Winston Churchill’s 104 year-old parrot is still alive
Winston Churchill’s 104 year-old parrot is still alive but no longer swearing about Hitler. Sending someone to Mars sounds more plausible
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Reader comments
jcooperJan 20, 2004 at 12:38PM
Great link.
GordonJan 21, 2004 at 10:43AM
A friend emailed me about this on Monday - thanks for finally getting some real information - I thought she was pulling my leg!
jakeJan 21, 2004 at 12:48PM
could that possible be for real? i mean, 104 years old is really old for a parrot.
rajJan 21, 2004 at 3:54PM
Churchill's daughter says its not true.
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,231230,00.html
bobJan 21, 2004 at 7:29PM
if this isn't true, surely someone would have picked up on it besides his daughter? she says he never had a parrot that color or a parrot named "charlie". It seems odd to me that someone would try to pass off a parrot as his (for some unknown reason) but then be stupid enough to have a bird of the wrong color with a made up name...
BlakeJan 22, 2004 at 10:33PM
Wow. Well if I was that old I doubt I'd wanna speak up when bothered.
ChicagoTex!Jan 23, 2004 at 7:42AM
Bob, bob, you think too highly of people. Heh. As for myself, I still think it might be true.
This thread is closed to new comments. Thanks to everyone who responded.