Couldn't the court lock him up for contempt (turning up drunk)?
Anonymous | 06.29.05 - 2:45 pm | #

There must be some rational explanation. He'd probably run out of booze and the parrot kept saying "Gin and Coke! Gin and Coke!"
lenin | Homepage | 06.29.05 - 3:20 pm | #

I too thought the court should have locked him up for contempt - being drunk might be ok, by modern liberal standards, but to appear before magistrates wearing a football shirt was unforgiveable ...
Gilbert Oddstream | Homepage | 06.29.05 - 5:46 pm | #

Legally, contempt isn't a runner in these circumstances.
bystander | Homepage | 06.29.05 - 11:54 pm | #

Are we sure the parrot was dead - and not simply resting?
Anonymous | 06.30.05 - 1:26 am | #

It sounds as thogh he should be in a secure mental hospital. There is something seriously wrong with him, and he may kill a human being next.
Don Cox | 06.30.05 - 10:41 am | #

Yet if he got a place at the chicken plant he could decapitate fowl all day and never be noticed by anyone.
staghounds | Homepage | 06.30.05 - 4:23 pm | #

Cruelty to animals is insufficient reason to lock someone up -- worse happens in abbotoirs every day of the week. But if he's mentally unbalanced and a danger to other people, that might be a reason.
Phil Hunt | Homepage | 07.01.05 - 5:15 pm | #