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(Telegraph) Interesting The secret of raising a world-champion budgie: cough syrup, talk radio turned down to a whisper and CCTV. In related news, there are world-champion budgies (pic)   (telegraph.co.uk) divider line 46
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ceremony_1968 [TotalFark] 2008-09-27 09:45:49 PM  
But they breed in the sewers!!

 
Benevolent Misanthrope [TotalFark] 2008-09-27 10:26:52 PM  
"We can't shift the smiles off our faces. Last year was like winning the FA Cup final. This is like winning the European Cup final, like winning the lottery. It's incredible."

Only,of course, without the money. Or the hookers and blow.

But then, you guys wouldn't be interested in the hookers, now, wouldja?

 
DblDad [TotalFark] 2008-09-27 10:31:02 PM  
Budgie?

/Mmmm, Breadfan

 
m0llusk [TotalFark] 2008-09-28 12:21:07 AM  
There is not much meat on it, so my suggestion would be to serve it in a yellow or green curry. L'orange might also work.

 
ironic_followup 2008-09-28 12:36:33 AM  
m0llusk: There is not much meat on it, so my suggestion would be to serve it in a yellow or green curry. L'orange might also work.

really? I'd put them on a skewer, 5 or 6 in a row, glaze and roast them over open flame for 6 minutes or so...better than marshmallows.

 
Hillary_Clinton 2008-09-28 12:38:26 AM  
Either way, this is bad news for Obama.

 
Creme de la Crap 2008-09-28 12:38:52 AM  
Kuala Lumpur!

/I've seen things......

 
neelb420 2008-09-28 12:42:10 AM  
I see retarded people

 
Richard Saunders 2008-09-28 12:42:17 AM  
FTA - "The UK does tend to lead the world in terms of budgerigars"

Well, they have that going for them.

 
tetheredswimming 2008-09-28 12:43:28 AM  
I recommend the book, "How to Put Your Budgie Down."

 
Cletus McGhee 2008-09-28 12:43:47 AM  
Creme de la Crap: Kuala Lumpur!

/I've seen things......


pix.beefsupreme.com
I've seen them with my eyes...

 
Pestifer 2008-09-28 12:45:11 AM  
FTFA:
Sky blue cock ring number FA1 - 204 - 06 won best in show last year.

C'mon, guys, you're slipping. Five, six posts and no one posted this?

 
starknaked 2008-09-28 12:47:07 AM  
i had a budgie....but it died....

 
geniodeldub 2008-09-28 12:50:46 AM  
starknaked: i had a budgie....but it died....

I like pie

 
mrbill67401 2008-09-28 12:52:51 AM  
Pestifer: FTFA:
Sky blue cock ring number FA1 - 204 - 06 won best in show last year.

C'mon, guys, you're slipping. Five, six posts and no one posted this?


Was coming here to post this.

/glad someone else caught it, too.

 
crabapple 2008-09-28 12:55:47 AM  
starknaked: died

geniodeldub: starknaked: i had a budgie....but it died....

I like pie


Leggy leggy leggy leggy ....

 
Creme de la Crap 2008-09-28 01:07:13 AM  
crabapple: starknaked: died

geniodeldub: starknaked: i had a budgie....but it died....

I like pie

Leggy leggy leggy leggy ....


ooh like a blonde you got it goin on, see you wearing that thong thong thong. *mumble, mumble, mumble* PANTIES ON

 
im14u2c 2008-09-28 01:11:50 AM  
Ok, so I had no idea what a "budgie" was, and so I looked it up and discovered it's just another name for "parakeet."

Just think... between this and the 83 parakeets story, with a little more coordination we could have a parakeet (or budgie) trifecta in play.

Denied.

 
DiRF 2008-09-28 01:14:57 AM  
Came here for the scampi.swf references, am walking away satisfied.

 
Tirol 2008-09-28 01:16:00 AM  
We're imortal now, said Mr. Freakly lol

For real? lol

 
LarrytheBlueOkie 2008-09-28 01:19:59 AM  
This light green budgerigar baths in sherry.

I prefer my scrotum dipped in champagne.


/is it wrong?

 
LtDarkstar 2008-09-28 01:29:03 AM  
LarrytheBlueOkie: This light green budgerigar baths in sherry.

I prefer my scrotum dipped in champagne.


/is it wrong?


Better than dipping your tool in cough syrup I guess...

 
radchilies 2008-09-28 01:30:21 AM  
wtf is a budgie

 
saintwrathchild 2008-09-28 01:40:16 AM  
radchilies: wtf is a budgie

A British rock outfit that sounds like a mixture of Black Sabbath and Rush, and gets covered by Metallica.

 
Any Pie Left 2008-09-28 01:43:20 AM  
The national bird of Lutonia.

/Happy Wanderers roadie on their last tour

 
Rufellan 2008-09-28 01:59:30 AM  
'Parakeet' ("long tail") is family name; there are around 120 species of parakeet, so a Budgerigar is just one type of parakeet.

I used to show, but then began to have issues with breeding what was considered to be a good 'show bird'. Those 'English' varieties get foreheads so big they can hardly see, and get so big in body size they can barely fly. And then there are the health issues...

I'll take a happy, healthy, chattery shoulder budgie over that any day.

/ah luv da budgies

 
oh and once I saw a blimp 2008-09-28 02:00:58 AM  
im14u2c: Just think... between this and the 83 parakeets story, with a little more coordination we could have a parakeet (or budgie) trifecta in play.

Denied.


There were 83 parakeet stories? That's more than a trifecta.

 
oregoncat 2008-09-28 02:06:30 AM  
Rufellan: 'Parakeet' ("long tail") is family name; there are around 120 species of parakeet, so a Budgerigar is just one type of parakeet.

I used to show, but then began to have issues with breeding what was considered to be a good 'show bird'. Those 'English' varieties get foreheads so big they can hardly see, and get so big in body size they can barely fly. And then there are the health issues...

I'll take a happy, healthy, chattery shoulder budgie over that any day.

/ah luv da budgies


Yeah, me too. :)

I work at home and have his cage on the 'L' of my desk. Have to watch him from pooping on the keyboard... :p

 
tuna fingers 2008-09-28 02:07:16 AM  
Rufellan: Those 'English' varieties get foreheads so big they can hardly see, and get so big in body size they can barely fly.

I think for Budgiekkake hobbyists, the big budgie forehead is desirable.
Correct?

 
Lycopene 2008-09-28 02:09:10 AM  
Heres your parakeet/budgie trifecta, you can cook parakeets into a cassaroule.

 
Baron Harkonnen 2008-09-28 02:10:05 AM  
The UK does tend to lead the world in terms of budgerigars...

As an American, I find it shameful we've dropped so far behind.

 
Korzine 2008-09-28 02:23:37 AM  
img215.imageshack.us

budgie?

 
Gyrfalcon [TotalFark] 2008-09-28 02:47:17 AM  
They have world champion rat & mice breeding too: Link (new window)

I guess they're serious....

 
Pointy Tail of Satan 2008-09-28 02:49:41 AM  
"Imperiously, she deigns to turn her perfect forehead in our direction, looking down upon us from her high perch like a queen surveying her subjects. As well she might."

Slow week at the royalty desk, it would appear.

 
Wrong_Intentions 2008-09-28 03:19:18 AM  
upload.wikimedia.org
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kicker_conspiracy 2008-09-28 04:28:30 AM  
I thought maybe, 35 comments in, I might be first with the FOTC reference. Apparently, I was WAY off.

//They call me the Hiphopopotamus
Flows that glow like phosphorous
Poppin' off the top of this esophagus
Rockin' this metropolis

I'm not a large water-dwelling mammal
Where did you get that preposterous hypothesis?
Did Steve tell you that, perchance?
Steve...

 
Baz the Spaz [recently expired TotalFark] 2008-09-28 05:02:45 AM  
How does one put down one's budgie?

 
Gulper Eel [TotalFark] 2008-09-28 06:06:17 AM  
ceremony_1968: But they breed in the sewers!!

And eventually you get huge flocks of soiled budgies flying out of peoples lavatories, infringing their personal freedom.

/personal freedom infringed? ring slater nazi, city 0478 - or, if closed, the department of trade and industry

 
lotustuned 2008-09-28 07:28:34 AM  
Rufellan: 'Parakeet' ("long tail") is family name; there are around 120 species of parakeet, so a Budgerigar is just one type of parakeet.

I used to show, but then began to have issues with breeding what was considered to be a good 'show bird'. Those 'English' varieties get foreheads so big they can hardly see, and get so big in body size they can barely fly. And then there are the health issues...

I'll take a happy, healthy, chattery shoulder budgie over that any day.

/ah luv da budgies


Those bastards can fly alright. I remember being dive bombed repeatedly in my aunts house as a young child, the cat was cowering in the corner.

 
EmptyLighter 2008-09-28 08:10:49 AM  
kicker_conspiracy: I thought maybe, 35 comments in, I might be first with the FOTC reference. Apparently, I was WAY off.

//They call me the Hiphopopotamus
Flows that glow like phosphorous
Poppin' off the top of this esophagus
Rockin' this metropolis

I'm not a large water-dwelling mammal
Where did you get that preposterous hypothesis?
Did Steve tell you that, perchance?
Steve...


Steve! What does he know!

...ain't no party like my nana's tea party.

 
Regnad Kcin 2008-09-28 10:41:46 AM  
My lovebird can kick your budgie's ass!

Very, very, loudly.

Not a good pet for the hangover prone.

 
Marla Singer's Laundry [TotalFark] 2008-09-28 11:23:36 AM  
Same secret as the Flaming Moe.

 
Pyynk 2008-09-28 11:41:12 AM  
upload.wikimedia.org

You rang?

 
ksjones 2008-09-28 01:37:26 PM  
i didn't know i had a budgie when i was a kid!
"lucky" aka the mean, green, killing machine.



/seriously, parakeets are pure evil. we had leather work gloves to change her food. my farmer/trucker tough guy dad found out why.
//this bird attacked the running vacuum cleaner.

 
starknaked 2008-09-28 03:35:11 PM  
Korzine: budgie?

pretty bird.... pretty bird..

 
St. Spuzzum 2008-09-28 04:56:40 PM  
Aw...I love my budgies. One of them (Gabriel) is sitting on my desk right now. :)

 
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