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British navy parrot with potty mouth sent ashore with feathers in tow
National Post News Services ^
| Friday, November 25, 2005
Posted on 11/25/2005 2:30:53 PM PST by Levante
A Royal navy parrot with a reputation for embarrassing top brass with her foul mouth has been ordered ashore. But it was not Sunny's swearing that led to her being taken off the British frigate, Lancaster. She has been given extended shore leave on medical advice after plucking out her feathers and looking withdrawn. Sunny a six-year-old African grey with the official service number of RN Parrot No 1, has a habit of squawking "arse" and "bollocks" at inappropriate moments. During a visit in 2001 by the First Sea Lord, Sunny was banished to a cupboard but could still be heard squawking expletives. Besides a comprehensive list of oaths, her favourite phrases are: "Zulus, thousands of 'em" and "You ain't seen nothing, right?' "
© National Post 2005
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: parrot; profanity; royalnavy
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posted on
11/25/2005 2:30:55 PM PST
by
Levante
To: Levante
ARGGGGG! where's the rum?
2
posted on
11/25/2005 2:32:37 PM PST
by
Rakkasan1
(Peace de Resistance! Viva la Paper towels!)
To: Levante
AAARRRrrrrr... Bite me Crank - Matey!!!
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posted on
11/25/2005 2:40:16 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: Levante
Why do you think we use the term "cussing like a sailor"? What does everyone expect? Bible verses? :-)
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posted on
11/25/2005 2:40:22 PM PST
by
manwiththehands
(Happy Thanksgiving to our heroes in Iraq. God bless you and Godspeed. Come home safe.)
To: Levante; pinz-n-needlez
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posted on
11/25/2005 2:41:44 PM PST
by
Diva
To: Chode
LOL! Not enough Captain Pissgums references around here.
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posted on
11/25/2005 3:13:11 PM PST
by
fat city
("The nation that controls magnetism controls the world.")
To: fat city
yup...
Capt. Pissgums and his Perverted Pirates vs the Dyke's!!!
Pathos on the High Seas, below decks... on his ship the Quivering Thigh
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posted on
11/25/2005 3:26:36 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: Levante
Where does one think this parrot learned this language? I'm stupefied.
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posted on
11/25/2005 3:29:17 PM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: Levante
LOL. Reminds me of the "Sailor Mouth" episode on Spongebob.
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posted on
11/25/2005 3:31:13 PM PST
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: Diva
Maybe she's pining for the fiords...
Pinz
To: Levante
Any relation to Churchill's bird?
To: mewzilla
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posted on
11/25/2005 4:03:05 PM PST
by
steveo
(Join today! Fathers Against Rude Television...)
To: 1rudeboy
Where does one think this parrot learned this language? I'm stupefied.Let guess at parrot school?? ;) Obviously, the parrot never got beyond sophmoric humor.
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posted on
11/25/2005 4:33:33 PM PST
by
Tarheel
(Go Davidson Wildcats !)
To: Tarheel
Make that--
Let me guess at parrot school?? ;)
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posted on
11/25/2005 4:34:48 PM PST
by
Tarheel
(Go Davidson Wildcats !)
To: steveo
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posted on
11/25/2005 4:51:15 PM PST
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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