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Parrot gets banned from watching TV because it keeps squawking ‘f**k you’

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Published 23:40 9 Mar 2023 GMT

Parrot gets banned from watching TV because it keeps squawking ‘f**k you’

The owner of the foul-mouthed bird believes he picked up the colourful language while viewing action films.

Rachel Lang

Rachel Lang

A parrot with a potty mouth has been banned from action films after the bird picked up a few bad words.

While that might sound absolutely hilarious, Louis the African Grey parrot has been giving staff a headache at the Sheffield pub he lives in by dropping F-bombs around bar patrons.

Owner of The Nailmakers Arms Andy Ashby, 50, says the five-and-a-half year old parrot's language has become so bad he is now investigating ways to get the bird to drop the naughty words from his vocabulary.

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"He will squeal and they say hello and come out with a couple of words," he said.

"But then he might just come out with the F-word just off spec.

"Then when he goes on a rant, he just starts shouting the F-word all the time so it just causes me trouble."

He has tried telling the bird off, but he reckons the more you scold the bird, the more he wears like a bloody pirate.

"It's quite funny actually, but it is one of those things where you think that it's quite embarrassing," he admitted.

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"The more you tell him, the worse he gets.

"He just comes out with whatever he wants to come out with."

Andy went on to describe Louis' expletive ridden vocabulary and his cheeky nuances.

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"So he'll say oi, or he'll chirp. He also makes camera noises, which sound like taking a picture on a mobile phone," the pub owner revealed.

"Then when he goes on a sweary rant, he really goes off on one.

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"He didn't really used to say any words, he just used to make noises because he lived in a house with people who had a baby so he used to copy the toys' noises.

"I had him upstairs and with the TV being on, he's picked up some of the films.

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"In some of the films, there's some language in them so he's picked up some of the character's words such as the F-word."

The publican has now put up a sign to warn customers about the dirty bird.

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He hopes Louis' language will eventually improve as he's now been banned from watching telly.

"He's not watching TV now, he's watching customers so he should pick more stuff up." he said.

"It will fade out.

"He will pick up new words now he's downstairs.

"He will pick up different, less rude, words."

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Mate, this is a pub we're talking about. You're about to have a bunch of drunk lads try to teach him the 'C word'.

Featured Image Credit: SWNS

Topics: Animals, TV and Film, Weird

Rachel Lang
Rachel Lang

Rachel Lang is a Digital Journalist at LADbible. During her career, she has interviewed Aussie PM Malcolm Turnbull in the lead up to the 2016 federal election, ran an editorial campaign on the war in Yemen, and reported on homelessness in the lead-up to Harry and Meghan’s wedding in Windsor. She also once wrote a yarn on the cheese and wine version of Fyre Festival.

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