"dirty birdy"

[eliyes]

If I put up a sign that said

Hello, my name is <--->! I'd be happy to talk to you (unless I'm eating or sleeping), but please don't tell me any naughty words. I'm a fast learner, and might start saying them myself - and while you might think that's funny, I deal with little children every day, whose parents would probably rather they not learn naughty words from me. Thank you!

on the parrot's cage, do you think more people would try to teach him to swear? (He actually already knows how - but hearing stuff again encourages him.)

I'm also tempted to put up a pronunciation guide to his name. It's not that hard. He can say it! But apparently many of our visitors can't, and often substitute one of three similar female names, or the name of a bank. *shakes head sadly at people who don't know how to pronounce the name of a world-famous quasi-historical literary figure*

Comments

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

It's a toss-up.

The ones who already would are gonna do it with or without the sign there. Idiot teens and adults might get encouraged. But eh.

And... what is his name? :3

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

I shan't tell you his name, because he is a minor and thus protected by law. Maybe on AIM. ;D

[apathocles.livejournal.com]

Some people would get discouraged, others encouraged. But at least you'd be able to cover your butt somewhat if a parent complained that their kid was learning how to swear from the parrot. (Except that then you'd get parents who complain that the sign encourages people... really, you can't win. *eyeroll*)

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

Nobody reads anywya. *glum* I wish I had a dollar for every time someone standing right next to a display with all kinds of nifty information written right there in two languages asked me what the labelled thing with the info about it right there was.

[serenity-ca4.livejournal.com]

I don't really think it would encourage anyone to teach it dirty words to be honest. I think anyone who would be encouraged would have done it anyway, but there might be those who would have done it, but might think twice on account of the little kids. Or if there's someone with them who thinks it's a dumb idea, but doesn't say anything because, who's it hurting really, might decide to say something because it's hurting the children, and won't someone *please* think of the children. :)

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

This is a good point! I will bring your argument up when arguing for the sign, I think.

We need a sign anyway, that says "Please don't stick anything into my cage, especially not fingers. My beak can exert 30 Lbs. of pressure per bite, on average! :D"

[taichara]

I still think Jason has the right idea -- teach him to talk like Kaiba! :D

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

...I thought that was my idea?

[taichara]

I actually had / have no idea whose idea it originally was, having kind of walked in on the glee and not exactly being at my sharpest at the time ...

I just guessed it was Jason because he'd been stuck with the parrot all night.


(And when Kaiba gets old, he'll sound like Randy Savage! XD [/random])

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

Pretty sure it was mine. No matter.

(Randy Savage is who, again? *morningdumb* And is that a good thing...?)

[covenhouse-cat.livejournal.com]

He's an old-school wrestler turned part-time actor.
He used to be referred to as "The Macho Man, Randy Savage", and switched back and forth from the evil side to the good side several times during his career. He's known for having a rather husky voice.

So sad that I know this. Really, I'm rather intellectual. Honest. Go ahead, ask me anything about Shakespeare, or how to ask for directions in Russian, or what the capital of any country in South America is, or what the densest element is, or, well, lots of things....

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the guys at work kinda went into his "life history" as played on TV. Then we got into a big hullaballoo with one of the admin over the respective ages of Cher and Tina Turner...

I was never really into wrestling. I mean, I thought Hulk Hogan was neat, but it never attracted me. No, I was all about Baseball and figure skating, and live hockey. Actually any live sport. Even dating a backyard wrestler for a bit didn't educate me.

*pats* It's okay, Cat. Say, where exactly is Bolivia? ;D

[covenhouse-cat.livejournal.com]

Bolivia's kind of in the middle of South America, sandwiched between Peru on the west and big ol' Brazil on the...hey, wait...you were kidding...

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

No, I was totally in earnest.Bolivia keeps coming up in conversations and since my grasp of geography is really quite terrible, I thought I'd ask! ^_^

[covenhouse-cat.livejournal.com]

Well, you know how South America has that ummm, dent in the middle, on the western side? If you go due east from the dent, you hit Bolivia. After getting through Peru, of course.

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

Ahahhh. :} Danke danke, mein fruende. *mispells wildly*