Here in Zahradní Čtvrť, the neighborhood in Zbraslav where we live, we and our neighbors have been "treated" for quite some time now to an annoying parrot owned by the people across the street, who whistles, talks and sings at the worst times of the day. Certainly, parrots are cute, but when I am in the middle of translating a 20-page lease agreement from Czech to English, the last thing I need is a whistling parrot to throw my concentration! Closing the windows usually solves the problem, but in the middle of July or August when it gets up to almost 40 degrees Celsius, who wants to close all the windows and make the apartment as hot as a sauna just to be able to concentrate on work without being disturbed by the frickin' parrot?
About a week ago, I noticed that we no longer heard the parrot any more, and I began to wonder why. I admit, I missed its whining just a little. Yesterday, I may have found the answer to my question at the bus stop, where I happened to snap this paper notice someone had taped up there. It was taken with my mobile phone, so I apologize for the blurry image. 
The notice reads:
PARROT
found in a garden. Owner please call 732 308 265 18 August 2010
For the sake of preserving peace and quiet, the new owner can keep the parrot or donate it to an animal rights organization, as far as I'm concerned! Life is so amusing sometimes.
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