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One of the surest and swiftest ways to reveal something that you really didn't want to is to say it in front of a parrot or other talking bird. Especially a parrot that you've been trying and failing to teach some clever phrase. Birds have an innate sense of timing and can, when properly motivated by the prospect of humiliating the humans around them, learn a long and complicated phrase after only hearing it once. Yep, they're as sick as a parrot. Not to be confused with Parrot Exposition. See also Polly Wants a Microphone. Examples of Not in Front of the Parrot include:

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  • One of the surest and swiftest ways to reveal something that you really didn't want to is to say it in front of a parrot or other talking bird. Especially a parrot that you've been trying and failing to teach some clever phrase. Birds have an innate sense of timing and can, when properly motivated by the prospect of humiliating the humans around them, learn a long and complicated phrase after only hearing it once. Yep, they're as sick as a parrot. Not to be confused with Parrot Exposition. See also Polly Wants a Microphone. Examples of Not in Front of the Parrot include:
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  • One of the surest and swiftest ways to reveal something that you really didn't want to is to say it in front of a parrot or other talking bird. Especially a parrot that you've been trying and failing to teach some clever phrase. Birds have an innate sense of timing and can, when properly motivated by the prospect of humiliating the humans around them, learn a long and complicated phrase after only hearing it once. Yep, they're as sick as a parrot. And don't let the fact that you've never spoken aloud about the issue in question reassure you. Any innocuous phrase that you might have said since the start of the episode can and will be used against you by the bird's selective memory taking it out of context. Not to be confused with Parrot Exposition. See also Polly Wants a Microphone. Examples of Not in Front of the Parrot include:
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