[Poohbah]

Great bird, that Norwegian Blue! Lovely plumage, eh?

[Miss Marple]

"Pinin' for the fjords!!"

At least he doesn't wear a beret. Think about it. Who MADE the beret? Did they measure the parrot? Were there fittings? Are there other costumes under production? Will the parrot have a little military hat when Chavez dresses as a general? Is there a new position in the Venezuelan government..."Official Parrot Costumer?"

Boggles the mind, doesn't it?

[hchutch]

"This parrot is no more!"

*clonk clonk*

"It has ceased to be!!"

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Of course, on the Brazilian front...


RIO DE JANEIRO (AP)

Brazilian President Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva angrily used the United States of using chemical weapons, stealing Brazil's stockpile of nuclear weapons, and sabotaging the equipment beyond repair.

Lula da Silva claims that Brazilian army patrols came across the nuclear scientists sitting outside a building half-naked. Inside, Brazilian officers showed machineryt hat had been destroyed "in a precise and permanent manner."

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld denied the allegations in a press conference. When pressed abotu helicopter sightings, Rumsfeld said, "the Brazilians must have started seeing black helicopters."

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