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| Dispute over dead parrots to end in court |
| 2004-09-24 |
| OSLO - A dispute over four dead parrots will end in a Norwegian court next month. The owner of the birds wants $3,644 compensation after they drowned in 1999 when a ferry sank off west Norway, killing 16 people. The insurance company has offered $216. "Some people will think the loss of a few parrots is trivial compared to the big tragedy. But for me it's become a matter of principle," the 55-year-old man told the west Norwegian daily Bergensavisen. "It's bad to treat birds like packages in the post." The birds had been in a cage on the way to a vet in the port city of Bergen when the ferry hit rocks and sank. The man is due to go to court in Bergen on October 20 against ferry company HSD and insurer Skuld. They're not pinin'! They've passed on! These parrots are no more! They've ceased to be! They've expired and gone to meet their maker! They're stiffs! Bereft of life, they rest in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'em to the perch they'd be pushing up the daisies! Their metabolic processes are now 'istory! They're off the twig! They've kicked the bucket, they've shuffled off their mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! Uf da! THESE ARE EX-PARROTS!! |
| Posted by:Zenster |
| #7 Zenster: it's not nice to hog all the Python-quoting goodness for yourself. Tut tut, BH, not so. "Norwegian blue, beau'iful plumage . . ." Such a profound wealth of quotalicious material will always yield up toothsome tid bits, as GP has so capably proven. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-09-24 3:18:21 PM |
| #6 A Norwegian court? "Norwegian blue, beau'iful plumage . . ." |
| Posted by: GP 2004-09-24 3:04:28 PM |
| #5 Ima think Mucky mite half sumpthin to add |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-24 1:57:29 PM |
| #4 But for me itâs become a matter of principle,â Let me translate that.... it's the money stupid. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-09-24 1:54:16 PM |
| #3 Zenster: it's not nice to hog all the Python-quoting goodness for yourself. |
| Posted by: BH 2004-09-24 1:47:16 PM |
| #2 ...Life imitates Python, again. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2004-09-24 1:45:53 PM |
| #1 Dude - If you were that close to the byrdys, meet 'em at the "rainbow bridge" when you cross over. Get over it for now, you are a human {we all presume} and you need to be with other humans... I had a Boxer-dog die last March. I miss the dog. He was the best dog I ever had, but more important... VASTLY more important, my wife and son are in good health, and my concern is for them, and the here & now... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-09-24 1:45:13 PM |