Animal Control Services say they responded to the home more than a dozen times due to complaints over noise from the parrot and barking from the owner's dogs. However, Animal Services supervisor Ben Miller said officers have not personally heard profanity from Rula.
Rula's owner says that he does not curse, or speak Spanish, although he can imitate a variety of other noises. "He barks like a dog and meows like a cat," said Rita Canisales. "He can sound like a drill or sound like a waterfall." However, neighbour Jessica Baca said the bird has repeated a word meaning "prostitute" in Spanish multiple times,
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This has allegedly caused her grandchildren to repeat the word. Canisales says that Baca is not hearing Rula correctly, that the bird is actually uttering its own name, which rhymes with the term Baca is referring to. She said she has never taught the bird any Spanish.
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Reminds me of a joke that goes back at least to the 1970's.
A woman buys a parrot. Once she's brought it home, the parrot pretty much behaves but has this annoying habit of squawking out, "I'm a wh*re! I'm a wh*re!"
Upset, the woman takes the parrot back to the pet shop and explains the situation. The shop owner says, "You know, I have two parrots of my own, and they are very devout birds. They do little all day long but perch and pray. I'll put her in with them for a while and maybe things will get better."
So the shop owner takes the problem parrot home and puts her into the big cage with his own two parrots. Sure enough, after just a little while, the parrot again squawks, "I'm a wh*re! I'm a wh*re!"
One of the two praying parrots opens an eye, takes a look and says, "Thank God, Charlie. Our prayers have been answered!"
Lurker111
Heh!
I recall a joke from the 1970's involving a parrot and Moshe Dayan, which due to its predominantly visual nature I can't recount here.
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