Praying Parrots

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A pious Christian bought a parrot. When he brought it home the good man was horrified to hear the parrot say, “Hiya boys — my name’s Mimi . . . I’m a bad girl. Come upstairs and have some fun!” At this moment the parish priest arrived, and to the parishioners horror, the bird repeated the same words, “Hiya boys — my name’s Mimi . . . I’m a bad girl. Come upstairs and have some fun!”

Noting the man’s dismay, the Priest said, “Don’t worry, bring the bird round to the vicarage. I have two good Christian birds there who do nothing but recite the Rosary together. They will surely bring your sinful parrot back to God.”

The parrot was duly brought to the Priest’s house and there, sure enough, were two parrots in a cage reciting the Rosary. The wicked parrot was set down beside them, and to begin with the other birds took no notice. Then the new arrival cocked its head on one side, and said, “Hiya boys — my name’s Mimi . . . I’m a bad girl. Come upstairs and have some fun!”

“Throw your beads away George,” said one of the vicarage birds to the other. “Our prayers are answered.”

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A Pittance of Time

Terry Kelly gives us all something to think about for Remembrance Day.

On November 11, 1999 Terry Kelly was in a Shoppers Drug Mart store in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. At 10:55 AM an announcement came over the store’s PA asking customers who would still be on the premises at 11:00 AM to give two minutes of silence in respect to the veterans who have sacrificed so much for us.

Terry was impressed with the store’s leadership role in adopting the Legion’s “two minutes of silence” initiative. He felt that the store’s contribution of educating the public to the importance of remembering was commendable.

When eleven o’clock arrived on that day, an announcement was again made asking for the “two minutes of silence” to commence. All customers, with the exception of a man who was accompanied by his young child, showed their respect.

Terry’s anger towards the father for trying to engage the store’s clerk in conversation and for setting a bad example for his child was later channeled into a beautiful piece of work called, “A Pittance of Time”. Terry later recorded “A Pittance of Time” and included it on his full-length music CD, “The Power of the Dream”.

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