Not So Bliss...:-)

[gness]

When I arrived at this apartment two and a bit weeks ago I was greeted by a wonderfully loud wolf whistle from the balcony next door.....

Oooo...I thought....tummy in....shoulders back, Gness....this is looking like a good holiday in the making....

I glanced up at the balcony....well who wouldn't.....to see a huge green parrot in a cage...... :-(

Still, I enjoyed the sounds of the parrot.....the whistles....the starling immitations.....the frequent car alarm sounds that had folk running from their apartments.....it was amusing.....at first.....

Now, two weeks on.......I have the urge to put this parrot in the pie with Minty's Poncho.......!

[pixie374]

I hope you took the chance to teach it some words of your own... :-)

[Tilly2]

Why are parrots so maligned? Poor, poor parrots.

[Bazile]

Two weeks on - how long are you staying there .

Come back to hot and sunny blighty

[gness]

It now knows a few words in Irish, Pixie....the ones my mum taught me when she was cross..... ;-)

Says Tilly....who probably hasn't spent two weeks next door to one.

Hot and sunny, Baz?.....Oh lovely.....I'll be home on Thursday then.....you wouldn't be pulling my leg, would you?....x

[jno]

Tilly, parrots pretending to be wolves is cultural misappropriation, and to be deprecated.

[Bazile]

//Hot and sunny, Baz?.....Oh lovely.....I'll be home on Thursday then.....you wouldn't be pulling my leg, would you?....x//

Honest guv

[queenofmean]

shhhhh....he's telling porkies Gness

[gness]

Hmmmm....thought so, Queenie.....I shall just let the others go on searching for our boarding passes.....til Friday.... :-)

[mikey4444]

When I was visiting a Vicar in Mid Wales, a few years ago on business, he had a large parrot. It was in a bloody great huge cage, that was on pram wheels.

When I was trying to interview the Vicar, this parrot started screaming obscenities at me, in increasingly louder volumes. The obscenities were of such a level of disgusting-ness, that I am loath to even try to repeat them here.

I put up with this for a few minutes, but had to admit defeat. I asked the Vicar what on earth was going on ?

He explained that he had been a Royal Naval Chaplain for many years, and every time his back was turned, the ratings would teach the parrot a new swear word !

But, I argued, doesn't that produce some problems when the Mothers Union came around for tea, or when the conformation class is present ?

"That is why the **** has pram wheels on his cage, so I can whip him out into the garage when I have too", he replied !

[pixie374]

Lol... That's exactly what they do with gness!

[mikey4444]

The parrot incident was over ten years ago now, but I distinctly recall that the Parrots use of syntax and grammar put me to shame.....it seemed to understand everything that it said !

[DTCwordfan]

Mrs Beeton had a recipe for parrot pie. I know you don't cook but this is fairly simple.....

Prepare 12 birds (paraqeets) or 6 larger parrots, and truss them like a quail or any other small bird. Line a pie-dish with the beef, over it place 6 of the paraquets (3 of the parrots), intersperse slices of egg, parsley and lemon-rind, dredge lightly with flour, and season with salt and pepper.

Cover with the bacon cut into strips, lay the rest of the birds on the top, intersperse slices of egg, season with salt and pepper, and sprinkle with parsley and lemon-rind as before; three-quarter fill the dish with cold water, cover with puff-paste, and bake in a quick oven.

Time: About 2-1/2 hours. SUFFICIENT for about 12 persons - or 6 sunny daves.

[gness]

Oi, Pixie....how did you know?....!!!

Dont always give a BA...but Mikey's getting one now for the wonderful image of the vicar belting into the garage with a sweary parrot on wheels .....and because my Mum was President of the MU.....and I'd have loved her to have met the parrot!....x

[pixie374]

Prickly and ping....

[pixie374]

Prick! Autocorrect...

[gness]

I am not cooking for Sunny-Dave, DT.....he brings photos.....I'll leave that to NoM..... :-)

[gness]

Think I will adopt...Prickly and Pingly....Pixie.....quite like it....x

[pixie374]

Good :-). I seem to just be shouting rude things on your thread... :-). Sorry! Lol xx

[gness]

It's making me smile though, Pixie..... :-)

[aelmpvw]

i'm convinced that a cockatiel i had years ago only did his phone impression when i was in the garden ...