Saturday, August 14, 2010

Edgar Likes to Yell

My friend Edgar, who is a bird, likes to yell when he hears one of two things. The first is a siren. It doesn't matter whether it is a police siren, a siren on a firetruck, or an ambulance. But when he hears one, even if it's on tv, he gets all excited and starts yelling. I don't know what he thinks is making that noise, but he's got to yell at it. For all I know he might believe it's some large and unusual bird. The other sound he gets excited about is the sound of someone whistling, but especially when its coming from the tv. Something I've noticed recently is that more commercials on tv have someone whistling in the background, much to the delight of Edgar.
We all need something to get excited about once in awhile, and Edgar doesn't get out much. In fact, he doesn't get out at all. So I don't hold it against him (get mad at him, or hold a grudge) when he does some yelling. Well, most of the time that is.
He does have one bad habit. When I am talking on the phone for a few minutes, he starts whistling and making loud bird calls. He even likes to get right up to the telephone and start yelling into it. I guess he just wants to be part of the conversation. But it is a little tough on the ears of the person on the other end of the phone line, as well as my own.
He is a very good bird and companion, however. A bit weird (strange, different), but I love him anyway. And being kind of weird myself, how can I hold that against him...

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