Watch out for the parrot...

[Saintaw]

A parrot owner was alerted to his girlfriend's infidelity when his talkative pet let the cat out of the bag by squawking "I love you Gary".

Parrot squawks on woman's affair

[DREDIOCK]

LOL Thats an African Gray.
I've had one of those things.
Noisy as hell. and they do mimmic everything and I mean EVERYTHING they hear more then  once.
And they get into a routine where they use all their calls and other sounds they've picked up over and over and over again.

Since in the summer we used to put our cage outside it picked up al the bird calls in the area which was pretty cool.
We also taught it the tune from the Andy Griffith show.
As well as to say "Peices of eight"
 And would say her (later we found out her was a he) name "lucy bird"
Would also call and whistle for the dogs. And they would come running out like we called them untill they got tired of that then we would have to literally go get them because they got called out by the bird one too many times.
Did the ringing of our cordless phone....exactly. We got used to it and were able to tell the subtle difference (after a while) between the bird and the real thing but people visiting couldnt and would even answer the phone thinking it was ringing.

Answered the phone in both my wifes and my voices

As well as several profanities but "Son of a B****!!" seemed to be his favorite

Anyway. As I was saying. they go into this cycle where they call out all the sounds they know over and over and over again. usually in the same exact  order. And particularly at literally the crack of dawn. And do so VERY loudly.
Oh and putting a blanket over the cage doesnt work.
Neither does putting them in a dark closet.
When its dawn. they know. reguardless of how much light they see.

so ours would go though this routine over and over, and over and over and over untill it about drivs you nuts.
Predictably the bird always ended its cycle with "LUCY SHUT UP!" before starting over yet again.

Cool pet all in all but I can understand how he wouldnt want to keep hearing it..over...and over..and over again lol

[lasersailor184]

so ours would go though this routine over and over, and over and over and over untill it about drivs you nuts.
Predictably the bird always ended its cycle with "LUCY SHUT UP!" before starting over yet again.

LMFAO!

[Meatwad]

I wouldnt mind having one, but them little boogers are expensive

[boxboy28]

Ild hate to have one of them things around if you were playing AH!  eventhought the first few times you heard it mock you gettting shot down would be funny! that bird would end up like the mocking bird in "Cheech and Chongs - UP IN SMOKE" (the name vet blasts it out the window with the shot gun)

[Sparks]

LOL - my aunt and uncle had one. It was funny as hell - it could mimic my uncle perfectly. It would talk to the postman in his voice, ask for cups of tea .... you name it.

[Yeager]

I used to have an african grey congo named Leo.  Loved the bird but after a few years I tired of the poop factory and absolute mess all over the house and eventually found someone that wanted Leo to help make more baby greys so I sold him.

Of my most fond memories, Leo would gently eat chewed sunflower out of my mouth and give me a good dental going over.  Laughed like there was no tomorrow......tickled.

Leo learned to mimic our phones ringer to perfection and I must have picked up a thousand phone calls that werent, and then Leo would laugh as if it was his intent to make a fool of me.  Also, I would lay in bed and Leo would ring the phone a few times then sound like my wife saying "Hello, yes....can you hold on a second"...to absolute perfection, over and over and over....I nearly went insane.

One of the lines from the news story that just made my day was this one:

"I wasn't sorry to see the back of Suzy after what she did, but it really broke my heart to let Ziggy go,"

I can really sympathize with the guy.

Great story