I mys-typed.  Here's how my Macaw likes to impersonate:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foghorn_Leghorn

--Doug

On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Nicholas Thompson <
[email protected]> wrote:

>  And now for a little geriatric reminiscence.
>
> Isnt "foghorn cleghorn" a mixture of two references from  the 50's.? one, I
> think, is to Senator Foghorn, who I think was an occasional character on the
> Jack Benny Radio Show.  "Cleghorn" I cannot do, but it rings a bell.
> "Fibber McGee and Molly?"  Help me out her, folks!
>
> Ah to be young in the 50's again.
>
> N
>
>  Nicholas S. Thompson
> Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,
> Clark University ([email protected])
> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/
> http://www.cusf.org [City University of Santa Fe]
>
>
>
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Douglas Roberts <[email protected]>
> *To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group<[email protected]>
> *Sent:* 1/18/2010 11:30:19 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] iPhone on T-Mobile ?
>
> Well, discounting the fact that whenever the phone rings several of the
> parrots shout "HELLO!" after each ring until I can answer it...
>
> And then the Macaw invariably says, "Hi! How are ya?" in a voice that
> closely resembles that of Foghorn Cleghorn.
>
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>>
>>>
>> Peaceful?  Parrots?   :)
>>
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