Magpies want Capello to replace Allardyce

[Kevin Carr's Gloves 3894]

I wonder what the origin of that phrase is btw.

As I was typing it I was wondering that...does it predate the Monty Python "Sick Parrot" sketch? Or did they use the phrase as inspiration?

 

 

I think its from when they took Birds down the mines in cages to test for gas.

 

I know they werent parrots but i reckon thats where it cmes from

 

Serious man

 

They were probably similar to parrots, wings, beaks etc etc

 

 

 

 

http://www.trevorhampel.com/idiom-15-as-sick-as-a-parrot/

 

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/4...sages/1156.html

 

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index...08060124AAGP1Si

 

Psittacosis it seems.

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I wonder what the origin of that phrase is btw.

As I was typing it I was wondering that...does it predate the Monty Python "Sick Parrot" sketch? Or did they use the phrase as inspiration?

 

 

I think its from when they took Birds down the mines in cages to test for gas.

 

I know they werent parrots but i reckon thats where it comes from

 

Nah similar phrases (not really used any more) go way back, although there was that 70's issue of parrot fever, which is maybe where the modern version comes from.

 

Canaries just used to die very easily from anything down there that would harm humans, which is why the poor buggers were used.

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Isn't parrot fever communicable to humans or summat? ie it's one of those rare animal diseases which can bring about symptoms in people. Might be why theyre considered synonymous with sickness.

 

Could also just be that they look sick as fuck stuck in tiny cages of course.

[Park Life 71]

Isn't parrot fever communicable to humans or summat? ie it's one of those rare animal diseases which can bring about symptoms in people. Might be why theyre considered synonymous with sickness.

 

Could also just be that they look sick as fuck stuck in tiny cages of course.

 

 

I demand freedom for all parrots.