And he had just the parrot for her.
It was not a young bird, it's previous owner had passed away. It was intelligent, used to being handled, had a good vocabulary and seemed to know what to say and when to say it.
The pet store owner guaranteed that it would be a wonderful companion.
The lady was a good Christian and wanted to take the bird to church to show it off.
He assured her this should be okay. The bird was trained to ride on the shoulder.
During the week she talked to the bird and explained to it that it would have to be on it's very best behaviour on the coming Sunday. The bird appeared to understand, and was always polite when there were any visitors.
Assured that he spoke nicely and behaved well, she put him on her shoulder and went off to church.
Shortly before the sermonstarted, the parrot sat up, screached and said, "It's bloody cold in here!"
The whole congregation turned and stared. The woman rushed out, red faced and embarrassed.
She spent the next week again explaining the necessity to remain quiet during church. The parrot appeared to understand.
Come Sunday off she went again with the parrot on her shoulder.
And.. again, just as everything got quiet and the sermon began, the parrot squawked, looked around and loudly proclaimed, "It's bloody cold in here!!"
This was too much. Monday morning she was waiting on the doorstep of the Pet store.
She had grown fond of the bird and did not want to get rid of it, but this was not acceptable.
The store keeper nodded knowingly. He suggested that if it was to occur again, to take the bird by the legs and swing him around, then put him back on her shoulder. He assured her that this would not harm the bird at all.
Sunday arrived. Once again she took the bird to church. Once again, just as the sermon started, the parrot screached, "It's bloody cold in here!!"
Without any hesitation, the woman grabbed his legs, swung him around 5 or 6 times and placed him back on her shoulder.
The parrot shook his head, ruffled his feathers, looked her in the eye and said, "Pretty f.....' windy, too!"

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