Did you hear about Bill the parrot?
Posted on 05/25/2008 5:11:23 AM PDT by dennisw
TOKYO - When Yosuke the parrot flew out of his cage and got lost, he did exactly what he had been taught — recite his name and address to a stranger willing to help.
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Police rescued the African grey parrot two weeks ago from a neighbor's roof in the city of Nagareyama, near Tokyo. After spending a night at the station, he was transferred to a nearby veterinary hospital while police searched for clues, local policeman Shinjiro Uemura said.
He kept mum with the cops, but began chatting after a few days with the vet.
"I'm Mr. Yosuke Nakamura," the bird told the veterinarian, according to Uemura. The parrot also provided his full home address, down to the street number, and even entertained the hospital staff by singing songs.
"We checked the address, and what do you know, a Nakamura family really lived there. So we told them we've found Yosuke," Uemura said.
The Nakamura family told police they had been teaching the bird its name and address for about two years.
But Yosuke apparently wasn't keen on opening up to police officials.
"I tried to be friendly and talked to him, but he completely ignored me," Uemura said.
Reminds me of this..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I9wyqZEI3c
LOL!!! You'd think the bird would have been taught better manners. Did Yosuke speak Japanese?
Wonder how many parrots have gone to “Parrot Heaven” for saying “Hi Bob” instead of “Hi Jim”.
Obviously the bird was guilty of a crime or, since it was an African parrot, Jesse and Al may have warned him about the possibility of "police brutality".
Yosuke is no stool pigeon.
My parrot would be arrested for un PC speech.
The Nakamura family told police they had been teaching the bird its name and address for about two years.
Jagster.. Take a look at this.
I thought you might get a kick out of this story.
My friend has two birds and those things are the loudest sqwaking mofo's you'd ever want to hear....I despise them!!!
Did you hear about Bill the parrot?
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Beak cause the bird can use a phone, he macaw later.
Darkwing Parrot:
WHAT HAPPEN??!!!!
THEY SET US UP THE VET!
YOU HAVE NO SEED.
NO!!!!
ALL YOUR PERCH ARE BELONG TO US.
This could have been a lot funnier if the owner of the parrot had been a huge drug dealer or somethin’.
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