# Note: Put Parrots in Cage Before Knitting **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 12, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-put-parrots-in-cage-before-knitting/798652 "2017-10-12T16:21:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-put-parrots-in-cage-before-knitting/798652/1 "2017-10-12T16:21:22Z")
Note to self: put parrots in cage before endeavoring to knit. Oooo! Shiny sticks! Mom is playing with SHINY STICKS! Can I have one? Can I have one? Can I have one? GotItGotItGotItGotIt ESCAPE! Wheee! Mom is chasing me _all over the house_ making loud noises! Fun! Let’s have _more_ fun - there’s another SHINY!.. Fly away! Stand on top of bookcase waving shiny stick! Watch mom jump up and down and make noise! Throw shiny stick at mom! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! _\>cackle\<_ Can I play with the string now? Look - _STRING!_ Oooo… this is gonna be FUN! (I have THREE of these little monsters. And now I have to put that half-knitted sock back on the needles… No wonder it takes me six months to get a pair done…) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-put-parrots-in-cage-before-knitting/798652/2 "2017-10-12T16:35:44Z")
Awww…I wanna see video! Or at least pictures. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-put-parrots-in-cage-before-knitting/798652/3 "2017-10-12T16:40:53Z")
They stole the camera, too. The only reason I still have access to the computer is because they haven’t learned to find the YouTube bird videos on their own (yet). ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-put-parrots-in-cage-before-knitting/798652/4 "2017-10-12T17:17:39Z")
Whenever my wife is cussing at her knitting I comment “You know dear, we \*could \*get a cat to help you with that.” 😃 Parrots sound even more “fun”. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-put-parrots-in-cage-before-knitting/798652/5 "2017-10-12T18:00:53Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Whenever my wife is cussing at her knitting I comment “You know dear, we \*could \*get a cat to help you with that.” 😃 > > Parrots sound even more “fun”. [This guy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UUjJysUMTw&t=1m) says it’s like dealing with a 3-year-old. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-put-parrots-in-cage-before-knitting/798652/6 "2017-10-12T18:23:31Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > They stole the camera, too. > > The only reason I still have access to the computer is because they haven’t learned to find the YouTube bird videos on their own (yet). Another use for cat videos. ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-put-parrots-in-cage-before-knitting/798652/7 "2017-10-12T21:11:40Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Note to self: put parrots in cage before endeavoring to knit. > > Oooo! Shiny sticks! Mom is playing with SHINY STICKS! Can I have one? Can I have one? Can I have one? GotItGotItGotItGotIt ESCAPE! Wheee! Mom is chasing me _all over the house_ making loud noises! Fun! Let’s have _more_ fun - there’s another SHINY!.. Fly away! Stand on top of bookcase waving shiny stick! Watch mom jump up and down and make noise! Throw shiny stick at mom! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! _\>cackle\<_ > > Can I play with the string now? Look - _STRING!_ Oooo… this is gonna be FUN! > > (I have THREE of these little monsters. And now I have to put that half-knitted sock back on the needles… No wonder it takes me six months to get a pair done…) That was a great laugh. Thank you.😃 I thought Mrs. Bitchin’ had it bad. She crochets blankets for the dogs…and they insist on laying on them WHILE she’s making them.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-put-parrots-in-cage-before-knitting/798652/8 "2017-10-12T22:26:40Z")
Duely Noted. _Scribbles on note pad for later_ -Don’t take up knitting -Don’t adopt flying monsters ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-put-parrots-in-cage-before-knitting/798652/9 "2017-10-12T22:48:36Z")
> [@BobBitchin](#): > > That was a great laugh. Thank you.😃 > > I thought Mrs. Bitchin’ had it bad. She crochets blankets for the dogs…and they insist on laying on them WHILE she’s making them.:smack: I believe that’s known as “Quality Control”. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-put-parrots-in-cage-before-knitting/798652/10 "2017-10-12T23:12:40Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Whenever my wife is cussing at her knitting I comment “You know dear, we \*could \*get a cat to help you with that.” 😃 . . . And you still live? She’s either a saint or she has a good sense of humor. Or both. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-put-parrots-in-cage-before-knitting/798652/11 "2017-10-13T01:07:01Z")
I can totally see the whole thing playing out in my mind’s eye. It’s hilarious, but I feel for you having to put socks back on the needle. Such a pain! I’m thankful the worst thing my cat does when I’m knitting is lay on the pattern. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-put-parrots-in-cage-before-knitting/798652/12 "2017-10-13T01:48:57Z")
what kind of birds do you have? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-put-parrots-in-cage-before-knitting/798652/13 "2017-10-13T01:50:13Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > I can totally see the whole thing playing out in my mind’s eye. So can I, 'cuz I’ve seen it. ☹ Pets, especially those we selected because they aren’t complete morons (though dogs, as God’s most moronic pets, are an exception), instinctively know what they have to do to drag our attention from something to them. Dogs just like fabric arts. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-put-parrots-in-cage-before-knitting/798652/14 "2017-10-13T02:04:12Z")
My dog is perfect ( I lie alot) ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-put-parrots-in-cage-before-knitting/798652/15 "2017-10-13T02:16:49Z")
I dropped a ball-point pen into the [dolphin tank](http://doggie.freeshell.org/pictures/dolphin.jpg) once (circa 1982). (Yeah, I was a part-time dolphin trainer in Honolulu from 1980 to 1983.) One of the dolphins grabbed it and proceeded to play the same kind of keep-away game with me. We had continuous flow of filtered sea water into the tank, with a large drain at the bottom of the tank that led back out to the harbor. Another game they were fond of was putting a frisbee over the drain so the tank would overflow. Then they swam at top speed around the tank, deliberately creating huge waves that sloshed over the edges. It was certainly deliberate, because they were perfectly able to swim at top speed without making waves. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-put-parrots-in-cage-before-knitting/798652/16 "2017-10-13T02:36:33Z")
Conclusion: Dolphins are assholes. Just like the cockatiel I’ve mentioned who (Not “that.” Impersonal pronouns are left to creatures that are not inherently evil.) imitated the phone ringing so he could see me fall all over because I thought it was a possible job. Smart enough to stop doing it when I got a cell phone on vibrate. Casually reaching into my pocket wasn’t fun. He went back to watching Jerry Springer perched on my collie’s head, describing the action. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-put-parrots-in-cage-before-knitting/798652/17 "2017-10-13T03:00:20Z")
Pics \*and \*video \*and \*good audio or it didn’t happen! ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-put-parrots-in-cage-before-knitting/798652/18 "2017-10-13T03:34:41Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > The only reason I still have access to the computer is because they haven’t learned to find the YouTube bird videos on their own (yet). Wait, they haven’t picked all the keys off of the keyboard yet? Lucky you. My son left his laptop open for about an hour while he went outside. When he returned, our green cheeked conures had plucked the entire top row of function keys off and were starting to work on the shift keys. They also chewed a gouge in the top of the scroll wheel on the mouse. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-put-parrots-in-cage-before-knitting/798652/19 "2017-10-13T04:26:54Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > what kind of birds do you have? Two cockatiels and a green cheek conure. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-put-parrots-in-cage-before-knitting/798652/20 "2017-10-13T04:29:44Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Wait, they haven’t picked all the keys off of the keyboard yet? Lucky you. My son left his laptop open for about an hour while he went outside I am really anal about covering the keyboard unless I’m actually using it. And closing the laptop. All remote controls are set down upside-down to make the keys less accessible. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-put-parrots-in-cage-before-knitting/798652.md?page=2)