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Polly Want a Divorce?

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A Chinese housewife is seeking divorce claiming the family's talking bird dropped clues on her husband's illicit affair, state media said on Tuesday.

The woman from southwestern Chongqing city said she uncovered the affair when their mynah began saying things like ''Divorce,'' ``I love you'' and ``Be patient'' after it overheard the husband's telephone calls with his mistress, the Xinmin Evening News said.

The woman said she noticed the feathered tattle-tale's strange new vocabulary after she returned from a month-long visit with her parents that started in May.

Already suspecting her husband was having an affair, she observed that the bird became particularly talkative whenever the telephone rang, confirming her suspicions, the report said.

Last week she brought the bird to a law office for consultation, hoping it could testify in court.

``Can my mynah be used as witness?'' the newspaper quoted her as asking.

Lawyers were not optimistic.

``The judges are unlikely to rule against your husband based only on the mynah's words,'' attorney Wu Di was quoted as telling her.

-- (news@to.me), June 19, 2001

Answers

This is absurd. Mynahs can't speak Chinese.

-- (nemesis@awol.com), June 19, 2001.

This is absurd. Mynahs can't speak Chinese.

I wouldn't be so sure. At Euro-Disney, I saw Donald Duck speak French.

-- Anita (Anita_S3@hotmail.com), June 20, 2001.

And the French have never been the same since. LOL.

-- Bemused (and_amazed@you.people), June 20, 2001.

Anita--

I have a confession to make. At Disney-Orlando, I once gave the finger to Mickey Mouse. I have always hated clowns and/or people in masks.

-- Lars (larsguy@yahoo.com), June 20, 2001.

Lars says he "hates them", but really he's scared of them. Their heads are big, they're inhuman looking, and the always want to talk to him.

Right, Lars? We know the score. It's O.K. ;^)

-- Bemused (and_amazed@you.people), June 20, 2001.

Bemused--

I think it goes deeper than that. I hope cyber-Freud will explain.

-- Lars (larsguy@yahoo.com), June 20, 2001.

Lars, perhaps cyber-Freud can also explain what a person with a known dislike of clowns and/or people in masks was doing in Disney-Orlando. I mean, besides giving Mickey the finger.

-- David L (bumpkin@dnet.net), June 20, 2001.

No mystery there. It was sociological research---a three hundred million dollar project funded by HUD to study the pathologies of trailer life in a resort community. The results were inconclusive and the damn Republicans would not extend our grant to finish this important work.

-- Lars (larsguy@yahoo.com), June 20, 2001.