Churchill's parrot alive at 104

[Dookus]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040119/325/ejsqa.html

LONDON (Reuters) - Winston Churchill's foul-mouthed 104-year old parrot has refused to surrender to after a newspaper tracked the bird down and discovered it was still alive.

"They've been trying to get him to talk all day, but he's not saying much," said Sylvia Martin, who manages Heathfield Nurseries where parrot Charlie has lived for the last 12 years.

Charlie, who kept Churchill company during World War Two, was famous for occasionally squawking four-letter obscenities about Hitler. But Martin told Reuters the bird has mellowed.

"He doesn't say very much anymore -- usually just hello and goodbye. But he does get so excited about music and dances to it. He's very fit."

[wysi]

1. If the parrot...

... ran against * I'd vote for him! :-)

[patdem]

2. I second that...so far parrot 2 bush 0...I like that!

[Endangered Specie]

3. 3 - 0 Charlie

Maybe it can be trained to say nasties about * two (not much of a stretch).

[Darth_Kitten]

4. Historical Birdie

:evilgrin:

I say Charlie can do or say whatever he darn well wants. :hi: He's earned that right and here's to his health :toast: :beer: :)

[Rowdyboy]

5. Unfortunately, as a citizen of Great Britain

Charlie is ineligible to be president of the United States. Undoubtedly, he would be better than Bush though God only knows how he would have voted on IWR (Churchill was rather pugnacious)

[htuttle]

6. Let's ask the Parrot!!

Does Bush remind it of Hitler, or not?

:evilgrin:

[moof]

7. " But he does get so excited "

A man who is concerned about his wife cheating on him wants to catch
her in the act. He doesn't have enough money to hire a PI, so he goes to
a pet shop. There he asks the clerk if he has a parrot for sale. The clerk
shows him the last parrot he has: "This is the last parrot I have for sale.
He doesn't have any legs, but he is very smart." The man asks, "If he
doesn't have any legs, how does he stay on the perch?" "He holds on with his penis."
the clerk answered. The man asks " How much?" "Since he doesn't have any legs, I'll
sell him to you for fifty bucks."
The suspicious man purchases the talking bird and takes him home. He sets up the
cage in his bedroom where he can see everything; he then instructs the parrot to
watch what ever goes on in the room and inform him when he gets home from work.
So the next morning he leaves for work and his wife stays home, as usual. When the
man gets home from work, as his wife is cooking supper, he asks the parrot to tell
him what went on during the day. The parrot begins, "At eight o'clock this morning
the mailman came in the house and into the bedroom..."
Astounded the man impatiently asks,
"What happened next?"
"Your wife began to take off his clothes and hers..." "What happened after
that!"
The parrot replied, "I don't know I fell off my perch"

[Kat45]

8. That's cool! I wonder what kind of parrot she is?

Probably a macaw, since she's so old.

[Whitacre D_WI]

9. Indeed. A Blue & Gold.

Here's a picture of Charlie:

[Darth_Kitten]

10. Ever notice how all 104 year old macaws look like Winston Churchill?

Sorry. :evilgrin:

[Kat45]

13. Thanks, Whitacre D_W

I thought another bird person might have the answer. :-)

[Piperay]

11. Hurray for Charlie!

:toast:We once had a parrot, a Double Yellow Headed Amazon but she didn't live very long was only around 15 yrs (vet thought she had cancer). :-(

[ronnykmarshall]

12. Get outta here!

Churchill's bird is still alive??

Damn! Polly's has her some crackers!

[moof]

14. another parrot Sketch, very likely

it appears that not only do most Parrot experts peg Macaw
lifespan at about 40 to 60 years, the Churchill family are also tossing on a bit of cold water.

Experts quash Churchill bird rumours

Experts have dismissed the claim that a 104-year-old foul-mouthed parrot once belonged to the war leader Winston Churchill.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/3414323.stm