A wife was out shopping one day and happened to pass a pet store. Glancing in the window, she saw a rather handsome African Grey – known for their talkativeness. There was a price ticket on the cage and she was surprised to see that it was a LOT less than she thought such a lovely bird should cost. Intrigued, she went in and spoke to the shopkeeper.
The reason the price was low, it turned out, was that this particular parrot had spent a few years living in a brothel and had picked up some rather colorful language!
The lady said that she was fairly sure she would be able to train such behaviour out of it, given a bit of time and attention so she bought the bird and took it home, covering the cage in a dark cloth to keep the animal calm during the drive home.
An hour or so later, it was ready to be unveiled in the living room. The moment arrived and she quietly slipped off the cloth.
The parrot bobbed up and down a few times as it took in it’s surroundings and then squawked “New house, hello house”. Then it spotted the wife and said: “New house, new madam. Hello madam.”
‘Oh good lord,’ said the wife, ‘I see what the shopkeeper meant! Well, that kind of language isn't too bad and, anyway, I’m sure I’ll train it out of you in time.’
Around this point, her husband walked in from work.
On seeing the husband, the parrot did his bobbing thing and, again, spoke: “New house, new madam. Same customers! Hello, Clive”
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