Dead Parrot sketch of "Death in Paradise". A joke dated AD 400, recently translated from Greek, shows similarities to the Parrot sketch. It was written by Hierocles and Philagrius and was included in a compilation of 265 jokes titled "Philogelos: The Laugh Addict". In the Greek version, a man complains to a slave-merchant that his new slave has died. The slave-merchant replies, "When he was with me, he never did any such thing!" In Mark Twain's humorous short story "A Nevada Funeral", two characters use a series of euphemisms for death including 'kicked the bucket' and 'departed to that mysterious country from whose
King Parrot (band) King Parrot (band) King Parrot are an Australian grindcore band formed in Melbourne in 2010. They have released three studio albums: "Bite Your Head Off" (2012), "Dead Set" (2015) and "Ugly Produce" (2017). (Trivia) it is known by a few people that Andrew "Squiz" Livingstone-Squires, before joining the band Fridge, his former band, won a Trace Elliot rig in the early 90's in Tasmania in a competition playing bass. King Parrot formed in Melbourne in 2010 with the original line-up of Matt Young (vocals), Ed Lacey and Ari White (guitar), Wayne "Slattz" Slattery (bass) and drummer Matt Rizzo. White, Rizzo