Don't talk to the parrot

Caith · Post by **Caith** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:39 pm

Mrs. Davidson's dishwasher quit working so she calls a repairman. Since she has to go to work the next day, she tells him, "I'll leave the key under the mat. Fix the dish-washer, leave the bill on the counter, and I'll mail you the check. Oh, by the way, don't worry about my bulldog; he won't bother you. But, whatever you do, do not, under any circumstances, talk to the parrot!"

When the repairman arrives at Mrs. Davidson's apartment the next day, he discovers the biggest and meanest Bull Dog he has ever seen. But just as she said, the dog just lays there on the carpet watching the repairman go about his business.

The Parrot, however, drove him nuts the whole time with his incessant yelling, cursing, and name-calling. Finally the repairman couldn't contain himself any longer and yelled, "Shut up, you stupid ugly bird!"

To which the parrot replied, "Get him, Spike!"

Post by **DonnaT** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:01 pm

Uh Ohhhh!

Post by **KimberlyS** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:35 pm

Gaven McLaren · Post by **Gaven McLaren** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:12 am

I love that joke. It reminds me of a parrot my mother used to have that would call my sister out of her bedroom.

Carolynn · Post by **Carolynn** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:16 pm

I have great respect for the mimicry and intelligence of the talking bird breeds. In the town where my parents lived, a couple owned a Mynah bird aptly named Jester. His owner, when the day was nice, would put Jester's cage either in a window or hung from a wire hook on a tree branch. He could mimic my mother perfectly when she called the little dog they had, part Peke and part terrier, named Rusty. Usually when she called him, it was to feed him so he always came. Jester would watch for any sign of Rusty, then call to him in my mothers voice, so of course the little dog would locate the sound and run to it. When he reaced the fence around the yard, the bird would go "AHhahahahaha" and the dog would know he was had and slink off. And it worked every time. Rusty never learned!! LOL

Jester also teased my mother with wolf whistles. She would be hanging sheets on the line for a sun dry, and think my father had come home and was trying to annoy her, and would peek around looking for him, and the bird would laugh.

Jester would also call the neighbor's cat, but since he usually heard that from indoors, that voice was always muffled just as he heard it. He liked to "shut" doors on cars and houses, and mimic the bang of the garbage dumpster lid if he saw anyone outside. Inside, he would mimic the television, sometimes giving a weather report (out of date of course) when the TV was off, and other things. If he needed fresh water and it wasn't forthcoming, he would imitate a song by the Son's of the Pioneers, called Water, and sing, "Cool, Clear Water" in all their voices at once. He was 8 years old at that time.

Love, Carolynn

Kyra · Post by **Kyra** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 10:57 am

Caith, great joke!

Carolynn, I remember a story my mom told me about her Mynah. This was back in the 60's.

Apparently my brother and his best friend "borrowed" his father's car and went out on the town. My brother got caught sneaking back in that night and spilled the beans to my parents. My parents called his parents...and you can guess what transpired.
So, for revenge, my brother's friend kept repeating a phrase to our bird. "Kevin...RAT-FINK!! AH hahahahaha!"
Mom said the bird said it for months.