A Parrot Manifesto

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A Parrot Manifesto
In our quest to confound our human "masters", retain our basic birdly dignity, and further our goal for world domination, we the undersigned pledge to perform the following acts.
Such acts will be performed
1) constantly or 2) intermittently, pursuing whichever pattern causes the most human confusion and consternation. 1)Refuse to speak or perform in front of strangers. If our human has bragged about our intelligence, we will pick our noses and look especially stupid. If pressed, we may
repeat, once, the nastiest four-letter word we know. 2)Ask for
attention and then refuse to step up.
a. Refuse to step up while repeating the words, "step up."
3)Make a great show of excitement over receiving our favorite food, then drop it.
a. if the food is crunchy, drop it on the linoleum.
b. if the food is damp, drop it on the carpet.
c. if the food is sticky, drop it on the dog, cat, or baby
4)Poop in our bathwater.
5)Poop in our human's bathwater
6)Refuse to chew on wooden toys. Then chew on the doorframe.
7)Chew on the doorframe, then refuse to chew on wooden toys.
8)Chew holes in new t-shirts. Do not chew holes in old, ratty
t-shirts.
9)Chew on our humans' favorite possessions
a. crack CD cases and/or crack CDs
b. chew the covers and pages of books
1. if the book is a murder mystery,
chew up the last page
c. remove gemstones from jewelry only
if genuine and swallowable
d. remove keys from computer keyboards. Poop in the open space 1. VERY IMPORTANT: do not actually
destroy computer – this is the
means of our revolution!
10)Suddenly be terrified of things that never bothered us before.
11)Be completely calm and disinterested in things that should frighten us.
12) Suddenly take wing and fly toward the most dangerous object in the immediate vicinity
13) Snuggle up to our human's ear, then scream While putting these actions into effect, we will not forget our ultimate goal: world domination.

[Yorkochanie]

Haha!! This is exactly what they do!

[YungAndintrigued]

Haha they do, do all of that. my sun conure was just on my shoulder and screamed in my ear when he seen his reflection...OWWW

[MandyG]

So true!

[Kim S]

Do not forget: Never bite the hand that feeds you, unless you have invited it to come over first with a very cute nd high pitched "wanna scratch?". Aim for the cuticle or nailgroove.