By stuckonrepeat - 04/08/2010 20:17 - Ireland

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Today, when I returned from holiday, I discovered my best friend taught my parrot dirty phrases for fun. I can't get her to shut up and my little niece and nephew are coming over in three days. FML
I agree, your life sucks 32 678
You deserved it 4 677

Same thing different taste

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I did the same thing with my grandmas parrot but I thought it Spanish bad words. ;P she doesn't know Spanish.

ChocolateEclaire 0

Put a blanket on its cage so it sleeps and won't cuss. Make sure the kids don't get in that room though...

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Karp16 3

what's with all this "comment moderated" shit???

YDI for having a bird that talks and expecting anything different to happen. YDI for having nieces and nephews. YDI for saying "holiday". I concur with the previous posters who say to eat the bird.

Invest in an audiobook to play on repeat whenever you're gone. Props if you can get the bird to do some Dr. Seuss tongue twisters!

I think that's really nice of your friend!

Don't say those lines and don't react to them. The bird will eventually forget them. You can always fudge things a little - I know someone who convinced their mother that his bird says "Lucky You" all the time.

I agree. You should try to make the bird unlearn it, or you could teach it something similar, but not dirty. You can't react in any way when it says the words, because in a parrot's mind, any reaction is a good reaction. No hitting, no yelling, no shushing. Don't even move at all. Just talk on like the bird didn't say it at all. Also, to everyone saying "Kill it," a parrot with the capacity to learn to speak multiple phrases clearly in a brief period of time, such as when OP was on holiday, is not going to be a cheap bird. Only the larger birds tend to be clear speakers and have the capacity to learn that quickly. Smaller birds, from budgies to conures, can speak, but it is not clear and takes them quite a while to learn. If it's clear enough to worry about, it's probably a valuable bird. Well, it was, but learning to cuss devalues parrots quite a bit. As a parrot owner, I know how angry I'd be. Just take some time with the bird though, OP, and you can probably fix the situation.

kids: ooo a parrot! parrot: wanna suck my dick?