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2006-12-27 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by phil_b 2006-12-27 02:37|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 When the parrot gives some backtalk to his keepers and demands better compensation for his efforts, I'll believe he really has something to communicate.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-12-27 04:33|| 2006-12-27 04:33|| Front Page Top

#2 describe the aromatherapy oils used by his owner, an artist based in New York.

Next!

Posted by Shipman 2006-12-27 07:01|| 2006-12-27 07:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Does anyone remember the story of Churchill's parrot?

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2006-12-27 09:04|| 2006-12-27 09:04|| Front Page Top

#4 he'll be pining for the fjords soon enough

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-12-27 10:24|| 2006-12-27 10:24|| Front Page Top

#5 I think we should begin to worry if it starts praying 5 times a day.

Posted by PlanetDan 2006-12-27 10:51|| 2006-12-27 10:51|| Front Page Top

#6 When the owner looks at a picture of an asshole, does the parrot say 'Olmert' ?

Posted by wxjames 2006-12-27 12:40|| 2006-12-27 12:40|| Front Page Top

#7 I heard an African Grey on the radio a few years back, called Jadak. He lived with some musicians in Denmark, and sang while they played a tango. The bird had serious musical chops. He would take a solo, then let the guitars play a verse, then come in right on the beat. Finished off with a very Satch-like "Aaahhh!"

Posted by Grunter 2006-12-27 13:17|| 2006-12-27 13:17|| Front Page Top

#8 About 100 words are needed for half of all reading in English

Probably a typo, s/100/1000/, unless of course they're referring to People Magazine or the comments on Kos.

Posted by KBK 2006-12-27 13:41|| 2006-12-27 13:41|| Front Page Top

#9 I remembers Churchill's parrot well. He was a long lived avian and smart as hell, memorized many of the PMs speechs and could recite on demand 3 of them. He famously shat in Lady Astors tea one funny afternoon at Hatfield, or was it Bleaky Park? Hard to say, it was a long time ago, parrots were smarter then.

Posted by Shipman 2006-12-27 14:16|| 2006-12-27 14:16|| Front Page Top

#10 Lol, you should take all of the above as a "No", Eric Jablow. ;-)

Posted by .com 2006-12-27 14:25|| 2006-12-27 14:25|| Front Page Top

#11 Lol, you should take all of the above as a "No", Eric Jablow. ;-)

LOL funny thread..

N'kisi = "outstanding example of interspecies communication"

Parrot's oratory stuns stupid scientists.

ima still trying to with wimmins...

Posted by RD 2006-12-27 14:37|| 2006-12-27 14:37|| Front Page Top

#12 I once read a story about this guy who had accumulated a collection of around 20 trained parrots. Since each had come from different owners, they all had memorized independent phrase groups. Nonetheless, this did not prevent them from being able to trigger one another.

According to this report, the parrots could sometimes chain react amongst each other and produce fifteen to twenty minute passages of dialogue, some of it quite hilarious. Obviously, there was a certain degree of overlap in their vocabularies that permitted cross-connection.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-12-27 16:59|| 2006-12-27 16:59|| Front Page Top

#13 The lower east side Mendiolas?

Posted by Shipman 2006-12-27 18:10|| 2006-12-27 18:10|| Front Page Top

#14 Whatever you do keep the parrots away from Joe M!

(No offense to Joe...)

Posted by CrazyFool 2006-12-27 20:20|| 2006-12-27 20:20|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Bill the Pig Farmer 2006-12-27 16:41|| 2006-12-27 16:41|| Front Page Top

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