Things I Never Thought I Would Say Before Being Owned By A Parrot

[kendrafitz]

I thought I would start a fun/silly thread about things you never thought you would say before bringing a parrot home.

I'll start:

"No, really, it's not gross. She doesn't have any saliva in her mouth, so it's not like a wet willy. It's more like a finger being shoved in my ear." :th_embarassed:

What I have said MULTIPLE times to people who are staring open mouthed as Rosie shoves her tongue in my ear to distract me from conversations.

[spiritbird]

Last night I had some neighbors here for a turkey diner. Of course my living room is small and the eating table is very near the cage. Kobe was inside the cage doing his best to get on the shoulder of his grandma. I would not let them out with company here because one person does not like birds. So grandma went to the cage, opened the door and immediately kissed Kobe on the beak. "kiss kiss" My guest said "oh I would never do that!" So I said "its perfectly OK to kiss a bird"

[lolsavannahh]

"Yeah it's kinda wet and sticky but I mean I'm just used to it now" - Me explaining getting bird poop off my shoulder
"My child screams all day. Just a constant high pitch scream. I'm used to it, sometimes we scream together." - A very vague description I gave a mother of a human child at the grocery store when she was complaining about he kid whining a lot.

[Mare]

"Please, open this umbrella while crossing the yard", I said to my son so's Amigo wouldn't land on him in attack mode :(

[spiritbird]

All my T shirts have shoulder holes!

[kendrafitz]

"No, her poop isn't gross. It looks icky but it doesn't smell. So much better than the dogs."

[kendrafitz]

This is one that has gotten me a few raised eyebrows.
"I LOVE vacation! It's the only time I get the whole shower to myself. If I try to shower alone at home the screaming protests from my 2 pound boss are insane."

[bill-e]

While I don't usually say this out loud, every time I go to straighten my hair after I remove Nike from sitting my head, and I feel something wet....I think about that scene from "There's Something about Mary" and crack up inside. :)

[94lt1]

No..that's not a mass on my neck .that's my baby girl...she's just always cuddling...lol.

Or for starburst.. Yes I'm sure he's a sun conure..yes i see he has a lot of orange and red..

[Sucre]

"Please tell me if I come to work with bird poop in my hair."

I have this wild curly mop and somebody is always rooting around in it.

[Penny]

A couple of years ago we got our sun conure an iPod of her own for Christmas. (ok, yeah, I know) The counter guy looks at my daughter, who was just under 12 at the time and asks her if she was getting her first iPod. She told him it was for her sister, then showed him a picture of Kiki. His expression was priceless...