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Parrot Saved Girl's Life With Warning
2008-11-11
A babysitter's parrot is being credited with helping save the life of a 2-year-old girl who was choking Friday at a Denver area home while the sitter was in the bathroom.

"While I was in the bathroom, Willie (the parrot) started screaming like I'd never heard him scream before and he started flapping his wings," said Meagan, the babysitter. "Then he started saying 'mama baby' over and over and over again until I came out and looked at Hannah and Hannah's face was turning blue because she was choking on her pop tart."

Meagan performed the Heimlich maneuver on Hannah, which stopped the choking.

"If (Willie) wouldn't have warned me, I probably wouldn't have come out of the bathroom in time because she was already turning blue, her lips were blue and everything," Meagan said. "If anything happened to her, I don't know what I would do," said Samantha Kuusk, Hannah's mother. "I'm very grateful for the both of them because they both saved her."

Willie didn't say much when CBS4 visited on Sunday. Meagan said he is usually pretty talkative. "He says 'I love you' and he says 'mama' and he says 'step up' and some other words that aren't so nice," she said.
Posted by:john frum

#5  I for one welcome our future Parrot Overlords.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2008-11-11 18:59  

#4  My favorite is "Don't talk to the Parrot"
A plumber was called to repair a kitchen sink drain, the owner waned him "Whatever he says, DO NOT TALK TO THE PARROT I also have a bulldog, but he won't hurt you.

The plumber arrived, a really fierce bulldog met him at the door, stared at him, but did not bark or growl, he proceded to fix the drain, the parrot started screaming cuss words, and other vile things at the plumber nonstop, remembering the owner's caution he didn't respond, when through he finaly gave in to the parrot's vile speech and said "Shut the fuck up." the parrot instantly screamed "GET HIM SPIKE."
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2008-11-11 12:04  

#3  LOL!
Posted by: .5mt   2008-11-11 08:29  

#2  Late one night, a burglar broke into a house he thought was empty.
He tiptoed through the living room but suddenly he froze in his tracks
when he heard a loud voice say: "Jesus is watching you!"
Silence returned to the house, so the burglar crept forward again.
"Jesus is watching you," the voice boomed again.
The burglar stopped dead again. He was frightened. Frantically, he
looked all around. In a dark corner, he spotted a bird cage and in
the cage was a parrot.
He asked the parrot: "Was that you who said Jesus is watching me?"
"Yes", said the parrot.
The burglar breathed a sigh of relief, and asked the parrot:
"What's your name?" "Clarence," said the bird.
"That's a dumb name for a parrot,"sneered the burglar.
"What idiot named you Clarence?"
The parrot said, "The same idiot who named the Rottweiller Jesus."
Posted by: gorb   2008-11-11 02:16  

#1  Some birds are smart. Parrots are very smart... crows too.
Posted by: Scooter McGruder   2008-11-11 01:29  

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