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Dead Pet Bird May Help Texas Murder Case
www.newsday.com ^
| February 19, 2003, 11:28 AM EST
| By Associated Press
Posted on 02/19/2003 10:03:12 AM PST by paltz
DALLAS --
Prosecutors say a pet cockatoo that was killed while trying to protect its owner from an attacker produced evidence crucial in convicting the man's murderer.
Kevin Butler's 18-inch white-crested cockatoo, named Bird, flew at the Daniel Torres during the Christmas Eve 2001 attack and pecked him in the head, drawing blood.
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posted on
02/19/2003 10:03:12 AM PST
by
paltz
To: paltz
What kinda birdbrain gets convicted by the evidence from a peckerhead by a cockatoo?
2
posted on
02/19/2003 10:08:28 AM PST
by
IncPen
To: paltz
eee's not dead; eee's merely sleepin' !
3
posted on
02/19/2003 10:10:02 AM PST
by
Hanging Chad
(not to be confused with "Hanging Ten" or "Hanging Wallpaper"...)
To: Hanging Chad
"His litt'le feet have been nailed to the perch."
To: Hanging Chad
The Norwegian blue?
He's not dead. He's just pinin' for the fjords.
To: paltz
5 posts and no mention of the Monty Python "dead parrot" sketch? You guys are slipping!
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posted on
02/19/2003 10:22:11 AM PST
by
wimpycat
(Well it's good that you're fine and I'm fine. I agree with you. It's great to be fine.)
To: paltz
Dead Pet Bird May Help Texas Murder CaseKnot gill-cup!
To: paltz
Kevin Butler's 18-inch white-crested cockatoo, named Bird... Very imaginative name.
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posted on
02/19/2003 10:23:10 AM PST
by
wimpycat
(Well it's good that you're fine and I'm fine. I agree with you. It's great to be fine.)
To: wimpycat
5 posts and no mention of the Monty Python "dead parrot" sketch? If you'll look again, you'll see that posts 3, 4, and 5 all do.
Now I'd like to continue this argument with you, but your five minutes are up. . . .
To: Hanging Chad
"Lovely plumage on the crested Cockatoo"
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posted on
02/19/2003 10:26:58 AM PST
by
blackdog
("But that's what I do" A quote from my Border Collie)
To: wimpycat
5 posts and no mention of the Monty Python "dead parrot" sketch? You guys are slipping! 3 out of the first 5 replies were in reference to the "Dead Parrot Sketch".
- "eee's not dead; eee's merely sleepin' !"
- "His litt'le feet have been nailed to the perch."
- "The Norwegian blue? He's not dead. He's just pinin' for the fjords."
To: wimpycat
Very imaginative name. "Kevin Butler"? Sounds kinda ordinary to me.
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posted on
02/19/2003 10:28:56 AM PST
by
Charles Henrickson
(Didn't he used to play for the Bears? Kicker, I think.)
To: paltz
Does Robert Blake's bird know about this?
Has he been put in the Federal witness protection program? He must be singing like a ... :)
13
posted on
02/19/2003 10:30:08 AM PST
by
anymouse
To: paltz
At least this bird tried to save its owner. My dogs would calmly watch if something like this happened to me.
14
posted on
02/19/2003 10:32:47 AM PST
by
Junior
(I want my, I want my, I want my chimpanzees)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
D'oh!
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posted on
02/19/2003 10:33:41 AM PST
by
wimpycat
(Well it's good that you're fine and I'm fine. I agree with you. It's great to be fine.)
To: wimpycat
5 posts and no mention of the Monty Python "dead parrot" sketch? You guys are slipping!
There! Are you satisfied?
To: Charles Henrickson
your five minutes are up. . . . No, they aren't.
I have to go. It's time to buy a new brain.
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To: wimpycat
Pining for the fjordsOne of the first posts!
Hello! POLLY!
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posted on
02/19/2003 10:44:58 AM PST
by
DCBryan1
To: 11th Earl of Mar
I have to go. It's time to buy a new brain. This picture of the 11th Earl of Mar will explain:
. . . . . . . . "My brain hurts!"
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