10 things you never knew you didn't know about parakeet maintenance

1. A parakeet is actually not as bird;
2. When in the vicinity of Devon custard cream, male parakeets let out effeminate yelps similar in sound to a 1987 Morris Ital going from 2nd to 3rd gear on a gravel surface. Has historically led to gross misunderstandings and several political upsets.
3. Parakeets are not allowed to win the superbowl, despite the recent relaxation of NFL governing rules;
4. Parakeet spelt backwards is, perhaps unsurprisingly, teekarap;
5. A parakeet is the only bird believed to have been present during the signing of the Treaty of Versaille. It was later put down following a bout of dysentery, - the suspicions where firmly laid at the French camp;
6. James Hetfield of Metallica owns and breeds several dead parakeets;
7. The parakeet gets its name from the Moldovian word for 'interoperability';
8. 1 in 3 parakeets suffer from a rare, debilitating and intolerable shyness, often leading to seasonal melancholy and introspection followed by sporadic yodelling;
9. It takes roughly two and two-thirds parakeet to make a feathered glove suitable for the strenuous demands of curling or other such indoor, ice-based sporting ventures;
10. Parakeet pie tastes like shit.