Shagged out following a prolonged squawk

Life imitates Monty Python... the Parrot Sketch has come to life, in Israel:

An indignant Israeli is suing a pet shop that he says sold him a dying
parrot, reports the Ma'ariv newspaper. Itzik Simowitz of the southern
city of Beersheba contends the shop cheated him because the
Galerita-type cockatoo not only failed to utter a word when he got it
home, but was also extremely ill. Mr. Simowitz adds that the shop
owner assured him the parrot was not ill but merely needed time to
adjust to its new environment.

(source: Toronto Globe and Mail, Feb 15, 2005; hat tip: BoingBoing)