Britain’s RAF pays out 2200 pounds (US$3300) in compensation for a parrot that dropped dead from the sound of a low-flying jet. Story here.
Transcript of the parrot owner trying to receive compensation is here.
Really, all the jokes one could possibly make about this have already been made.
Maybe the owner shouldn’t have nailed it to the perch.
No they haven’t.
He’s not dead! He’s stunned!
Arguments are next door.
DON’T GIVE ME THAT, YOU SNOTTY-FACED HEAP OF PARROT DROPPINGS!!x
Note to Mods: That was just a quote
For doing that, the owner should be slapped with the perch.
Can’t blame British Rail for that.
I like Python as much as anybody, but, jokes aside, it would suck to have a pet killed by somebody else’s loud noise.
Somewhere in this story there’s room for a serious discussion of balancing the exigencies of national defense with quality of life.
No, there isn’t.
‘E’s not pinin’! 'E’s passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E’s expired and gone to meet 'is maker!
'E’s a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn’t nailed 'im to the perch 'e’d be pushing up the daisies!
'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E’s off the twig!
'E’s kicked the bucket, 'e’s shuffled off ‘is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisibile!!
THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!
Yes there is!
The noise could probably only have been worse if the poor parrot and his owner had lived near a late-night restaurant in Bangkok.
If you want to get anything done in this country you’ve got to complain till you’re blue in the mouth.
Beautiful plumage!