pet budgie

[joseyclosey]

My pet budgie died today.
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It wasn't the broken leg which finished him off. I made a little splint for his injured limb out of a Swan Vesta.
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Then he started shuffling about on the sandsheet at the bottom of his cage!

[Niner]

http://www.houseofswan.com/SwanVestas.aspx

Good thing there is a Google bar on my computer. I'd guess the Budgie is some kind of canary.

[PeterN2]

Budgie, a small cage bird popular as a pet.
Regards
Peter

http://www.thebudgiecage.com/general_bu ... mation.php

[Niner]

OH......a parakeet.

[Karl/Pa.]

But whast the hell is a Swan Vesta? I expect sandsheet is sandpaper?

[dhtaxi]

Swan vesta make matches the kind you light your cigarettes or your stove with.

[Niner Delta]

Wooden stick, strike anywhere, kitchen, we call them by different names here. But they are still the ones with the red and white tip.

[DocAV]

Budgie;;Aussie slang for Budgerigar, small ( about large sparrow size) Light Blue and Yellow parrakeet, very common in the wild in certain areas of Australia; been recognised as a house pet and cage bird (even though native) for over a century.

Also forms part of vernacular "Budgie Smuggler"-- Speedo brand swimming costume for men; "Golden Budgie" --Singer Kylie Minogue, due to her petite frame and tendency to wear tight Golden costumes on stage.

Regards,
Doc AV