The Parrot can talk!

Fawkes can say Hello, and he can blow kisses - three in a row in quick succession; kiss-kiss-kiss.

He says 'Hello' like Terry Thomas, or maybe Leslie Phillips would, but with a lower voice. It's very funny. Now we're teaching him to say 'chip' when he wants a bit of boiled potato (chip is a bit easier to say than than boiled potato). I want him to learn the Archers theme tune. But he's only a baby still, nine months old now.

There's a parrot in America who, when you give him nuts says, 'No nut!' if he wants something else.

Fawkes comes to the shops with us now, he's allowed in Blockbuster, but not in Sainsbury's. One day when we have a shop I'm going to put a sign in the window saying 'PARROTS WELCOME.'