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Mouthy parrot reveals affair
« on: January 17, 2006, 01:50:20 pm »
cnn.com Tuesday, January 17, 2006

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LONDON, England -- A computer programmer found out his girlfriend was having an affair when his pet parrot kept repeating her lover\'s name, British media reported Tuesday.

The African grey parrot kept squawking "I love you, Gary" as his owner, Chris Taylor, sat with girlfriend Suzy Collins on the sofa of their shared flat in Leeds, northern England.

But when Taylor saw Collins\'s embarrassed reaction, he realized she had been having an affair -- meeting her lover in the flat whilst Ziggy looked on, the UK\'s Press Association reported.

Ziggy even mimicked Collins\'s voice each time she answered her telephone, calling out "Hiya Gary," according to newspaper reports.

Call-center worker Collins, 25, admitted the four-month affair with a colleague called Gary to her boyfriend and left the flat she had shared with Taylor, 30, for a year.

Taylor said he had also been forced to part with Ziggy after the bird continued to call out Gary\'s name and refused to stop squawking the phrases in his ex-girlfriend\'s voice, media reports said.

"I wasn\'t sorry to see the back of Suzy after what she did, but it really broke my heart to let Ziggy go," he said.

"I love him to bits and I really miss having him around, but it was torture hearing him repeat that name over and over again.

"I still can\'t believe he\'s gone. I know I\'ll get over Suzy, but I don\'t think I\'ll ever get over Ziggy."

Taylor acquired Ziggy as a chick eight years ago and named him after the David Bowie character Ziggy Stardust.

The bird has now found a new home through the offices of a local parrot dealer. Collins, who admitted the affair, said: "I\'m not proud of what I did but I\'m sure Chris would be the first to admit we were having problems.

"I am surprised to hear he got rid of that bird," she added to The Guardian newspaper. "He spent more time talking to it than he did to me.


Ouch. I\'m not surprised he got rid of the bird if it wouldn\'t shut up about Gary.
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« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2006, 03:24:21 pm »


"Um...now look...now look, mate, I\'ve definitely \'ad enough of this. That parrot is definitely deceased, and when I purchased it not \'alf an hour ago, you assured me that its total lack of movement was due to it bein\' tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk."
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« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2006, 03:37:31 pm »
Alltime classic sketch.
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« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2006, 11:58:47 pm »
ouch! Well, next time, she needs to get a dog, not a genius parrot ;)
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« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2006, 02:31:43 pm »
HA! That is really funny. If only Sadiedog could talk, she would have saved me from quite a bit of unhappiness in the past. :P
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