# New family member! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 1, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-family-member/706042 "2014-12-01T16:18:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-family-member/706042/1 "2014-12-01T16:18:55Z")
[Meet Rocco, the newest member of our family.](http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv174/kayaker01/imagejpg2_zpsb3b9a5cb.jpg) Rocco was hatched in April of 2009. His sex is not known, but “Rocco” sure sounds like a male, and there is no history of egg laying, so we assume. Rocco’s favorite foods are chicken wings, apples, pizza crust, pistachios, and scrambled eggs. His vocabulary includes “Hello”, “Hello, Rocco”, “Go Steelers”, and “Good Bird!”. He also does a bunch of sounds, including wolf whistles, Windows Alert, various ringtones, Knocking on the door, etc. He is fully flighted and has been well behaved so far. His original owners had a situation arise that forced them to find him a new home. Lucky for us, a friend of mine suggested that I might consider having him and things have worked out well for all involved. [Yeah, Rocco!!](http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv174/kayaker01/imagejpg1_zpsf6359311.jpg)😃 ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-family-member/706042/2 "2014-12-01T16:22:58Z")
He looks like a cool guy. 🙂 Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-family-member/706042/3 "2014-12-01T16:24:57Z")
Does the feathery little fucker know how to just shut the fuck up? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-family-member/706042/4 "2014-12-01T16:42:16Z")
Actually, his vocabulary doesn’t currently include any profanities. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-family-member/706042/5 "2014-12-01T16:42:32Z")
I’m amused at the “liking chicken wings” thing. Does he have a sauce flavor preference? 😃 Time to start teaching him all sorts of fun sound effects! ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-family-member/706042/6 "2014-12-01T18:24:05Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Actually, his vocabulary doesn’t currently include any profanities. Yet. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-family-member/706042/7 "2014-12-01T18:33:05Z")
> [@missred](#): > > Yet. 😃 😛 I use plenty of foul language. We have friends with an African Grey that began yelling “FUCK”. They would tell him to stop it. Now he yells, “FUCK!! Stop it!” ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-family-member/706042/8 "2014-12-01T19:57:03Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > 😛 I use plenty of foul language. We have friends with an African Grey that began yelling “FUCK”. They would tell him to stop it. Now he yells, “FUCK!! Stop it!” African Greys are SO smart. Congrats on the new addition! I hope we’ll get a lot of funny Rocco stories. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-family-member/706042/9 "2014-12-01T20:07:56Z")
Congratulations! He’s a very pretty bird. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-family-member/706042/10 "2014-12-01T21:45:02Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > 😛 I use plenty of foul language. We have friends with an African Grey that began yelling “FUCK”. They would tell him to stop it. Now he yells, “FUCK!! Stop it!” Fowl language. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-family-member/706042/11 "2014-12-02T12:04:59Z")
Now you need to teach him [“Let the Bodies Hit the Floor.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uguXNL93fWg) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-family-member/706042/12 "2014-12-02T14:00:59Z")
Heh. Smoke alarm went off at 5:55 am. I jumped out of bed. False alarm. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-family-member/706042/13 "2014-12-02T15:50:36Z")
This is not what I thought you meant when you said someone gave you the bird. 🙂 (Thank you! Please be sure to tip your wait staff.) ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-family-member/706042/14 "2014-12-02T16:35:09Z")
Congratulations on your new addition! May he eat sunflower seeds out of your hand (and leave all five of your fingers). > [@kayaker](#): > > Heh. > Smoke alarm went off at 5:55 am. I jumped out of bed. False alarm. > Heh. You know, I’ve heard that they can imitate ring tones, door bells and alarm sounds. (Happy Holidays…!) PS- If you play music in your home, I’m going to strongly suggest also that you immediately implement the “No Bad Music Out Loud” policy. The following, if played at All should probably Only be played through earbuds: The Macarena The Chicken Dance Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer Any “Dog-Barking” Christmas carols Backstreet Boys Push It (SaltnPepa) Freak Like Me (Adina version) …and under penalty of _death_, no one should _ever_ play… 1-877-Kars-For-Kids