Reader's Digest Asia Pacific

Campus Comedy

RD MARCH 1982

- Contribute­d by Caroline Owings

My two roommates were delighted when I purchased a pet parrot and moved him into our dormitory quarters. They were equally enthusiast­ic about taking turns teaching the bird how to talk. Over and over again, we repeated the words, “Hello, Baby. Want a kiss?” This had gone on for about an hour one day when a note was slipped under our door. An anonymous and perplexed individual had written: “We don’t know who you have in there, but why don’t you give up? He’s obviously not interested!”

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