What would you tell your bank if your parrot ate some euro notes? Well, this happened to some friends of Lisbeth. They have a lovely parrot called Jeeves. Jeeves is actually a she, despite the name, because the current owners only discovered her gender when 'he' produced an egg!
Anyway, Jeeves, who has free run of the house, helped herself to some euro notes that were on the bedside table and chewed approx 150 euros worth of paper notes.
The owner gathered up the remains of the notes and the surrounding confetti and headed off to the bank. The bank were very good about it. Having examined the confetti and shredded notes, the person on the desk made a phone call to check out the procedure for chewed euros. Lisbeth was told that the person on the other end of the phone agreed to a full refund, credited to the account. He then added that, in France, parrots are usually fed on nuts, not notes!
Anyway, Jeeves, who has free run of the house, helped herself to some euro notes that were on the bedside table and chewed approx 150 euros worth of paper notes.
The owner gathered up the remains of the notes and the surrounding confetti and headed off to the bank. The bank were very good about it. Having examined the confetti and shredded notes, the person on the desk made a phone call to check out the procedure for chewed euros. Lisbeth was told that the person on the other end of the phone agreed to a full refund, credited to the account. He then added that, in France, parrots are usually fed on nuts, not notes!
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I suppose the obvious questions would be whether the bird had to take a polly-graph test. And was it a repeat offender?
I am in awe, Andy B. My brain is so small, set against yours!
I think you flatter, Monsieur M. It's a weakness of the human (and particularly the male) brain to be distracted into such trivial wordplay. I was waiting for KeithyD to make an appearance with some flippant comment about "higher perches"...
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