[CH] FW: [alt.sysadmin.recovery] Re: Just what the doctor ordered

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hahaha

Regards,
Dan
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> >> Do I need to tell my french-kissing macaw story again?
> >
> >Uncle Matt, tell us the story about the french-kissing macaw again!
> 
> The afternoon, in the bird room.  The lady of the house is passing out
> dried chile peppers to the birds, who gleefully take them in foot and
> start crunching away. [0]  I've never seen this before, record it as an
> interesting fact, then go on about my day.
> 
> The evening, in the living room.  The birds are being brought out to the
> living room in ones and twos for their nightly cuddling time.  I happen
> to get Harley, the blue and gold macaw.  One of the things Harley liked
> to do was to give kisses - if you puckered up and said "Kiss, kiss", she
> would open up her beak and poke her tongue at your lips.  She starts
> opening her beak and looking at me, so I do "Kiss, kiss"... then wonder
> why my lips are starting to burn.  So far, that's the only time my lips
> have been burned by a chile pepper, by proxy, by a french-kissing macaw.
> 
> Matt Roberds
> 
> [0] I have since heard the explanation that birds have little to no
>     saliva, so they don't feel the heat that we do - the pepper is
>     just a nice crunchy thing to them.  I don't know if this is true
>     or not.

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