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Polly Perkins
Polly Perkins was after a talking parrot, so she went to the local pet shop in the hope of securing such a find. She was in luck. The shop assistant assured her that the parrot would learn and repeat any word or phrase it heard. Polly was delighted. However, a week later, the parrot still hadn't spoken a word. Polly returned to the shop to complain, however, it appeared that the assistant was accurate in what he had said, and refused a refund. Why didn't the parrot talk?
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The parrot was deaf and as such couldn't repeat a single word it had heard!Hide Answer Show Answer
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cool
Or maybe Polly was dumb.
i tend to use the word mute.
that's wierd. i found this one funny.
uhm....sure....
that shopkeeper is very....evil
that was like way easy. Okay! i'm just glad i finally got one.
I also thought that polly was mute
Got it in one, very easy and quite fun!
But if it was mute, then Polly would get a refund because it HEARD the words, just could not repeat them...
I thought it woz because Polly didn't speak in front of the parrot so the parrot couldn't repeat anything. Good one though.
it takes more than one week for a parrot to learn to mimic a word or phrase
It would have said something, cause everybody in the pet shop didn't walk around silent did they? And the wording in the conclusion is wrong, if the parrot is deaf, it didn't hear anything.
i thought polly was mute. it was funny
whoa
i actually got it right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i actually got it right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hate to say sumthing mena/rude, but this is a VERY old teaser. I've seen it numerous times before.
I thought Polly was mute!
Got it
Easy.
Easy, but still good!
I too thought it was interesting that the parrot was speaking in the pet shop before it ever went home with Polly.
Too bad the TRICK category wasn't around when this teaser was written because that's where it would have been best suited.
Too bad the TRICK category wasn't around when this teaser was written because that's where it would have been best suited.
Oops... I meant WASN'T
I too thought it was interesting that the parrot WASN'T speaking in the pet shop before it ever went home with Polly.
I too thought it was interesting that the parrot WASN'T speaking in the pet shop before it ever went home with Polly.
And that's why you don't buy pets from pet shops.
I've seen this teaser before; its an old one
Sounds more like a trick to me But good teaser nonetheless.
Accurate, fun, and well done.
kinda okay, but wouldnt it be more of like a joke, or a trick teaser, instead of a mystery???
super easy..but cute i haven't heard it before
I don't understand the people who thought Polly was mute. The shopkeeper warned her in advance, so she would have realized that the parrot couldn't hear her. She could have played recordings for it, or let it watch TV. Also, she wouldn't have indignantly returned it to the pet store.
good teaser
I don't understand the people who thought Polly was mute. The shopkeeper warned her in advance, so she would have realized that the parrot couldn't hear her. She could have played recordings for it, or let it watch TV. Also, she wouldn't have indignantly returned it to the pet store.
good teaser
I don't really get this.
I thought she forgot to feed the parrot.
I can't believe no one has pointed out that it is obviously a dead parrot.
But I suppose no one expected the Spanish Inquisition...
But I suppose no one expected the Spanish Inquisition...
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