Re: The icream truck

On Oct 3, 10:23 am, Jerry Avins <j...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Laurence Sheldon wrote:
Jerry Avins wrote:
The ice cream man announces his presence with a catchy tune on a
synthesized music box blasted from a loudspeaker. I heard it the other
day while school was in session; that seemed odd. It kept repeating,
and I went outside to see where he was parked. Although I couldn't see
the source, the sound was coming from high in a tree. :-)

Wow!  Any idea what it was?

A have to assume it was a mockingbird. Maybe the same one who woke my
neighbor at 3 AM by imitating his alarm clock.

My mother had an African Gray that did that sort of thing, sorta kinda.
 (his routine of my mother on the telephone was a classic.  I wish I had
recorded it.)  RIP, Boyd.

Well, you enjoy the memory.

Jerry
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we have a mockingbird that imitates the sound of a car alarm --- quite
disturbing at 3am.
.

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