Hairdresser cops the bird
THIS cheeky bird (pictured below), which has appeared before in Whispers, has done it again.
Frankie’s owner had put her handbag down at home, leaving her mobile phone inside with the her phone’s list of contact numbers inadvertently still open.
That was just the trigger for Frankie the Machine to venture over and have a look.
Dipping his beak into the handbag, Frank somehow hit the number of his owner’s hairdresser, ringing the salon.
His owner walked back into the room to hear the sound of a woman’s voice saying “Hello .... hello... hello..” to which Frankie replied down the line with a series of loud squawks.
Alas, Frankie didn’t make an appointment for feather highlights.
NOT GIVING A HOOT
STILL on matters of birds.
Middle Ridge residents were at their wits’ end to solve the problem of little butcher birds flying into their covered patio at the back of the house and leaving bird droppings all over the furniture and the patio floor.
Lady of the house did some research and found that a battery-operated owl was good for warding off the feathered fiends.
The battery-powered owl works on a sensor so whenever there is movement on the patio, its eyes light up and it lets out a loud hoot with the aim of scaring off the unwelcome birds before they have a chance to leave their calling cards.
Setting up the owl, man of the house noted when he tested it in the kitchen the owl’s eyes did light up and it did let out a loud hoot and so he placed it on the patio and went to work.
He came home to find the patio again covered in white droppings on the floor, table and chairs.
Checking the owl, he took it inside where it again lit up with bright shining eyes and hooting.
Hoping for a better result, he put the owl back on the patio the next morning and went to work.
On arrival home, he found bird crap not only covering the furniture and patio floor, but this time the owl was covered in it as well. How’s that for bird defiance!
Our man and lass have come to the conclusion that the owl does work, but only inside.
RETURN TO WHO?
NORTH Toowoomba woman received an A4 envelope in the mail which she found to have been the wrong address.
Marking it “return to sender” she put it on the table and left it there to post the next day.
However, after receiving some phone calls that night, she had inadvertently covered the back of the envelope in scribbled messages and notes.
Just what the post office will think of the envelope full of scribble is anyone’s guess but the sender’s address is still visible... if one looks closely enough.
IT COMES IN THREES
INNER-CITY Toowoomba office worker is convinced bad things come in threes.
She was getting ready for work on Thursday and, after showering, had applied what she thought was deodorant spray to her underarm, only to discover it was actually hair spray.
One her way to work she pulled in to use the ATM only to find it was out of order.
Eventually arriving at work, she headed to the staff canteen for a much looked forward to cup of coffee only to find that the automatic hot water tap was on the blink.
Not a good start to the working day.
JOB HALF-DONE
NEWTOWN bachelor put his roadwork crew work clothes into the washing machine and went about other chores.
He returned about an hour later, retrieved the clothes which he hung on the line.
As he did he noticed that the wash hadn’t really got rid of the stains but that his clothes were drying very quickly.
It was only a little later when he noticed dry washing detergent on some of the clothes that he realised that though he had put his clothes and washing powder in the washing machine... he hadn’t actually turned it on.
WHISPER US
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