The Admiral is a SUPERSTAR! Look at those moves! Caring for birds, step one. Don’t have cats. Unless they are look but don’t touch cats like my girls are.
I was reading a novel, and a woman inherits a Gray Parrot after her mother dies. She notes that the bird is very old, 16. I thought, “Uh, no. That’s not old for that species at all.”
Who does not like a happy ending? Admiral Crackers is pretty cool, hopefully the Admiral will brighten up Mrs. Tidy’s life and home. Perhaps he will offer some sage comments about Mr. Tidy as well!
I just finished reading the latest book in the Meg Langslaw mystery series. One of the subplots has Meg’s grandfather attempting to “deprogram” a group of parrots who have been over exposed to a recording of George Carlin’s infamous, “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television” routine. (Don’t worry. Readers are not exposed to the words. The author assumes we all know what those words are.)
For those who are new to BCN, we never actually met the man. We didn’t find out about him until he moved out of the apartment where Tommy and Sophie currently live. The brief story arc starts here:
2022/01/24
Dr. Scuttles had a Twitter account for awhile. I’m not sure if he still posts to it or not. I didn’t save the link because I could never access Twitter. Maybe somebody can help me out with that.
My daughter related a story about her parrot, Petie. He really loves going after cat tails. When he sees one swishing around low to the ground, he gets out of his cage and goes to grab them. She has three cats, and they aren’t happy about that.
Hello dear cat friends, special greetings to the antipodes. You all are aware of the Kea, New Zealand’s least favourite parrot, known for its intelligence, curiousity and yes, destructiveness. Parrots are high maintenance pets and can be highly destructive when bored. They make a lot of mess when fed and require lots of attention. Keeping them in a cage or tied to a perch is not good enough, it is animal cruelty and some parrots react to this mental stress by plucking out their feathers. So let us remember, this is fiction, a forced denouement to bring about a happy ending and no real parrot shoud ever be exposed to a future with someone lik Mrs. T.
Odd thought, even though her cleanliness/neatness/organization behavior seemed pathological … maybe the Admiral will help her to loosen up. Maybe some of her behavior was result of her unresolved grief from losing her beloved Pomegranate. This may also change the dynamic between her and Mr. Tidy. Maybe he had checked out because of her behavior … Admiral Crackers may be good for both of them!
In my town a local celebrity was a parrot, who rode on a special perch on the back of his person’s bike. He loved people, would sit on your arm (or head), and was just a delight. He died at about 41 years of age of avian flu, having outlived 1 previous owner.
I do wonder – Since Admiral Crackers is the first non-human we’ve met from a species that IRL is able to speak human-intelligible languages, how many of his responses are in English and how many are what non-Doctor Doolittle types would consider random squawks?
Mrs Tidy and feather dust…. Oh my! The poor Roomba! As someone who took care of my elderly father’s birds for him for 10 yrs, I can say with authority that birds shed a LOT of dust. Tons of it. Feathers are the least of the issue, it’s dander + well, feather dust. I can’t help but grin at thinking the punishment for stealing Sophie is going to really fit the crime.
We had a blind owl at the refuge I used to volunteer at. Poor sweetie had cataracts so bad the veterinarian optician deemed them inoperable. She became so friendly we would give her ‘scritches’ like you do parrots, around her neck, et c and she would lean into them stretching and turning for better access to the attention.
I should mention she was caged alone as our other owls were outside in an enclosure that would’ve been unsafe for her.
Last tidbit. We called the owls “cat swallowers” as they would HISS at us whenever we were near :D
I just remembered a story about Petey. Pete is a bird with strong opinions, especially when it comes to breakfast. He has a particular fondness for French toast. Bird seed? Not a chance. It must be French toast, or he’d make his displeasure known.
Not all parrots live as long as macaws, but they can easily live up to 75 years or more. I recently gave my blue and gold macaw Pedro to a woman who had a couple others like him. Pedro began acting out after his neighbor in the next cage, a conure, died. Now Pedro is living his best life ever! (And he will definitely outlive me.)
Ricky Bennett 3 months ago
I think she just found a friend for life!
McColl34 Premium Member 3 months ago
Burt has been known to exaggerate . . . from time to time.
uncle snipe 3 months ago
The Admiral is a SUPERSTAR! Look at those moves! Caring for birds, step one. Don’t have cats. Unless they are look but don’t touch cats like my girls are.
FreihEitner Premium Member 3 months ago
An owl, you say…
thelsrc 3 months ago
Even better for Mrs. Tidy. Not only a bird to talk to but an actual human who will pay some attention to her.
DeerOrchid Premium Member 3 months ago
Does any creature get along with that owl?
Le'letha Premium Member 3 months ago
There we go, see? Georgia thought of all these things like the smart storyteller she is. #InGeorgiaWeTrust
Brian Premium Member 3 months ago
I was reading a novel, and a woman inherits a Gray Parrot after her mother dies. She notes that the bird is very old, 16. I thought, “Uh, no. That’s not old for that species at all.”
TampaFanatic1 3 months ago
Who does not like a happy ending? Admiral Crackers is pretty cool, hopefully the Admiral will brighten up Mrs. Tidy’s life and home. Perhaps he will offer some sage comments about Mr. Tidy as well!
Sue Ellen 3 months ago
I just finished reading the latest book in the Meg Langslaw mystery series. One of the subplots has Meg’s grandfather attempting to “deprogram” a group of parrots who have been over exposed to a recording of George Carlin’s infamous, “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television” routine. (Don’t worry. Readers are not exposed to the words. The author assumes we all know what those words are.)
uncle snipe 3 months ago
They can have playdates. Then Burt can post a chyron saying “Something Wicket This Way Comes!”
Robin Harwood 3 months ago
An owl? Have we heard of an owl?
Robin Harwood 3 months ago
And what about Gutter? Is Starfish Squeaker doomed? More threads need tidying up.
FreyjaRN Premium Member 3 months ago
This could work out very well.
WelshRat Premium Member 3 months ago
She gets a Human friend too! I think that takes her up to… one regular one?
Gloria Fleming 3 months ago
O.T. – Georgia youtube drawing video of Burt, Sophie and Natasha
Sue Ellen 3 months ago
For those who are new to BCN, we never actually met the man. We didn’t find out about him until he moved out of the apartment where Tommy and Sophie currently live. The brief story arc starts here:
2022/01/24
Dr. Scuttles had a Twitter account for awhile. I’m not sure if he still posts to it or not. I didn’t save the link because I could never access Twitter. Maybe somebody can help me out with that.
Jacob Mattingly 3 months ago
Awww good. Also yeah I can see why crackers is a decent chap
anneffa 3 months ago
Sadly, Admiral Crackers is likely to pick up “Mmmmm Hmmmmm” from Uncommunicative Man …
howtheduck 3 months ago
Now the real question: Can Admiral Crackers tie his own tie?
wolfiiig 3 months ago
Perhaps he knows German, French, and Latin? An interesting mix.
win.45mag 3 months ago
Animal Crackers was a good song by Melonie
Pucky 3 months ago
Yes, Most of the time parrots outlive their Owners.
FrannieL Premium Member 3 months ago
My daughter related a story about her parrot, Petie. He really loves going after cat tails. When he sees one swishing around low to the ground, he gets out of his cage and goes to grab them. She has three cats, and they aren’t happy about that.
Anna-Tiger 3 months ago
Hello dear cat friends, special greetings to the antipodes. You all are aware of the Kea, New Zealand’s least favourite parrot, known for its intelligence, curiousity and yes, destructiveness. Parrots are high maintenance pets and can be highly destructive when bored. They make a lot of mess when fed and require lots of attention. Keeping them in a cage or tied to a perch is not good enough, it is animal cruelty and some parrots react to this mental stress by plucking out their feathers. So let us remember, this is fiction, a forced denouement to bring about a happy ending and no real parrot shoud ever be exposed to a future with someone lik Mrs. T.
sueb1863 3 months ago
Can parrots be housetrained? I had a friend who had a parrot and it always wore a diaper.
Gent 3 months ago
Hard to gets along eh. Owl bets on who that is.
rheddmobile 3 months ago
Awww do we get to meet Wicket’s man?
arolarson Premium Member 3 months ago
Awwwwww! How exciting, we may be finally going to meet That Man. And maybe have another visit with his irascible charges?
Null Island 3 months ago
This is very sweet, though I hope Mrs. Tidy is aware of birds’, um, bathroom habits.
artchick530 3 months ago
Odd thought, even though her cleanliness/neatness/organization behavior seemed pathological … maybe the Admiral will help her to loosen up. Maybe some of her behavior was result of her unresolved grief from losing her beloved Pomegranate. This may also change the dynamic between her and Mr. Tidy. Maybe he had checked out because of her behavior … Admiral Crackers may be good for both of them!
MamaBird 3 months ago
Glad she’s getting lessons in how to care for THIS animal properly!!
rs0204 Premium Member 3 months ago
Seriously, Burt?
Katzen1415 3 months ago
Who is this friend? I don’t recall Wicket going home with anybody. Quite intriguing!
Cassia 3 months ago
Oh, oh, oh
For the longest time
Oh, oh, oh
For the longest
I’m that voice you’re hearing, Admiral
And the greatest miracle of all
Is how I need you
And how you needed me, too
That hasn’t happened for the longest time
I don’t care what consequence it brings
I have been a fool, now learning things
I want you so bad
I think you ought to know that
I intend to love you for the longest time
/ Billy Joel
cat19632001 3 months ago
Panel four – Sophie breathes a quiet sigh of relief. Not going back to that tidy heckhole.
Grace Premium Member 3 months ago
I do hope Mrs Tidy asked Mr Tidy first.
Kitty Katz 3 months ago
Meanwhile, Back on the Nile
Harbormaster Antef: The Temple Owls are here to play basketball. We can go to the game to meet them.
McCaw Parrot: I’d like that. I used to play hoops when I was much younger.
Antef: And here’s Lupinium. He can tell you more about Wicket and the Owls.
Lupinium: Hi! I hear you are the new Lookout for the good ship Red Planet Spider.
McCaw: That’s right. It can be pretty exciting sometimes.
Lupinium: We can talk about it over a game of hoops.
McCaw: Sounds great.
Enter Wicket
Wicket: Great to meet a fellow avian. I understand you are interested in basketball.
McCaw: I played a few games in my youth. I even played one on one and three on three.
Wicket: Sounds like someone I’d like on my team. Would you be interested in playing in the Happy Healthy Hospital tournament?
McCaw: Sounds great.
Wise Thinker 3 months ago
As the saying goes “Birds of a feather…”
I AM CARTOON LADY! 3 months ago
Then, Admiral Crackers, began to sing-‘That look, of love, is in her eeeyyyyyees!’
SusieB 3 months ago
Maybe a romance will happen!
ladycyg 3 months ago
That should be 100 years not 1,000.
Space_cat 3 months ago
I recall Winston Churchill’s parrot dying in the early 2010’s!
scyphi26 3 months ago
A thousand years, huh? I assume that’s in cat years then. :P
scaryharpy. 3 months ago
Admiral Crackers….could his name be inspired by the Shirley Temple song ‘Animal Crackers in my soup’?
bryan42 3 months ago
Yeah, I don’t see any animal getting along with the Wicket for long.
Charles & Susan Premium Member 3 months ago
Where is the starfish squeaker?
KaraBooBunny 3 months ago
In my town a local celebrity was a parrot, who rode on a special perch on the back of his person’s bike. He loved people, would sit on your arm (or head), and was just a delight. He died at about 41 years of age of avian flu, having outlived 1 previous owner.
Jon Premium Member 3 months ago
I do wonder – Since Admiral Crackers is the first non-human we’ve met from a species that IRL is able to speak human-intelligible languages, how many of his responses are in English and how many are what non-Doctor Doolittle types would consider random squawks?
Tie Defender Pilot 3 months ago
While Tidy Lady might have found a friend for life, everyone seems to be overlooking the fact that birds are very messy.
Rista 3 months ago
Mrs Tidy and feather dust…. Oh my! The poor Roomba! As someone who took care of my elderly father’s birds for him for 10 yrs, I can say with authority that birds shed a LOT of dust. Tons of it. Feathers are the least of the issue, it’s dander + well, feather dust. I can’t help but grin at thinking the punishment for stealing Sophie is going to really fit the crime.
Daltongang Premium Member 3 months ago
“Destry, find me a recipe for roasted squab.”
mistercatworks 3 months ago
“Polly want syntax.”
Elisabunny 3 months ago
Possible plot twist: Mr. Tidy loves parrots and has always wanted one. He and Mrs. Tidy (re)bond over their new pet.
metagalaxy1970 3 months ago
They do live a long time, just not a 1000 years.
"Doon the Watter" on the Waverley 3 months ago
We had a blind owl at the refuge I used to volunteer at. Poor sweetie had cataracts so bad the veterinarian optician deemed them inoperable. She became so friendly we would give her ‘scritches’ like you do parrots, around her neck, et c and she would lean into them stretching and turning for better access to the attention.
I should mention she was caged alone as our other owls were outside in an enclosure that would’ve been unsafe for her.
Last tidbit. We called the owls “cat swallowers” as they would HISS at us whenever we were near :D
MoultonFamily 3 months ago
Wasn’t that owl Baba Mouse’s old sweet heart?
Red Bird 3 months ago
Oh my Cat, I didn’t know parrots live that long! That would explain his given name.
Red Bird 3 months ago
Who would get along with that conniving tyrant? He’s the epitome of bad news.
scaeva Premium Member 3 months ago
TANJ.
Miss Mina 3 months ago
I hope this means we get to meet That Man!
Fennec! at the Disco 3 months ago
Oh! Will we get to see That Man then?
FrannieL Premium Member 3 months ago
I just remembered a story about Petey. Pete is a bird with strong opinions, especially when it comes to breakfast. He has a particular fondness for French toast. Bird seed? Not a chance. It must be French toast, or he’d make his displeasure known.
willie_mctell 3 months ago
Owl, eh. Hmm…
Mary McNeil Premium Member 3 months ago
“Doesn’t get along with his owl” ? Is that an owl we’ve met before ?
bonita.eley 3 months ago
Lovely end to the story- waiting to see the return of the hero Raccons and mice!!
Aladar30 Premium Member 3 months ago
I think it was love at first sight.
diskus Premium Member 3 months ago
Too many comments, gotta get up earlier
Catmom 3 months ago
I hope all Orbsters are safe from the floods and tornados caused by Debby!
GaryCooper 3 months ago
“Parrots live 1,000 years.”
It just seems like it.
Parrots are remarkably long-lived, though. There are many 70 or 80 year old parrots still around.
Gamerkillss 3 months ago
Everybody wins!
Castlemama 3 months ago
None of the parrots or other birds I know are very tidy. In fact, they can be quite messy.
Laurie Stoker Premium Member 3 months ago
Not all parrots live as long as macaws, but they can easily live up to 75 years or more. I recently gave my blue and gold macaw Pedro to a woman who had a couple others like him. Pedro began acting out after his neighbor in the next cage, a conure, died. Now Pedro is living his best life ever! (And he will definitely outlive me.)
KROverton 3 months ago
1,000 years? Lol
Felicity-the-cat 3 months ago
Will Admiral Crackers fit into the decor of that immaculate, decorated-in-white house?