Just been watching the clip of Entertainment USA in Maui where JK was very disparaging about Parrots!

From a special needs point of view, parrots are amazing creatures - colourful, they move PLUS they squeak and sometimes talk, my son absolutely loved them to the point we had to get a 'fake' one for when he had one of his 'bored' moments.

love that parrot story

steveimp wrote:
they move PLUS they squeak and sometimes talk

... sounds like someone off the Council estate !

How is you son, steve ?

Parrot power
Obituary

In The Know (as always) wrote:
steveimp wrote:
they move PLUS they squeak and sometimes talk

... sounds like someone off the Council estate !

How is you son, steve ?

Ha, very good.

Sadly ITK, my son passed away, peacefully at home, last March.

steveimp wrote:


Sadly ITK, my son passed away, peacefully at home, last March.

Ah, I remember now, steve ... as you can see dementia is setting-in !

Yes I'm afraid I'm NOT a fan of parrots Steve; like most birds they have very small brains but they also make a lot of unpleasant noise. I can see their appeal though.

JK2006 wrote:
they have very small brains but they also make a lot of unpleasant noise.

JK is talking about the Council estate lot again !!!!!

In The Know wrote:
JK2006 wrote:
they have very small brains but they also make a lot of unpleasant noise.

JK is talking about the Council estate lot again !!!!!

Or your beloved cowards Tories.

In The Know wrote:
the Council estate lot again !!!!!

Tonight !

C5 - 8pm - My Big Benefits Family

3 generations of scroungers !

JK2006 wrote:
Yes I'm afraid I'm NOT a fan of parrots Steve; like most birds they have very small brains but they also make a lot of unpleasant noise. I can see their appeal though.

unpleasant noise??

the birds in Oz positively squawk as though on steroids.

I miss them when I'm not here.I love hearing the chattering birds in the morning

I mainly dislike radio parrots. They were a major pain during my youth. Because of Percy Edwards. Producers knew that Percy did a parrot impression. So a parrot was written into just about every radio sitcom and sketch show of the 60s and 70s. And it was always very, very, irritating. I didn't mind the dog episodes ('Book Percy!') but the parrot episodes ('Book Percy!'), oh dear oh dear! It was like chalk on a blackboard.

Birds in the morning! One of the joys of being alive. My numerous birds in the tree outside my bedroom window wake me often at 4 in the morning as the street lights fool their internal alarm clocks. I think the blackbirds are the main culprits. I don't think the robins sing. I have thrushes too and chaffinchs. Pigeons coo, naturally, and the odd jay squawks. There are rooks and crows in the park who sometimes pop over to say hello. In my (nearly) 50 years in my home I'm convinced they are the same birds (though they cannot be). The robin has the same individual marks. Is this possible? Can birds live 50 years?

JK2006 wrote:
Birds in the morning! One of the joys of being alive. My numerous birds in the tree outside my bedroom window wake me often at 4 in the morning as the street lights fool their internal alarm clocks. I think the blackbirds are the main culprits. I don't think the robins sing. I have thrushes too and chaffinchs. Pigeons coo, naturally, and the odd jay squawks. There are rooks and crows in the park who sometimes pop over to say hello. In my (nearly) 50 years in my home I'm convinced they are the same birds (though they cannot be). The robin has the same individual marks. Is this possible? Can birds live 50 years?

Doubt it - but the descendants may return to the place where they grew up maybe?

Starlings, blue tits and blackbirds - can live to over 20