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Post by Sharyn and Mr P on Apr 30, 2015 11:14:31 GMT -5
After Mr P's escapade on the kitchen counter, I found myself telling him, "The kitchen counter is NOT a playstand", when he wouldnt stop climbing up on it. I thought this would be a fun thread to start...
Things you say when you share your house with a parrot:
1. The kitchen counter is not a playstand
Let's continue the thread!
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Post by easttex on Apr 30, 2015 13:23:51 GMT -5
Responding to the other party's comment on the background noise during a phone conversation, "No, I don't live in an asylum."
Okay, that was just once. How many times have I said, "What a nice poop!" I don't know, but a lot.
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Post by Sharyn and Mr P on Apr 30, 2015 13:27:02 GMT -5
Continuing the poop subject, how many times have you asked a fellow housemember, before you go out, "do I have poop on my shirt?"
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Post by aaron on Apr 30, 2015 14:41:58 GMT -5
Okay, that was just once. How many times have I said, "What a nice poop!" I don't know, but a lot. Sigh... I make that sort of comment altogether too often as well. These are somewhat obvious I suppose, but "Where's that bird?!" and "Who's got the bird?" are common in our house with Cupcake flying around inspecting everyone. |
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Post by easttex on Apr 30, 2015 14:53:00 GMT -5
Another just came to mind as Peppy was grooming me. "Watch the skin....WATCH THE SKIN!!!!" He's usually very gentle with bare skin, but not so much with the bits that come up with the piece of shirt he bites.
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Post by julianna on Apr 30, 2015 15:41:12 GMT -5
I say "good poop" hundreds of times. It is actually a learning tool as well for Oscar. If I say good poop... when it is not on me... lol... then I growl when it is on me... I am hoping that he will get the idea. Actually I have seen a lot of improvement... I have gotten much better trained on reacting to his needs... ha ha ha
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Post by Jan and Shah on Apr 30, 2015 16:30:00 GMT -5
My favourite word is "gentle, GENTLE" as I am being given a facial to remove any unwanted spots on my face or hands. Shah is a very enthusiastic and focused beautician.
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Post by siobhan on Apr 30, 2015 17:01:39 GMT -5
"Please don't bite holes in Mommy's clothes (or skin)!"
"Don't poop in my hair, I have to go to work!"
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Post by cnyguy on Apr 30, 2015 20:30:41 GMT -5
Here are two of mine:
"No, the connection is fine. My parrot is tapping his beak on the phone."
"The inside of a clean coffee mug is not an appropriate place to poop."
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Post by siobhan on Apr 30, 2015 22:34:19 GMT -5
Notice how many of these things are poop connected? LOL
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Post by biteybird on May 1, 2015 1:50:09 GMT -5
Our regular lines are:
"Just be quiet - for goodness sake, BE QUIET!"
"Excuse you, that is NOT appropriate!" (pooping on clothes or the laptop screen)
"Oh DEAR!!!" (in response to her nipping too hard; she joins in with a growl on the word 'dear')
"No, you are NOT a good girl" (usually after pooping or nipping, after which she laughs & says 'good girl')
"Be gentle/nice, now"
"Decorum, please"
...and of course, the favourite - "No biting!"
Edit: some more - sorry, there seem to be a lot, and most of them appear to be negative... 
"WHAT is your PROBLEM?" "That's a horrible noise. Speak English!" "You stink. Have a bath!" "Bugger bird. [I'll] Wring your neck!" (from husband) "RAAAAAT, yourself!" "It's awfully quiet. Where's Her Rudeness? Oh, I see, she's feeding her face."
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Post by Sharyn and Mr P on May 1, 2015 7:25:53 GMT -5
Oh..that's funny..sometimes Mr P makes this horrendous squawking noise when I put him back in his cage and I tell him..
That is an UGLY noise!
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Post by siobhan on May 1, 2015 11:10:30 GMT -5
This morning when I was trying to get ready for work and thus had to be out of Rocky's sight, he was shrieking and I called to him, "Use your WORDS, Rocky!" and then realized I sounded like a kindergarten teacher. LOL
Most of my conversations with the birds consist of showing them how well they've taught me to talk, though.
Clyde: Hello
Me: Hello
Clyde: (clearly thinking I missed it the first time) HELL-oh
Me: HELL-oh
Clyde: Hell-oooooooooooooooooooooh
Jade: PEEK-a-BOO
Me: Peekaboo!
Clyde: HELLOOOOOOOO (he is not finished teaching me this one and not ready to move on to a new one yet)
Me: Hello!
Jade: PEEKABOOOOOO (she wants to teach me this one, not hello)
Freddie: Pretty bay-bay
Clyde: Hell-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhh
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Post by julianna on May 1, 2015 15:48:11 GMT -5
omg... too funny. I love it. Clyde is a real charmer for sure. Thankfully I have not gotten any poop in my coffee cup yet... ha ha ha ha. Another one I use a lot is to remind Oscar that Husband is a nice man.... ha ha ha He is getting better at accepting him.
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Post by Peanut's buddy on May 1, 2015 17:27:54 GMT -5
Previously, when my QP Peanut has shrieked because I wasn't in the room, I've come in and said quite firmly 'Oi excuse me!'. The only trouble is that now when I'm out of the room and Peanut can't get my attention, he has started yelling 'Oi scuse me!. Serves me right I suppose....
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