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	Wednesday, 18 January 2006

Parrot reveals a woman's infidelity. David Pescovitz: An African grey parrot named Ziggy tattled on the girlfriend of his caretaker, Chris Taylor. Apparently, Taylor and Suzy Collins were seated on the sofa in their living room when Ziggy began squawking, 'I love you, Gary." Seems that Collins had been cheating with a co-worker named Gary. Crushed by the revelation, Taylor bid goodbye to Suzy and, sadly, Ziggy. From CNN.com: Ziggy even mimicked Collins's voice each time she answered her telephone, calling out "Hiya Gary," according to newspaper reports... Taylor said he had also been forced to part with Ziggy after the bird continued to call out Gary's name and refused to stop squawking the phrases in his ex-girlfriend's voice, media reports said... The bird has now found a new home through the offices of a local parrot dealer. Collins, who admitted the affair, said: "I'm not proud of what I did but I'm sure Chris would be the first to admit we were having problems. "I am surprised to hear he got rid of that bird," she added to The Guardian newspaper. "He spent more time talking to it than he did to me." The English, apparently, are the least faithful lovers in the world. Not that I'm making any judgement. How dare I? Link (Thanks, Mark Pescovitz!) [Boing Boing] 11:03:47 PM

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Back at work. Gack! I've had to return to work a week early from my leave because of situations that had to be dealt with. Bummer. Double bummer; on the 30 km bicycle ride home, I got about 8km and had a puncture. I had to phone home (I normally lose my mobile phone, because I hate the bloody things) to see if anyone could pick me up. I've tried to set myself up with pump and spare tubes, but I'm out of the habit after the holidays, so I had nothing. I was on a highway, where a car can't do a U-turn, so I was determined to walk far enough to find a spot where a turn could be negotiated. For anyone who knows Adelaide, I had broken down on the Salisbury Highway overpass over Pt Wakefield Rd. I wanted to walk the bike to Pt Adelaide (quite a distance), so I should have asked my rescuer to wait half an hour, but, as it happened, I managed to walk past a turn-off, so the return wasn't so bad. I'd walked nearly to South Rd. Still, it's all good sweaty exercise, isn't it? 10:23:56 PM

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