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June 11, 2006

real parrots

In discussing the depths of Andrew Jackson's real-manliness, I forgot this delightful tidbit about his pet parrot.

Like President Jackson himself, the parrot was bi-lingual. The bird had to removed from Jackson's funeral because it was shrieking profanity in both English and Spanish.

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