OT: The Parrot

[Mac]

Mac wrote...

There's got to be something more useful to discuss than this line of
thought. Well, I did enjoy the mention that no one "grabs" a parrot.
Not twice anyway!

I agree with you on both counts.

In fact I probably shouldn't have replied to Bill Sloman at all.

--Mac

 

[Fred Bloggs]

Mac wrote...



There's got to be something more useful to discuss than this line of
thought. Well, I did enjoy the mention that no one "grabs" a parrot.
Not twice anyway!

I know what you mean- I was taking care of some big thing like that for
a few days and it was the meanest bird ever. The thing was constantly
and maniacally sharpening its razor sharp beak on some kind of seashell
and just waiting for someone to come within strike range. It was a life
threatening event just to change its water.

 

[petrus bitbyter]

I always try to keep my mouth shut about things I don't understand. I
heard
witnesses about talking parrots. Some told me they speak more reasonable
then a lot of humans. I had no opertunity to check it out so I keep my
opinion - suppose I have one - behind my teeth. But nobody ever told me
about a parrot that can see in the dark. I also know that even the most
sensitive equipment cannot make any light visible if there is none. So
there
raised some question about the technical side of this story. That's the
side
I understand and can talk about with some authority.

It's not a story. It is a joke. It is not meant to be realistic, and the
main tip-off is the ability of the parrot not only to speak, which parrots
are well-known to do, but to hold an intelligent conversation and to
reason at the same level we might expect from a human.

[snip]

petrus bitbyter

--Mac

Well... er, thanks for the explanation.

petrus bitbyter

 

[Robert Monsen]

I know what you mean- I was taking care of some big thing like that for
a few days and it was the meanest bird ever. The thing was constantly
and maniacally sharpening its razor sharp beak on some kind of seashell
and just waiting for someone to come within strike range. It was a life
threatening event just to change its water.

I knew an african grey parrot that could imitate the telephone, and
cause people to try to answer it; imitiate a master calling a dog, and
get the dog to come running in; imitate the fighting of two sisters
simultaneously... the thing was wonderful. Thankfully, I never had to
change its water.

--
Regards,
Robert Monsen

"Your Highness, I have no need of this hypothesis."
- Pierre Laplace (1749-1827), to Napoleon,
on why his works on celestial mechanics make no mention of God.

 

[Pig Bladder]

Mac wrote...

There's got to be something more useful to discuss than this line of
thought. Well, I did enjoy the mention that no one "grabs" a parrot.
Not twice anyway!

But where else is a guy gonna find guys who are so bleeding smart,
yet whose noses are so easy to pick?

 

[Rich Grise]

Mac wrote...

There's got to be something more useful to discuss than this line of
thought. Well, I did enjoy the mention that no one "grabs" a parrot.
Not twice anyway!

Do you mean, "let's get back to all work and no play", or do you mean,
"let's do something besides beat the stupid parrot joke to death"?
Or maybe, "None of the above"? ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

"But the parrot wasn't dead! The turkey was!" "No, no. That's dead _horse_!"

 

[Rich Grise]

[actually, told some joke about a smartass parrot - I didn't hear
all that much schreefing, and, well, truth be known, I don't even
know what a bericht is, but from the sounds of it, I should be glad
that I don't have one, especially one that can be schreefed in!]
....

Well... er, thanks for the explanation.

petrus bitbyter

Any time, I'm sure. ;-p

Cheers!
Rich

And I don't blame herbs for my idiocy, but they sure do make _me_ laugh at
it!

;^j

 

[Clarence]

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 02:51:19 -0800, Winfield Hill wrote:

In fact I probably shouldn't have replied to Bill Sloman at all.

Never a GOOD idea!

 

[Bill Sloman]

It's not a story. It is a joke. It is not meant to be realistic, and the
main tip-off is the ability of the parrot not only to speak, which parrots
are well-known to do, but to hold an intelligent conversation and to
reason at the same level we might expect from a human.

Some humans.

As Fred Bloggs has pointed out, some African Grey parrots seem to be
able to outperform ostensibly human posters on this user-group.

 

[Mike Diack]

[email protected] (Bill Sloman) wrote in

Some humans.

As Fred Bloggs has pointed out, some African Grey parrots seem to be
able to outperform ostensibly human posters on this user-group.

That's all very well, but how many newsgroup inhabitants could you say have
"lovely plumage" ?
M

 

[Bill Sloman]

[email protected] (Bill Sloman) wrote in

That's all very well, but how many newsgroup inhabitants could you say have
"lovely plumage" ?

Until web-cams get a lot more popular, and this usergroup gets more
tolerant of the rather large binary files involved in transfering
images, we can't say anything about the plumage of its inhabitants.