And now for something completely different…

I don’t know if I buy this Globe and Mail paragraph, which John Palmer saw first. 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 […]

I don’t know if I buy this Globe and Mail paragraph, which John Palmer saw first.

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.

The Australian provides enough additional detail that one believes that Ma’ariv printed it. On the other hand, Ma’ariv seems prone to parrot tales that sound like urban legends.

(Alex thought of the post title first.) Previous Python-related litigation: Dec. 27.

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