Hero Parrot Gets Award And Couple Thrown Out Of Comedy Show For Laughing!
Updated : Mar 26, 2009
A parrot whose cries of alarm helped save the life of a choking girl in the US has been hailed a hero.
Quaker parrot Willie has been awarded the Red Cross's Animal Lifesaver Award in Denver, Colorado.
His hysterical cries alerted his owner, Megan Howard, who was baby-sitting the little girl last November. Incredibly, Willie squawked: "Mama, baby", and flapped his wings to get her attention.
Ms Howard returned to find the little girl, Hannah, already turning blue after choking on her breakfast.
The carer saved Hannah by performing the Heimlich manoeuvre but said Willie was "the real hero".
Meanwhile, a couple who went to see a play billed as capable of making you "laugh until they throw you out" were thrown out for laughing.
Sharon Whitelaw, 41, took boyfriend Tony Priestley, 42, to see a production of Bouncers at Lincoln's Drill Hall for a birthday treat. But at the intermission, they were told not to go back into the auditorium, as other theatre-goers had complained they were "laughing at moments that weren't funny, kicking the seats in front and being loud".
The couple said they were led into the foyer, and spoken to in front of other theatre-goers who were enjoying their interval drinks. Drill Hall manager Simon Hollingworth said he appreciated that the couple might not be happy, but insisted his staff did the right thing.
VeryHappyPig says what a parrot!! And I’m not allowed go to comedy shows either because I have a terrible habit of snorting when I laugh!!