Rigorous Language

      First thing this blog thought of reading this article:

It's not pining, it's passed on. This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to meet its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch, it would be pushing up the daisies. It's run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot!

And if you don't know where that comes from, you really are too young to be reading this blog. :-)

      See also this article about Einstein's final years spent, in part, trying to comfort his depressed-- you guessed it-- parrot. Go figure.