Daily Archives: April 9, 2008

Who’s a *~#*#!! pretty boy !

Barney the macaw is certainly a pretty boy but his language sure isn’t! this story has really made my day – a parrot who swears like a sailor and is also teaching his fellow feathered friends to do the same.

Wildlife santuary owner, Geoff Grewcock, took Barney under his wing (pardon the pun) when he was surrendered to the sanctuary by his previous owner. He shares a cage in the living room of his new owner with his two step-birdie-brothers, Sam and Charlie, who unfortunately have picked up Barney’s bad habits. Barney picked up his special vocabulary from his previous owner and last year at a civic reception sold the Mayoress to ‘f*** off!’ before turning to the vicar and two policemen and telling them ‘you can f*** off too, w*****s!’

Owner Geoff claims his living room has the atmosphere of a construction site with Barney, Charlie and Sam swearing back and forth at each other all day. I love it…I think these three little guys should have their own chat show!

Read more about Barney…

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Party planning for the big 6!

My son turns six at the end of this month and as he has not yet had a proper kiddies birthday party I thought I would use this momentous occasion to plan his very first. Planning kids birthday parties can be fraught with danger, as can the actual event on the day. You could not believe how many things can go wrong when something involves such seemingly harmless factors such as a small group of children, sweets, games – and a very bad tempered clown with a hangover…

When William turned seven I booked a clown for his birthday party; the only time I ever did this and it turned out to be the last time I ever did this. All those nightmares you have ever had regarding clowns was true in our case – Freckles turned up late and you could have light a match from the fumes on his breath. I had originally told him there would be five kids at the party for him to entertain – by the time of the big day the number had grown to thirteen, and he was not happy about it!

This guy was actually an adults entertainer when he was not doing kids parties and at somepoint during the hour he was booked for he forgot where he was and started coming out with very ripe jokes. Halfway through his performance of magic tricks the kids started to wander off one by one and amuse themselves with the toys and swings in the yard leaving Freckles with an audience of just one person – my brother-in-law who was enjoying the show immensely.

 Needless to say Freckles decided to call it a day about ten minutes short of his hour so I paid him, including a small bonus to compensate for his stress, and he was a sad sight driving off on his motorbike sans his big red clown nose. First time I have ever heard a clown muttering obscenities under his breath…

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Matters of the heart

I was reading just yesterday in one of the newspapers how uninformed many people are about basic first-aid; a survey was taken of parents at a nursery school and it was quite shocking how the results showed how many of those parents do not know how to react or respond in an emergency situation involving their own child. This is frightening information.

What about the rest of us…how effective would you be in a situation, for example, that involved a sudden Cardiac Arrest ? arming yourself with the basics of CPR are simple skills which can mean life or death to someone you know and love. You may never need them, then again, emergencies happen in the blink of an eye – and you could make all the difference to someone’s life. Be prepared to make a difference and get informed.

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