This Student And Her Yorkshire Parrot Deserve A Comedy Sketch

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A 17-year-old from Sheffield has had the internet in stitches with a viral Twitter thread starring her eight-year-old parrot Barney who happens to boast an incredible Northern accent.

Katie Bullimore bought Barney in February 2010 after watching viral videos of parrots with her brother. β€œWe were fascinated by the idea,” she says. β€œWhich made us want to get one - [we were] hoping for a strong speaker.” And boy did her wish come true.

Barney the parrot and his owner Katie.
Katie Bullimore
Barney the parrot and his owner Katie.

On 2 June the student began sharing a series of videos on Twitter which starred Barney saying various phrases or doing hilarious random acts. In one of them he can be seen biting himself and then saying: β€œNo, no. Stop it.”

Bullimore says one of her favourite things about Barney is that when she goes downstairs in the morning he greets her with a very Northern-sounding, β€œyou alright love?”

β€œYou alright love?” pic.twitter.com/BZulIRIipf

β€” katie (@katielouis6) June 2, 2018

β€œAnother funny thing he does is when he poos he says β€˜smelly bum’ or β€˜dirty bugger’,” Bullimore adds. β€œHe also likes to roll around on the floor with a bowl.”

Somebody get these guys a slot on the telly. (In the meantime, check out some corkers below.)

Gonna do a thread of my parrot:

β€” katie (@katielouis6) June 2, 2018

Starting off strong with this video but it doesn’t really get any better than this pic.twitter.com/5XILfp4SJD

β€” katie (@katielouis6) June 2, 2018

Fun pic.twitter.com/91nHnU8wH4

β€” katie (@katielouis6) June 2, 2018

Whaat pic.twitter.com/iNfrsssPa0

β€” katie (@katielouis6) June 2, 2018

A summary of this video: he’s holding one of his feathers and saying β€œtickle barney” whilst gently tickling his stomach pic.twitter.com/hb9Q4rNM3L

β€” katie (@katielouis6) June 2, 2018
Barney the parrot.
Katie Bullimore
Barney the parrot.
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