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Joke of the Day 6th September 2018 4:34 PM

Speaking of parrots...

Potty-mouthed parrot stuck on roof in Edmonton

A parrot stuck on a roof for three days had choice words to say to firefighters who came to its aid this morning.

Jessie the Macaw parrot had escaped its home in Cuckoo Hall Lane, Edmonton and spent three days sitting on a neighbours roof. With Jessie’s owner and the RSPCA unsuccessful in their attempts to lure the parrot down, the Brigade was called.

Watch Manager Chris Swallow, who was at the scene, said: “Jessie had been on the same roof for three days and there were concerns that she may be injured which is why she hadn’t come down".

“Our crew manager was the willing volunteer who went up the ladder to try and bring Jessie down. We were told that to bond with the parrot, you have to tell her ‘I love you’, which is exactly what the crew manager did".

“While Jessie responded ‘I love you’ back, we then discovered that she had a bit of a foul mouth and kept swearing, much to our amusement. Jessie also speaks Turkish and Greek, so we tried telling her to ‘come’ in both those languages too".

“Thankfully it soon became apparent that Jessie was fine and uninjured as she flew off to another roof and then to a tree".

Credit: www.london-fire.gov.uk

RIP Aretha and Happy Birthday Madonna! 3rd September 2018 6:35 PM

Blimey 60! I was (still am) a big madonna fan, her musics pretty good as well 

40??? I remember 40

Congrats Ave, chuffed for you 

Joke of the Day 3rd September 2018 6:30 PM

Good to see Andy has been covering the Fri humour in my absence 

Think we need to bully Jan into doing some more cartoons  

Great post, stealing and going out on social media tomorrow

Rebecca opened my eyes to the importance of proofreading after telling me about a typo on our main call to action page, which it turns out had been there for years  I think it was the word "Listing" which tends to be quite important for a directory.

Another classic that got caught in time was a flyer for Edinburgh Tusted Trader. Four people including me that had been working on it missed that massive typo in the title! Thousands of them were to be printed for distribution by Trading Standards and Police Scotland. Could have been a very expensive and damaging own goal.

The eyes really do see what you want them to see, especially if you have been working on the content yourself.

I've never been his biggest fan, but he did a few funnyish films back in the day. I didn't realise he was into his art and his latest picture has caused a bit of a twitter storm, based on Trumps recent immigration policy.

 Courtesy of Twitter

So is a hero or a villain? Or is it a simple case of it depends if you support or oppose Trump?

For me, it doesn't sit well when you get actors beating the political drum. Maybe they do some good, but he has certainly stirred up a hornets nest which seems to have done nothing but inflame the already polarised camps.

Even my nippers were getting excited....

....then we watched tonight's game   

Companies House complaint scam 28th June 2018 10:55 PM

Went through a spate of invoices, but seem to have stopped. Obviously on some big spam send list

So Steve, I'm curious to know; what have you decided to listen to in the car recently?

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Currently being working through my Run Rig collection on the iphone, interspersed with Maiden, BonJovi and a bit of Bastille.

Radio who? 

Lost Property - recycling? 28th June 2018 10:48 PM
You should go, it's a great part of Coventry to visit. 

 

 

Or just send him to Coventry? Or is that not PC anymore