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
Rock parrot of grasses, shrubs and succulent plants, such as "Carpobrotus" species, in coastal habitats. They can be approached easily while feeding. Rock parrot The rock parrot ("Neophema petrophila"), also known as the rock elegant, is a parrot which is endemic to coastal South Australia, southern Western Australia, and that continent's offshore islands, including Rottnest Island. It is a small, predominantly olive-green parrot. Grass seeds form the bulk of its diet. The rock parrot was described by ornithologist John Gould in 1841, its specific name "petrophila" derived from the Greek "petros"/πετρος 'rock' and "philos"/φιλος 'loving'. The rock parrot is 22 cm (9