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...turmoil around them. Feuding militia leaders held press conferences there, and a string of hopeful peace envoys were among its guests. The Commodore's lively bar was renowned throughout the Middle East as a meeting place for those passing through Beirut. It was also the home of a parrot whose uncannily accurate imitation of an incoming artillery shell fooled more than a few newly arrived reporters. While cross fire occasionally damaged the aging seven-story edifice, it managed to remain open for business...
Gary Lazar, another nationally-known comedian and MC for the evening at The Catch, told the audience about his serious problem with hallucinogenic drugs. It seems Gary thinks his parrot escaped one day from its cage, tied him up, and said, "Now you repeat what I say!" And Paul Kozlowski, winner of a Boston-area comedy contest and Sunday's third performer, let us know that his entire family is inbred. Now I personally don't care if all of Cambridge knows that his mom is also his aunt, but maybe his father--I mean uncle--does...
Evaline stood over bottles of various kinds of liquor. She stirred up a warm martini and handed it to Bud Parrot...
...wouldn't know it from her writing, however. Robison writes with the same ironic precision that's in her speech. Witness this dialogue from her early short story "Bud Parrot...
Students will have to do without the Filly during construction, which may take a year, but Frank Castagno, co-owner of the bar and the Blue Parrot restaurant, said both establishments have signed a contract to move into the new building. He said the agreement with DiGiovanni would provide a year's salary for the owners to compensate for the business lost during construction...