Wednesday, November 27, 2002

More parrot news
Parrot gives parishioners the bird:
A foul-mouthed parrot is ruffling a few feathers after setting up home in a West Yorkshire churchyard.

The vicar has received complaints from people who have become targets for verbal abuse from the exotic bird.

The mischievous African grey parrot called Charlie has been living with a flock of pigeons in the bell-tower at St Mary's Church in Mirfield.

Three-year-old Charlie regularly turns the air blue by swearing and wolf-whistling at passers-by.
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Owner Zarina France, 34, of Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury, said even Charlie's favourite monkey nuts had not been enough to entice him back to captivity.

"Charlie can be very abusive and says all sorts of filthy things that I don't want to repeat.

"He probably picked it all up from me and when I heard about a swearing parrot I knew it was our Charlie."
Well, Zarina's more honest than the Russian.