Post by Rhonda on Aug 26, 2007 20:23:01 GMT -5
COPYCAT PARROT
"Take the batteries out of that blasted smoke alarm,"
Ethel snapped at her husband. "It bleeps no matter what
I'm cooking." Her husband argued, "I don't think that's
a good idea." One look at his cranky wife however, and
he dismantled it. She grumbled, I wish you could dismantle
the blasted parrot."
The parrot that had a huge repertoire of sounds. He drove
Ethel to distraction daily, imitating sounds like the phone
ringing, barking dogs, crying kids, doors slamming. It sang
TV commercials, almost any sound, if the bird heard it enough,
it would imitate. He loved to say, "Ethel" over and over.
Ethel slid the turkey into the oven. She was in a hurry, had
more shopping to do as company was coming. As she went
out the door, the bird called, "Goodbye Ethel." She yelled
back, "Just shut up." The parrot sang over and over,
"Shut up, Shut up, Shut up," until he tired.
Dealing with a bad mood, had made Ethel careless. She
had turned the oven temperature too high. It wasn't long
before smoke curled around the stove.
Neighbors heard the smoke detector. Knowing no one
was home, they dialled 911.The fire dept. arrived, turned
off the oven, then tossed the blackened turkey out the door.
They looked for a smoke alarm, but it wasn't there. The
parrot was sitting on the table watching. Everyone jumped
when he lit into an ear piercing siren of a smoke alarm.
Ethel was visibly shaken finding the firefighters in her home.
Her parrot was preening from all the attention he was getting.
She turned white when the neighbors told her what happened.
She held the parrot, "I guess you better stay after all." The bird
responded, "Shut up Ethel, Just, Shut up!"
Stormy O'Shea
"Take the batteries out of that blasted smoke alarm,"
Ethel snapped at her husband. "It bleeps no matter what
I'm cooking." Her husband argued, "I don't think that's
a good idea." One look at his cranky wife however, and
he dismantled it. She grumbled, I wish you could dismantle
the blasted parrot."
The parrot that had a huge repertoire of sounds. He drove
Ethel to distraction daily, imitating sounds like the phone
ringing, barking dogs, crying kids, doors slamming. It sang
TV commercials, almost any sound, if the bird heard it enough,
it would imitate. He loved to say, "Ethel" over and over.
Ethel slid the turkey into the oven. She was in a hurry, had
more shopping to do as company was coming. As she went
out the door, the bird called, "Goodbye Ethel." She yelled
back, "Just shut up." The parrot sang over and over,
"Shut up, Shut up, Shut up," until he tired.
Dealing with a bad mood, had made Ethel careless. She
had turned the oven temperature too high. It wasn't long
before smoke curled around the stove.
Neighbors heard the smoke detector. Knowing no one
was home, they dialled 911.The fire dept. arrived, turned
off the oven, then tossed the blackened turkey out the door.
They looked for a smoke alarm, but it wasn't there. The
parrot was sitting on the table watching. Everyone jumped
when he lit into an ear piercing siren of a smoke alarm.
Ethel was visibly shaken finding the firefighters in her home.
Her parrot was preening from all the attention he was getting.
She turned white when the neighbors told her what happened.
She held the parrot, "I guess you better stay after all." The bird
responded, "Shut up Ethel, Just, Shut up!"
Stormy O'Shea