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Random Humorous Things - A Light-Hearted Thread
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Bad birds

Quote:A group of African gray parrots who were quarantined together at a wildlife park in Lincolnshire, England, taught each other how to swear, Lincolnshire Live reported on Monday.

The five birds arrived at Lincolnshire Wildlife Park in August and shared a room, the park's chief executive, Steve Nichols, told reporters.

The foul language made staff members laugh, which encouraged the birds to keep going with their naughty words, Nichols told Lincolnshire Live. The parrots started to equate swear words with laughter and would start laughing at their own obscenities.

It's not uncommon for parrots to learn swear words and be encouraged to continue when they see people enjoy their vulgar comedy.

"But when you get four or five together that have learnt the swearing and naturally learnt the laughing so when one swears, one laughs and before you know it just got to be like an old working men's' club scenario where they are all just swearing and laughing," Nichols told Lincolnshire Live.

By the time the park reopened to the public, the birds had gotten in the habit of calling visitors names. Staff and customers got a laugh out of it, Nichols said, but the park decided to move them to an enclosure until their vocabulary improved.

https://www.insider.com/foul-fowl-language-2020-9

Maybe someone could open a bird park with parrots who only know swear words.
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RE: Random Humorous Things - A Light-Hearted Thread
(March 25, 2021 at 12:42 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: Bad birds

Quote:A group of African gray parrots who were quarantined together at a wildlife park in Lincolnshire, England, taught each other how to swear, Lincolnshire Live reported on Monday.

The five birds arrived at Lincolnshire Wildlife Park in August and shared a room, the park's chief executive, Steve Nichols, told reporters.

The foul language made staff members laugh, which encouraged the birds to keep going with their naughty words, Nichols told Lincolnshire Live. The parrots started to equate swear words with laughter and would start laughing at their own obscenities.

It's not uncommon for parrots to learn swear words and be encouraged to continue when they see people enjoy their vulgar comedy.

"But when you get four or five together that have learnt the swearing and naturally learnt the laughing so when one swears, one laughs and before you know it just got to be like an old working men's' club scenario where they are all just swearing and laughing," Nichols told Lincolnshire Live.

By the time the park reopened to the public, the birds had gotten in the habit of calling visitors names. Staff and customers got a laugh out of it, Nichols said, but the park decided to move them to an enclosure until their vocabulary improved.

https://www.insider.com/foul-fowl-language-2020-9

Maybe someone could open a bird park with parrots who only know swear words.
So weird.  I see things about swearing African Greys pretty often.  There's a fair amount of swearing in this house between the humans and TV and the only word the Grey we have ever picked up was "ass".  That came early on when we first got her and she hated me.  She would lunge at me any time I was near her cage.  I called her a mean ass bird.  After she picked up the phrase I changed it to mean old bird and she did too.  We've had her about 25 years now and she should sound like a sailor on shore leave, but she doesn't.
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Boru

Yes, I saw this on IMGUR too...

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(March 26, 2021 at 5:04 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: Yes, I saw this on IMGUR too...

What's your point?

That it didn't meet your high standard?
Or Boru beat you to it?

(Sorry Beccs, Boru wanted me to confront you on this (for him) or else he'll send those compromised pictures of me with the goat to my friends on facebook.)
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(March 26, 2021 at 4:11 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: [Image: EDfl22cXYAAACd3.jpg]

Boru

Only a true STNG zealot would understand that one.  I understand that one.  (S5, E2 "Darmok")
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Hardly.

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(March 26, 2021 at 7:44 am)░I░G░N░O░R░A░M░U░S ░ Wrote:
(March 26, 2021 at 5:04 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: Yes, I saw this on IMGUR too...

What's your point?

That it didn't meet your high standard?
Or Boru beat you to it?

(Sorry Beccs, Boru wanted me to confront you on this (for him) or else he'll send those compromised pictures of me with the goat to my friends on facebook.)

Relax. Those goat pictures are for personal use only.

Boru
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