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- From: bgt@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (barbara.tongue)
- Subject: Re: Help Save Norm!!!
- Organization: AT&T
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 13:15:57 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.131557.3324@cbnewsh.cb.att.com>
- Summary: let's talk priorities here
- References: <jensen.725661543@graphite10>
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- In article <jensen.725661543@graphite10> jensen@rtsg.mot.com (James D. Jensen) writes:
- ->I have a 3-4 month old parakeet, who has become very attached to me.
-
- now don't you just enjoy that nice warm feeling of a feathered companion
- who is absolutely confident that the world rises and falls off your
- esteemed presence? ah yes, those halcyon days of yesteryear, when my
- first birdie (a conure named darry) declared to the gods above that
- i was the Sole Purpose of His Existence....
-
- of course, that was before the SO came into the picture...
-
- ->Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to like my girlfriend.
-
- really, we should think priorities here. does your girlfriend
- believe you are the Only Reason For Living? this is tough
- competition, y'know... are you really willing to give up the
- worship your birdie bestows upon you? can your girlfriend
- measure up?
-
- darry, callous beastie that he was, designated my SO as the Real
- Honest Reason for Existence. Barbara who? Oh, you mean the
- person who refills the veggie dish?
-
- ->He was hand-fed
- ->and is very tame, always coming to the front of the cage when he sees
- ->me in the morning. He can't seem to get enough attention from me.
-
- That is the case with my current birdie, the yellow collared
- macaw Angus. What, I hear you ask, happened to Darry? Stay tuned...
-
- ->The problem is, he often bites my girlfriend, and even left a mark on
- ->her nose the other day.
-
- Hmmm. Angus, having bonded with me, often thinks of my SO as a
-
- a.) large movable toy which sqeaks when you bite it
- b.) public transportation
-
- ->Last night while he was in his play area I bought for him, she started
- ->talking to him. He saw me in the bathroom taking my contacts out (about
- ->15 feet away) and flew/ran over to me. This didn't make my girlfriend
- ->too happy. Other cases like this happen a lot too.
-
- Pardon me as i lean back in my chair, sigh in memory, and recall the
- time my SO picked me up at the airport (i had been away for
- 3 weeks). Darry (who was in the car), looked at me, yawned,
- and scooted straight for the SO. See Barbara say, birdie go
- bye bye! (I have *such* a fragile ego!). See SO say, you mean
- i can have him?
-
- ->Now she wants me to
- ->get rid of him.
-
- now wait a second here. your birdie will easily last 10 years or
- so....is this true of your girlfriend? love me, love my birdie!!
- does she scatter more seeds than does your birdie? (at least my
- SO came equipped with a dust buster, something definitely in his
- favor). i mean, if this isn't the Tried and True All-Enduring Love
- of the Ages (your girlfriend, not your birdie), why, the choice
- is obvious. the birdie will never complain about your treatment,
- will always stop whatever he's doing to proclaim undying love,
- lets you preen him whenver you'd like, etc.
-
- does your girlfriend have all this to offer?
-
- ->I know it may be hopeless, but is there anyway to get a bird to like
- ->someone else.
-
- HO HOHOHOHOHO HO HO HO HO HO HOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO HOH OHOHO!!!!!!!!!!
-
- <ahem>. why of course! <NOT!> i've gotten angus to the point
- he doesn't play Target Fire Zone with various parts of my SO's
- body, but it's tough. it takes months and months.
-
- ->I have become attached to him, and I would hate to get
- ->rid of him, but if she is going to be in a bad mood because of him
- ->everytime she is over, I may have to get rid of him. I know he would
- ->miss me as well. Hopefully I can stall for awhile and they will get
- ->along.
-
- the answer here, fellow birdie lovers, is obvious. a birdie's love
- is Sacrosant and a Priviledge and Not to be Tampered With!! perhaps
- the answer is to buy another house in which to lodge your birdie
- (or girlfriend) until your girlfriend learns that You and Your
- Birdie are a Two-for-One package. or possibly you might want her
- to buy her own birdie so as not to be jealous.
-
- in my case, my SO got darry (who really enjoys tormenting me now), and
- i now have angus (who my SO would love to send to Deep Space Nine).
- i've bought a broom for the Birdie Veggie Rejects, and try to
- keep him (the birdie) from sharpening his beak on my SO's nose.
- it's a series of compromises!
-
- And you'll live happily ever after. honestly. trust me. really!
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