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Dirty bird uses dirty words
2005-07-29
Wall Street Journal

Barney, a five-year-old parrot with a dirty mouth, has been removed from public display at the Warwickshire Animal Sanctuary in Nuneaton, England, after hurling four-letter words at a mayor, a minister and two policemen. The July 27 Guardian reported that the bird can now be seen only by request, "in case he rounds on potential donors or gives a dreadful example to visiting children."

That would have made for an awk!-ward situation.

The paper said Barney was trained by his former owner, a retired truck driver "who had a dislike of authority."

So have you heard about this bird? Now everybody knows about the birdie's bad words. Pa pa pa oo ma ma mao . . .
Posted by:Mike

#5  Is this anything like the bogus story about Churchill's parrot last year?
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2005-07-29 19:40  

#4  Polly wanna @%#@*&$!
Posted by: ed   2005-07-29 11:43  

#3  
Barney


Barney - Another view


{Sqwak}{sqwak}
The mayor's full of s**t
The mayor's full of s**t
The mayor's full of s**t
{Sqwak}{sqwak}
Posted by: BigEd   2005-07-29 11:20  

#2  A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird
Bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a don't you know about the bird?
Well, everybody's talking about the bird!
A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird...

Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-
Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-ooma-mow-mow
Papa-ooma-mow-mow

Posted by: Birdie Dog   2005-07-29 08:03  

#1  Lol! Offended a mayor and a minister, huh? The coppers prolly just pretended to be offended - in self-defense... and laughed their arses off at the pub later. Love it.
Posted by: .com   2005-07-29 06:35  

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