Parrot Stories

One day a married businessmanThought of everything he hadThere was only one thing missingand that was a lovely pet So he strolled down to the petshopWhere a parrot caught his eyeWithout legs it still sat firmlyAnd that made him wonder why When he asked the bird what held himWithout legs upon that stickThe smart parrot said: "My thingywraps around and that's the trick" "And I'm also quite a speakerBoth in English and in Du...

Yoro, the leader of the controlling particle, tapped his fingers on his desk. He had read the reports and they didn’t look good. There was kidney failure caused by all the Doritos he’d let the parrot eat. There were heart problems, and an aneurysm forming. The whole body was in acute pain, and needed to be shut down. Doritos are yummy. Are they worth it? “It looks bad.” Bjork, his second, said. “I’m going to miss this. It...

Today I discovered that I'd rather get bitten by a parrot then to stand up to a friend.Nancy, Jack, and I were sitting on the front float of the boathouse talking. I stepped inside, to get sweet tea and glasses, and noticed that Jack's large blue macaw was standing on the stairs instead of on his perch. "Cheeko. What are you doing here?" The parrot gave me his cute look. I was guessing that he wanted to be put up on his r...