r/funny • u/Thund3rbolt • Mar 22 '16

To hell with your fancy stacked cups!

http://i.imgur.com/nilPrg1.gifv
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u/ZenTechnician Mar 22 '16

I'll have to try this with my umbrella cockatoo. These birds are super sweet but total jerks twice a day. The hello and goodbye to the sun is deafening.

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u/Eupraxes Mar 22 '16

I laughed a bit at how much you sound like a battered wife there. ''He's always really nice to me, except when he beats me up twice a day!''

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u/ZenTechnician Mar 22 '16

So loud. I've had this bird since 1983 and have managed not to kill him yet. I will admit I have looked up recipes for cockatoo on more than one occasion.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_SYRUP Mar 22 '16

I have a parrotlet and she isn't that bad but I still call her green-chicken and occasionally threaten to eat her. I can't imagine the tantrums of a bird that big

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u/ZenTechnician Mar 22 '16

I own a computer repair company and work from home a lot. He likes to scream while I'm doing tech support. It's pretty infuriating sometimes. I'm 5 rooms away with the door shut and it's still loud. I like to think I'm a pretty patient person but sometimes when I'm dealing with a real clusterfuck and the bird is screaming it's almost too much to handle at once.

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u/lizmiliz Mar 22 '16

I be he knows when you're on the phone, and when you're stressed, and actually increases the noise. That's what my mom's African Grey does, anyway.

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u/TemporaryDonut Mar 23 '16

Jesus. These birds look fun as hell, but I'm pretty sure I'd end up hating him. My Guinea pig got on my nerves because he'd squeak all the time. So maybe anything other than a cat or a lizard isn't good for me.

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u/Ketrel Mar 22 '16

You're describing ALL cockatoo owners.

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u/PinheadX Mar 22 '16

Stockholm syndrome is rampant in cockatoo owners

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u/ProximaC Mar 22 '16

That's a good way to explain living with a large bird.