Honorary Member. A BGHOW.

[EscapedMentalPatientParticipant 1489]

By the Christ gentlemen.  It might even have spilled over into the animal kingdom.  Allow me to introduce a new honorary member and possible mascot.

I’ve been looking for a new pet the last few days, and lo and behold, this guy called out to me.  I picked him up yesterday.

A breeder was getting rid of him for a lesser price, and you’ll never guess why:

He has refused to mate, or pair up with another bird for 2.5 years and has had no offspring 🙂 .  Allow me to introduce you to what may be a pioneering BGHOW (Bird Going His Own Way lol)  Because this guy wouldn’t “put out”, his breeder decided he wasn’t worth keeping around, so I got him from her for a steal: half-price at $1200.

This dude, who I’ve dubbed Albert, in honour of one of our great members, as well as one of history’s greatest MGHOW, is an African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) .   This particular species of Parrot have the highest vocabulary in the animal kingdom.

He’s not talking much yet, as it will take him a while to adapt to his new home.  I am sure, since he’s been owned by a woman that most of the phrases he uses will be flowery, weird bulls~~~.  I can assure you I’ll be teaching him a “proper” vocabulary.

On a positive note, when I asked him what he thought of feminism, he made an odd and loud farting noise and flapped his wings.  That might well be one of the best responses a man can make.

Meet “Albert”, the African Grey BGHOW.

 

[Anonymous 42]

Where’s his dick? I’m not checkin’ you check!

[RoyDalParticipant]

Get him his own YouTube channel!

Society asks MGTOWs: Why are you not making more tax-slaves?

[EscapedMentalPatientParticipant 1489]

RoyDal wrote:

Get him his own YouTube channel!

Good God man.  You might be on to something here.  This I had not thought of.

(Evil Grin)

“Where’s his dick? I’m not checkin’ you check!”

lol by way of his sensibilities, and a DNA cert, we’re safe.

[RoyDalParticipant]

EscapedMentalPatient wrote:

Good God man.  You might be on to something here.  This I had not thought of.

If it goes viral, you could make a small fortune. <evil grin>

Society asks MGTOWs: Why are you not making more tax-slaves?

[EscapedMentalPatientParticipant 1489]

RoyDal wrote:

Willy wrote:

Good God man. You might be on to something here. This I had not thought of.

If it goes viral, you could make a small fortune. <evil grin>

I will be owing to you for the conception of this thought.

I think I am going to do something today that I’ve not done in over fifteen years.

I’m going to smoke a big fat joint, and talk to a goddamned bird.

I wonder if that makes me some kind of weird “Cat Lady”. hmmmmmm.  Perhaps in order to get into the spirit of it, I should stare in the mirror for a while, cry randomly and eat a s~~~load of ice cream or something.

 

 

[Oaken1Participant 67]

For several years I had an umbrella c~~~atoo…loved that bird…name was Oscar..

 

now I have a Harlequin Macaw,.. generically named, Harley… she likes to cuss,.. actually offended the guy who delivered my refrigerator….apparently a bird has never called him a fat bastard before……. she likes horror movies,.. and when she gets startled she falls off of her perch…pretty funny to see

[EscapedMentalPatientParticipant 1489]

Oaken1 wrote:

actually offended the guy who delivered my refrigerator….apparently a bird has never called him a fat bastard before

hahahahahahaha

The Harlequin Macaw has pretty awesome plumage.  I’d not heard that name prior to you posting it, so had to look it up.  That’s a very nice bird.

I had started my pursuit of looking for a bird by looking at pictures.  I was blown away by one in particular, a Hyacinth Macaw, and went looking for one (for an extremely short period of time, like one hour).  After talking to a couple of breeders, the lowest price tag I found was $17,000 dollars;  that idea sort of went out the window.

 

[Oaken1Participant 67]

I am in Louisiana,…and I know a lady who is desperately trying to rehome a hyacinth,…she is in financial straights and has grown tired of the bird noise,lol…. my macaw is noisy enough by her damn self,..the only way I would bring another bird in to the house is if I find another umbrella c~~~atoo that I like.

[KeymasterKeymaster]

RoyDal wrote:

Get him his own YouTube channel!

Train him to say:

“HI EVERYONE. BGHOW HERE. TODAY’S VIDEO IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY A CRACKER FROM __________…… AND HERE”S WHAT HE HAS TO SAY……..”

…. and then finish it off with:

“THANKS FOR TAKING YOUR DAILY DOSE OF RED PILLS…… — CRAAWW!!!! — AAAND…. CHEEEEEEEEEEERZZZZZZZZZZZZ”.

You will be rich beyond your wildest dreams.
Even if you don’t get the joke, it would be a laugh riot.

If you keep doing what you've always done... you're gonna keep getting what you always got.

[EscapedMentalPatientParticipant 1489]

Oaken1 wrote:

the only way I would bring another bird in to the house is if I find another umbrella c~~~atoo that I like.

That was another of the pictures I’d looked at.  Cool head on that bird.

Keymaster wrote:

Train him to say: “HI EVERYONE. BGHOW HERE. TODAY’S VIDEO IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY A CRACKER FROM __________…… AND HERE”S WHAT HE HAS TO SAY……..” …. and then finish it off with: “THANKS FOR TAKING YOUR DAILY DOSE OF RED PILLS…… — CRAAWW!!!! — AAAND…. CHEEEEEEEEEEERZZZZZZZZZZZZ”. You will be rich beyond your wildest dreams. Even if you don’t get the joke, it would be a laugh riot.

Brilliant.  I’ll have to work on this hehe.

So far he just keeps making random beeping noises and farting.  With any luck he’ll become more developed hahahaha

[EscapedMentalPatientParticipant 1489]

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[SirrahlyrradParticipant 7]

What a beautiful bird , this is the kind that always hisses at me when I go into the pet shop . Are they mean birds or is it that they just don’t like me ? I would  really love to have one , a friend of mine has a c~~~atoo that bird a trip it fanny as hell some of the thing that bird does .

[KeymasterKeymaster]

Oooo yaaaaaa …. talk birdie to me…..

If you keep doing what you've always done... you're gonna keep getting what you always got.

[EscapedMentalPatientParticipant 1489]

Sirrahlyrrad wrote:

What a beautiful bird , this is the kind that always hisses at me when I go into the pet shop . Are they mean birds or is it that they just don’t like me ? I would really love to have one , a friend of mine has a c~~~atoo that bird a trip it fanny as hell some of the thing that bird does .

It’s probably not you, Sirrahlyrrad.  These aren’t known to be a “cuddly” bird, and it was one of the reasons I chose the species.  They are exceptionally wary birds, which is probably why they live 60+ years.  I did a pile of reading before deciding to go with a bird as another pet (already have a dog).  He really does like to sit on my shoulder as some sort of safe zone, but he’s a bit snappy.  Which is fine.  I’ll train him to talk and such but I don’t need him clinging to me 24/7.  We’ll see how it goes 🙂

[ShinyParticipant 2307]

Gorgeous bird (I’m happy with my regular visits from wild rainbow lorikeets, and occasional king parrots and rosellas). You’ve gotta do the Youtube thing, that would be spectacular. Think of it as lifting the tone of the internet.

[EscapedMentalPatientParticipant 1489]

Thanks Shiny.

I looked up the birds you mentioned.

(best monty python accent from the parrot sketch)  beeeyooo’ifull plooomage.

[LonerBonerParticipant 358]

Welcome Albert!

Looking forward to videos of Albert showing off his new vocabulary

Keep clam i'm dyslexic.

[EscapedMentalPatientParticipant 1489]

Thanks, Limpan.

I am having a lot of fun with Albert and he’s slowly learning some new things.  It is going to take some time.  These particular birds take quite a while to become adjusted to their new home.  They are, by nature, a very suspicious and wary bird.  I’m trying not to throw too much at him at once, as I do not want to add to his stress of being re-homed.

He has become quite comfortable, and has become very attached to me though.  He rides on my shoulder almost all the day long, and hides his head under my chin when he feels a bit threatened, so he’s bonded very nicely with me.

He has a fairly limited vocabulary at the moment, but I’ve already taught him some very key phrases.  When he wants to be picked up, he says “Step up”.  When I am eating something and he wants to try it, he says “I want some”.  Some of these phrases he knew from his previous owner; for example, when I put him to bed in his cage, he says “I love you.  Goodnight”.  I would much prefer he said something like “See you in the morning, asshole” or something entertaining to that effect.  When I give him s~~~ for biting at me or such, he very loudly says “STOP THAT” or “CUT THAT OUT” hahahahahaha.

He’s definitely a very intelligent little creature and I really look forward to developing his vocabulary when I feel that he is fully comfortable in his new surroundings.  He’s got no problem showing my retriever who is boss, and is not frightened of the dog whatsoever, oddly enough.  There is a bonus with this species though:  from what I’ve garnered and gleaned from recent readings, this particular parrot has a lifelong learning vocabulary, whereas some of the other macaw and parrot species tend to max out after about 2 or 3 years.

All in all, it’s going to be a great video when I get this little grey menace up to speed 🙂

[EscapedMentalPatientParticipant 1489]

hahahaha how can ya not love the guy.

If I’m writing or such, he’ll come down off his perch, saunter over, crawl up my leg, get in front of my laptop and he lays his beak on my chin. lol

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