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Silly news story – parrot involved

“Since parrots are not allowed to supervise learner drivers, her vehicle has been seized,” police tweeted.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-25928491

Says it all.

Hopefully she’ll soon be doing…bird?

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By: trumper - 30th January 2014 at 20:27

On being released from the vatican the parrot said Who’s a pretty boy then to the choir boy πŸ™‚

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By: snafu - 30th January 2014 at 09:45

Hmm, there seems to be a theme developing with this thread…

Guillermo Reyes was stopped at an alcohol checkpoint in Mexico City last week, and while the stop was routine, what the cops discovered was not. When Reyes was pulled out of his car for testing, cops heard a voice inside the vehicle saying, β€œHe’s drunk, he’s drunk,” according to Spanish-language newspaper El Universal who first reported the story.

http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/01/15/hes-drunk-pet-parrot-rats-out-drunk-driver-at-police-checkpoint/

An activist in Belarus registered his parrot as a candidate in a local council election…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-25830718

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How about

This brightly-coloured parakeet decided to show his face in a speed camera located on one of the UK’s busiest motorways.

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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/highways-agency-parakeet-speed-camera-3009706#ixzz2rsBC761j

Milan, 30 January 2014. Pope Francis blessed and took into his hands a green parrot that belonged to a former male stripper during his general audience on Wednesday.

http://www.finnbay.com/pope-francis-blesses-male-strippers-parrot/

Oo-er!

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By: snafu - 30th January 2014 at 09:20

But there’s more!

Police divers in Salford Quays searching for a “body part” have instead found a dead parrot.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/police-divers-searching-body-part-6643508

Maybe the parrot couldn’t take the disgrace of a court appearance and became…an ex-parrot?

Or maybe the woman, incensed at being lied to about the parrots lack of licence and inability to supervise her driving, sent it to sleep with the fishes…

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