TelephoneAngel can talk to the Animals

[TelephoneAngel]

me - can you confirm your address please?

customer *pause, then gives address in such a high pitched sqwuaky voice i only just get it*
customer - oh he's so clever, he knows the address off by heart
me - who does?
customer - my parrott, you were just talking to him

me - can you confirm your telehone number *bites lip to keep from adding "or should I ask your cat?"

[MrPibbsRevenge]

me - can you confirm your address please?

customer *pause, then gives address in such a high pitched sqwuaky voice i only just get it*
customer - oh he's so clever, he knows the address off by heart
me - who does?
customer - my parrott, you were just talking to him

me - can you confirm your telehone number *bites lip to keep from adding "or should I ask your cat?"

I think I would have to bite my fist in order to keep from adding that.

[Aethian]

I remember a store around here once had this parrot that one could have a converstation with...if you spoke italian. Other then that it was the usual Hi's and Pretty Boy's.

[Sheldonrs]

If you think her parrott is talented, you should see what her pus.... never mind.

[ralerin]

Oh Sheldon.

But I think the parrot story is very cute. I wonder which sort of parrot it was?

[depechemodefan]

I wonder if she taught the bird to call 911 for the next time she gets her head stuck in the spegetti pot.

I don't know, if it's hard for others to understand the bird, she shouldn't be so proud. Or maybe it takes time to get use to understanding it, like most of the crack heads who come to the library.

[Sheldonrs]

... I don't know, if it's hard for others to understand the bird, she shouldn't be so proud. Or maybe it takes time to get use to understanding it, like most of the crack heads who come to the library.

The bird is probably hard to understand because he's from South America and still has a thick accent.

[MrsEclipse]

If you think her parrott is talented, you should see what her pus.... never mind.

*wooooooOOOOOOOoooooo!*

I wonder what else the parrot can do on the phone? Order cartons of sunflower seeds? Fowl crank calling? Is there a 1-900-BIRD-LUV?

[Lace Neil Singer]

When I worked at the pet centre, there was a parrot... but this one swore so badly, it would make a sailor blush. It picked up the rude words mainly from customers who'd come in and swear in front of it. XD

[MrsEclipse]

When I worked at the pet centre, there was a parrot... but this one swore so badly, it would make a sailor blush. It picked up the rude words mainly from customers who'd come in and swear in front of it. XD

I remember reading Rumble Fish by SE Hinton in high school, and at one point- he mentioned a bird in the pet store that the owner would never sell because the hoods had taught it every bad word they knew. "Man, that bird could come up with some interesting sentences." I was a huge fan of that bird.

[Lace Neil Singer]

My collegue and I loved the swearing parrot. XD It was there for decoration, rather than for sale; we also had an albino chipmunk for the same purpose. When boredom hit, we'd spend some time teaching the parrot new phrases; nothing rude, just various slogans off TV programmes.

Cept one time, when we were particularly annoyed with the store manager; he kept coming over to have a go at us cuz we were standing around doing nothing... when there was nothing TO do, and it was just the quiet period before the rush so we had every right to be getting ready for that. So we taught the parrot to say, "*manager's name* is a w!" XD Strangely enough, the manager never realised.

[jedimaster91]

But I think the parrot story is very cute. I wonder which sort of parrot it was?

If I had to wager a guess, either a McCaw, Cockatoo, or more likely an African Grey. Greys have the intellegence of a human preschooler and they're very easy to teach tricks to.

Meet Einstein

[Shironu-Akaineko]

If I had to wager a guess, either a McCaw...[/url]

Ach! I be a pretty Laddie, Ach!

[dalesys]

Anyone who like swearing parrot's would probably like the one in the last few Callahan's Place novels.
It has a miniature old-fashioned loo behind the bar and a feud with Pixel, R.A. Heinlein's cat.

[MrsEclipse]

The Swearing Parrot... now that would make a good local tourist attraction.

A man at my old church had a parrot that spoke in the voice of his ex-wife. Can you imagine?