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RE: virus: Extreme Birdspotting
« on: 2005-08-31 04:19:36 » |
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[Blunderov] I wonder how much this bird would fetch on e-bay?
See http://www.disinfo.com/site/displayarticle12936.html
(Referring to an article at
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/johnson200508300809.asp
I have little doubt that our parrot would reserve some of his very best
invective for this latter clime.)
'Anti-Americanism is a phenomenon which, though common and ubiquitous, is
difficult to explain because it is illogical, irrational, contradictory, and
mysteriously primitive. A good deal of it is parroting. And, oddly enough, a
parrot has recently emerged in England which may cast light on the subject.
This bird had been owned by a long-distance truck driver who emigrated,
bequeathing it to a bird sanctuary. There it behaved well; but there were
exceptions. In succession, a local mayor, wearing his chain of office, a
police inspector, and a female vicar - all visitors to the sanctuary - were
subjected to four-letter verbal abuse. The manager of the place eventually
concluded that the parrot had been trained by its owner to abuse authority
figures, and recognized them by something distinctive in their dress.'
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RE: virus: Extreme Birdspotting
« Reply #1 on: 2005-08-31 06:30:40 » |
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[Blunderov] PS. I wonder whether our perspicacious parrot wasn't trained to
react with antipathy to persons wearing dark clothing? Truck drivers, in my
experience, are mostly given to wearing denims or blue overalls. Conversely,
the more seriously figures of authority take themselves, the more stygian
their suits tend to be. Perhaps the feathered anarchist should be taken for
a night out at a Goth club. It could be a scream.
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