Churchill's foul-mouth parrot alive at 104
Charlie known for shocking leaders with anti-Hitler expletives
Posted: January 20, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern
The foul-mouthed parrot at Winston Churchill's side during Britain's darkest
hour of World War II is still alive and cursing Adolf Hitler.
At 104-years-old, Charlie can still be coaxed to repeat favorite sayings, such
as "[expletive] Hitler" and "[expletive] the Nazis," London's Daily Mirror
reports.
The blue and gold macaw actually is a female but was given a boy's name by the
British prime minister when he bought the bird in 1937.
"Many an admiral or peer of the realm was shocked by the tirade from the bird's
cage during crisis meetings with the PM," the London paper said.
James Humes, an expert on the late prime minister, told the Mirror the bird is
a piece of living history.
"Churchill may no longer be with us but that spirit and those words of defiance
and resolve continue," Humes said.
Charlie was purchased by a pet shop owner, Peter Oram, when Churchill died in
1965. But the London-area man was forced to remove the bird from the shop after
she kept swearing at children.
Oram's garden center in Reigate, England, Heathfield Nurseries, has been the
macaw's home for the past 12 years.
"If truth be told, Charlie is looking a little scruffy but she is very popular
with the public," said Heathfield worker Sylvia Martin, according to the
Mirror. "We are all very attached to her."
Steve Nichols, founder of Britain's National Parrot Sanctuary, told Reuters
although parrots often do not reach age 40 in the wild, some had lived to 110.
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20 Jan 2004 07:59:57 AM |
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LOL!
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tonyz2001@aol.com (TonyZ2001) wrote:
Churchill's foul-mouth parrot alive at 104 Charlie known for shocking
leaders with anti-Hitler expletives
Posted: January 20, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern
The foul-mouthed parrot at Winston Churchill's side during Britain's
darkest hour of World War II is still alive and cursing Adolf Hitler.
At 104-years-old, Charlie can still be coaxed to repeat favorite
sayings, such as "[expletive] Hitler" and "[expletive] the Nazis,"
London's Daily Mirror reports.
The blue and gold macaw actually is a female but was given a boy's name
by the British prime minister when he bought the bird in 1937.
"Many an admiral or peer of the realm was shocked by the tirade from the
bird's cage during crisis meetings with the PM," the London paper said.
James Humes, an expert on the late prime minister, told the Mirror the
bird is a piece of living history.
"Churchill may no longer be with us but that spirit and those words of
defiance and resolve continue," Humes said.
Charlie was purchased by a pet shop owner, Peter Oram, when Churchill
died in
1965. But the London-area man was forced to remove the bird from the
shop after she kept swearing at children.
Oram's garden center in Reigate, England, Heathfield Nurseries, has been
the macaw's home for the past 12 years.
"If truth be told, Charlie is looking a little scruffy but she is very
popular with the public," said Heathfield worker Sylvia Martin,
according to the Mirror. "We are all very attached to her."
Steve Nichols, founder of Britain's National Parrot Sanctuary, told
Reuters although parrots often do not reach age 40 in the wild, some had
lived to 110.
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20 Jan 2004 03:29:08 PM |
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(sUSAn B Anthony) wrote in message news:<678-400D345D-292@storefull-3211.bay.webtv.net>...
LOL!
;)
Anhiser-Bush had a beer garden in the San Fernando Valley in the
60s-70s and gave tours on trams through the manufacturing plant in SO.
California. The uniqueness of the park was a wildlife sanctuary that
contributed to one of the most exotic bird sanctuaries on Earth at the
time. When they finally closed their doors, more than a decade ago,
one of the concerned workers let go a few dozen parrots. Before this
the birds were to be shipped out to various places, and some back to
Mexico. The parrots manage to survive and more than that, they
reproduced and are now wild inhabitants of SO. California. One can
usually hear them before one can see them as they make a noisy ruckus
that can be heard a few hundred feet away. They usually stay in small
groups. They have all various colors and are a sight to see when they
pass through an area. Usually they draw attention from onlookers who
do not know of where their history draws from.
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tonyz2001@aol.com (TonyZ2001) wrote:
Churchill's foul-mouth parrot alive at 104 Charlie known for shocking
leaders with anti-Hitler expletives
Posted: January 20, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern
The foul-mouthed parrot at Winston Churchill's side during Britain's
darkest hour of World War II is still alive and cursing Adolf Hitler.
At 104-years-old, Charlie can still be coaxed to repeat favorite
sayings, such as "[expletive] Hitler" and "[expletive] the Nazis,"
London's Daily Mirror reports.
The blue and gold macaw actually is a female but was given a boy's name
by the British prime minister when he bought the bird in 1937.
"Many an admiral or peer of the realm was shocked by the tirade from the
bird's cage during crisis meetings with the PM," the London paper said.
James Humes, an expert on the late prime minister, told the Mirror the
bird is a piece of living history.
"Churchill may no longer be with us but that spirit and those words of
defiance and resolve continue," Humes said.
Charlie was purchased by a pet shop owner, Peter Oram, when Churchill
died in
1965. But the London-area man was forced to remove the bird from the
shop after she kept swearing at children.
Oram's garden center in Reigate, England, Heathfield Nurseries, has been
the macaw's home for the past 12 years.
"If truth be told, Charlie is looking a little scruffy but she is very
popular with the public," said Heathfield worker Sylvia Martin,
according to the Mirror. "We are all very attached to her."
Steve Nichols, founder of Britain's National Parrot Sanctuary, told
Reuters although parrots often do not reach age 40 in the wild, some had
lived to 110.
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| User: "sUSAn B Anthony" |
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20 Jan 2004 10:16:53 PM |
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Well thank you for that trivia Michael! :)
Did you know how monkeys ended up in S. Florida?
Well......
It all started in Silver Springs when they were filming the Tarzan
movies. They brought over the monkeys and weren't able to recapture all
of them after the filming was over and then.... *bingo-bango*! Now they
have so many darned monkeys that they have to round them up occasionally
and relocate them.
Some other time I will tell you about the incident in 1900 when a circus
caravan overturned on the Tamiami trail in which the armadillo act
escaped and.....
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21 Jan 2004 06:05:35 AM |
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tugbertswife@webtv.net
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LOL!
Reads like a headline ffrom the "World Weekly News", doesn't it? ;-)
Tony
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