We are a little under siege. With temp in the 110’s F and a fire 25 miles away with some of our friends evacuated, we’re doing this on the SQUAAAAWK (not the cheap,
Update: We lucked out. The wind blew the fire away from us. We could smell the smoke, however.
I’ll celebrate with parrot jokes (I’m an expert-I am a parrot joke). Here goes
lady goes to her parish priest one day and tells him, “Father, I have a problem. I have two female parrots but they only know how to say one thing.” “What do they say?” the priest inquired. “They say, ‘Hi, we’re prostitutes. Do you want to have some fun?'” the woman said embarrassingly. “That’s obscene!” the priest exclaimed, “I can see why you are embarrassed.” He thought a minute and then said, “You know, I may have a solution to this problem. I have two male parrots whom I have taught to pray and read the Bible. Bring your two parrots over to my house and we will put them in the cage with Francis and Job. My parrots can teach your parrots to praise and worship. I’m sure your parrots will stop saying that…that phrase in no time.” “Thank you,” the lady responded, “this may very well be the solution.” The next day, she brought her female parrots to the priest’s house. As he ushered her in, she saw his two male parrots were inside their cage, holding their rosary beads and praying. Impressed, she walked over and placed her parrots in with them. After just a couple of seconds, the female parrots exclaimed out in unison, “Hi, we’re prostitutes. Do you want to have some fun?” There was a stunned silence. Finally, one male parrot looked over at the other male parrot and said, “Put the beads away, Francis, our prayers have been answered!”
Late one night, a burglar broke into a house that he thought was empty. He tiptoed through the living room but suddenly he froze in his tracks when he heard a loud voice say: “Jesus is watching you!” Silence returned to the house, so the burglar crept forward again. “Jesus is watching you,” the voice boomed again. The burglar stopped again. He was frightened. Frantically, he looked all around. In a dark corner, he spotted a bird cage and in the cage was a parrot. The burglar breathed a sigh of relief, then he asked the parrot: “What’s your name?” “Clarence,” said the bird. “That’s a dumb name for a parrot,” sneered the burglar. “What idiot named you Clarence?” The parrot said, “The same idiot who named the Rottweiller, Jesus.”
The point is that some of our friends in Cave Creek have been evacuated. We don’t think that will happen to us but we’re getting prepared and including our dogs and bird. in our preps,
kylascott 
Love the Parrot jokes. Seems there isn’t a lot to laugh at these days….Hope your friends are safe and the fires can be extinguished quickly. You stay safe as well, sounds like you have your Fire Plan ready for action.
Kismet we sure hope you don’t have to evacuate but it sounds like things are NOT exactly GOOD out there – seems like it’s not fair to celebrate Parrot Day with things all topsy turvy but hopefully – in your usual way – you’ll enjoy Parrot Day! We sure hope the fires will stay away AND be put out ASAP. Stay safe.
Hugs, Teddy
Fires, Riots, Pandemic, Killer Hornets, Locusts oh Lord!
Sweet William The Scot
I’ve heard the second joke before…but that first joke, what a riot! Oops, maybe I shouldn’t use that term, as we can add riots across the Eastern US to the mix. We hope the fires are soon extinguished and y’all don’t have to be evacuated.
Glad you are safe for the moment and we pray you stay that way. BTW, loved your parrot jokes. You made me smile after a long week of nursing Norman and watching my city burn. People are just insane anymore, not to mention Mother Nature. Stay safe, stay sane and keep smiling.
Ai yai yai. As you know Cave Creek is one of our fave spots in your general neck of the woods. Hope those fires stay far away from New River and that you don’t swelter too much because parrot sweat, well, it doesn’t smell too good. 🙂 By the way, was that you I spotted on TV looting the sunflower seed store?
Love the parrot jokes.
Have a birdtastic Parrot Day, Kisment. My best to your mom. ♥
Please stay safe and keep your sense of humor.
BOL!! SQUAAAAAAWK!!! OMD, those were funny my furiend!
I hopes you and your family are safe ~ sendin’ lots of AireZens your way!!
HAPPY WORLD PARROT DAY!!!
Kisses,
Ruby ♥
I am very late, but nevertheless…I do hope you are still in your own home, and safe. Safe from all the worldly troubles and safe from natural disasters too.
Where ever you are, I think you might have just heard a loud guffaw from Petcretary…very ladylike, Tee-hee.
And Happy Belated Parrot Day!