Churchill's Parrot Still Alive and Still Has a Foul Beak
Churchill's Parrot "Charlie" is 104 years old and still talks. What is says is still applicable also.
That is cool, 104 years old and still swears like a sailor. It's nice to know that Churchill's legacy lives on through his parrot. Now if Charlie can be only taught to say F*** Islamic Terrorist Bastards!
Mr Minority
SHE WAS at Winston Churchill's side during Britain's darkest hour. And now Charlie the parrot is 104 years old...and still cursing the Nazis.
Her favourite sayings were "F*** Hitler" and "F*** the Nazis". And even today, 39 years after the great man's death, she can still be coaxed into repeating them with that unmistakable Churchillian inflection.
Many an admiral or peer of the realm was shocked by the tirade from the bird's cage during crisis meetings with the PM.
But it always brought a smile to the war leader's face.
Churchill bought Charlie - giving him a boy's name despite the fact she was female - in 1937.
She took pride of place in a bizarre menagerie of pets including lambs, pigs, cattle, swans and, at one point, a leopard.
He immediately began to teach her to swear - particularly in company - and she is keeping up the tradition today.
That is cool, 104 years old and still swears like a sailor. It's nice to know that Churchill's legacy lives on through his parrot. Now if Charlie can be only taught to say F*** Islamic Terrorist Bastards!
Mr Minority
