duane@cbnewsj.att.com (duane.galensky) (05/22/90)
In article <1990May16.151536.24305@cbnewsd.att.com> heneghan@cbnewsd.att.com (joseph.t.heneghan) writes: >with that word. Steve Martin, the bird trainer said that birds make bad >pets. I think he was refering to the fact that they are always >going to be a little wild, they'll occasionally bite, they'll occasionally >crap on your shoulder. Normally your cat or dog can be trained a little >bit better. However, this concept of speech more than makes up for their >wild behavior. > Joe Heneghan steve martin obviously never owned a house-trained cockatoo who would rather cuddle than bite or crap or eat or anything else for that matter...not a great "talker" but this kinda lends to his dignity as an animal in and of his own right... duane