Senegalese Parrot Blows The Whistle

I was sitting on a train today when I was going to spend the day in the Swindon office for my online spectacles company Glasses Direct (quick plug) and for once I got to read a paper (The Metro to be exact) which is a rareity for me as I usually commute on my motorbike.

Anyway to cut to the chase I read an interesting story so thought I would share it for those of you that probably haven’t seen it.

The article headline was “Me-Tu left sick as a proverbial at cup ban” and there was a picture of a Senegalese parrot so grabbed my attention for obvious reasons.

The story reads

“Players and fans were sick as a parrot when a tense cup game descended into a farce because of constant whistling form the touchline.

Players thought it was the referee’s whistle – but instead it was Me-Tu, a Senagalese parrot brought along by its owner.
‘I’ve never known anything like it in my football career. It was a big game and there were quite a lot of people there.’ said ref Gary Bailey, after the Hatfield Town v Hertford Heath (real big game, no really!!) match in the Herts Senior Centenary Trophy. ‘ Every time I blew my whistle, the bird made the same sound. The players all stopped, so I had to ask to move the parrot to the stands’

Hatfield Town chairman Ted Collie said: ‘I suppose of you can take a dog to the ground, you can take your pet parrot. If I hadn’t been there, I wouldn’t believe it.’”

Now that’s what I call dedication … fair play to him