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Parrot Mimics Ringtones, drives owner mad

by mindanarchist | December 7, 2007 at 10:02 am

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Ringtones are probably some of the most invassive annoying sounds we confront on a daily basis. The distorted musical notes are designed to interrupt whatever we are doing at the moment. Imagine though if your parrot learned your ringtones and would trick you in to thinking your phone was ringing. Well that's what happend to Stuart McNae - 5 times now he has changed his ringtones only to have the parrot change his tune. Can anyone say, Polly put a sock in it! All we need now is a YouTube video of the parrot singing Mambo Number 5 and this story would break the annoying meter.

Stuart McNae has had to change his mobile phone ringtone five times – because his parrot keeps copying them.

Cheeky pet Billy waits until he leaves the room, mimics the sound of a call – then laughs when he dashes back to answer.

Every time Stuart, 54, changes his ringtone the blue-fronted Amazon just relearns it.

He has gone through the Nokia theme, Lou Bega’s Mambo Number 5, the BBC Match of the Day tune, Soul Limbo by Booker T and the MGs and Bob Marley’s No Woman No Cry.