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What was the funniest thing you've heard a parrot say?
[Answered on Quora.com by Courtney Ballard]

Our little Quaker Parrot, Chip, came to us second-hand. We don't know where he lived before or who he learned to talk from.

He just sort of ... showed up one day, and became part of the family.

He was quiet at first, only the occasional CHIRP to let us know he could make noise. Then one day as I was petting him, I heard him muttering 'itsokayitsokayitsokay ...’

... and once those first words were out of his beak, it was like the floodgates opened, and for the next 11 years he didn't shut up. Mostly unintelligible squawking, but every day started with him shouting GOODMORNING and every evening saw IWANNGONITENITE as the sun went down. Opening the door onto the screen porch prompted WANNAGOoutSIIDE and when he was ready to come back in we were treated to GoinnaHOUSE.

During school — my wife homeschooled both our kids — he'd sing his version of ‘Old MacDonald’ or mutter under his breath as if mocking anyone doing math. When we read Shakespeare he’d squawk along as if part of the cast.

When we gave him treats, he’d say YUM YUM or S’GOOD, and when you came home after a long absense, he’d shout HEY DARLIN!! as you walked through the door.

One day, when the kids were very young, one of them threw a tantrum. A real floor-shaker. It was all my loving wife could do to get it calmed down, and as she made her way up the hallway from putting both kids in their rooms for a rest, into the now-quiet living room, Chip shouted “…WANNA BEER?” She called me practically in tears, laughing.