Parrot Imitates Fire Alarm, Saves Family
MUNCIE, Ind. - A noisy parrot that likes to imitate sounds helped save a man and his son from a house fire by mocking a smoke alarm, the bird's owner says.
Shannon Conwell, 33, said he and his 9-year-old son fell asleep on the couch while watching a movie. They awoke about 3 a.m. Friday to find their home on fire after hearing the family's Amazon parrot, Peanut, imitating a fire alarm.
"He was really screaming his head off," Conwell said.
The smoke alarm had activated, but it was the bird's call that caught Conwell's attention.
"I grabbed my son and my bird, and got out of the house," he said
He was best "person" on Countdown yesterday.
(/Keith Olbermann likes carrots.)
I gotta stop procrastinating on figuring out how to control the weather!
Seriously! What kind of so-called "bride" are you anyway?
Bon bon puts the 'zilla in Bridezilla!
I hate to break it to you, but that's not uncommon in LA. My mom often reminded me that the day she brought me home from the hospital it was the middle of a blistering heat wave, probably over 100.
Oh I know it's not uncommon in LA. Even though I'm entering my third year here, though, my paradigm is still New England. My brain gets confused about heat waves this time of year. I suppose I might get used to it eventually, but I suspect I will be having the same grumble no matter how long I'm here.
I bet all the other brides have already started their weather machines.
Hey, for five bucks you can at least consult the Farmer's Almanac. [link]
ION, I was out of the office all day, and only got 12 emails (including a few brief responses to one, and a few spams). I feel like I just won a prize.
I feel like I just won a prize.
The prize of no one loving you?
They love me enough not to email me with bullshit when I'm not there!
See that over there, Jesse?
That's the loop.
You're not in it.
Only slightly relatedly, I have a question to ask an impatient person, and I know it's something he's explained to me before. It's just that back then, I wasn't ready to process it. Now is good. But first I have to read my entire emailbox to find out if it's answered anywhere there. And his spelling of the key term sucks.
Unrelatedly, totally, that new power they just clarified in this week's Heroes is my favourite EVER. And if you watched it you know exactly the one I mean.
