134. When shopping for a new house there's only one thing that matters; will the aviaries fit in the yard?

 

135. When you run out of microwave containers because they all somehow found themselves in the aviaries full of seed (boy did I get into trouble for this).

 

136. When emailing another budgie nut who's attached overseas you spend 5 paragraphs describing every minute detail of the past budgie month and finish the email with, "So, how are you doing".

 

137. When friends visit you announce that, "There will be an aviary tour departing in the next 15 minutes but places are limited so be quick".

 

138. When you can't sleep the night before a budgie auction because you're too damn excited!

 

139. When taking a sickie your boss signs off the approval form, "Caring for sick budgie.....again".

Edited November 30, 200915 yr by Daryl

140. When you can totally relate to every point in this topic :D

141, when an outing in the car means stopping at all the salvo's or st vinnies shops looking for wine racks for budgie perching in the aviary.

 

142. when bulk refuse throwout areas mean a new search for old cots for dowel sections for perching.

 

143. when money is short, you know exactly how to GROVEL to your partner to get new budgie money for an auction.

144. When your wife says, "I just did the grocery shopping yesterday, so who the *** ate all the vegetables?"

 

145. When you offer to organise a family holiday in the last week of May which magically just happens to be in the same location as the Nationals.

 

146. When, in an intimate moment, your wife asks, "What are you thinking about?" and you know it's certain death if you admit you were thinking about whether your best Opaline hen would go okay with your best Grey Green cock.

 

147. When you tell your wife, "Hey, remember that time when I told you about the Opaline Sky hen and the Grey Green cock, well they just hatched their first chick and..........ummmm......ohh.......never mind".

 

148. When you wonder if there's some way of using that Harvey Norman voucher you got for your birthday to buy more birds.

 

149. When you have to convince the pharmacist that "No, I'm not a druggie, I just need a small syringe to fit my crop needle to". (I really don't think they believed me).

Edited November 30, 200915 yr by Daryl

150. when the jewellery you buy is all in the shape of budgies (recently bought a gorgeous brooch shaped like a budgie....searching for earrings to match! )

 

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151. When you promise to take 7 birds to the pet shop (to pay for guinea pigs, canaries and cat) but only manage to actually part with 4

 

152. But the very next day you happily acquire another 3 at the club auction

 

153. When preparing for said club auction and you have promised to take birds you spend the entire process muttering under your breath, "you're too good to go"! and are delighted when nobody wants to buy them

Edited November 30, 200915 yr by renee

154: When all you talk about are your birds because something good happened and you need to share it but your partner is so sick of hearing the birds

Edited November 30, 200915 yr by KAZ

132. When you describe your youngest daughter's upcoming orthodontic fitment as "having work done to her upper mandible".

 

 

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

155: When you are told you have too many birds to cull some, so you do as your told and cull 14, then go and buy 6 more Now I have been told I have too many again because he can't hear himself think :rofl:

156. When you have a special song you made up to sing to the birds each morning, as a signal that you are about to uncover their cage.

 

157. When your family members go around humming the song because it's stuck in their head!

158. When family members roll their eyes when you say your weekend involves a budgie club show or event.

 

159. When everytime you take a car to a budgtie show with birds in it, your husband grizzles about budgie seed all over the seats of the car :rofl:

 

160. When you get dressed up to go out for the evening, do a last minute check on the birds and then go out with feathers in your hair.

Edited November 30, 200915 yr by KAZ

161. When you more Budgie pics on your computer than kids/grandkids.

Edited November 30, 200915 yr by KAZ

161. When you more Budgie pics on your computer than kids/grandkids.

 

Oh my! I am SO there....and even more pictures up at work than of the kids "shakes head"

 

162. When you treat yourself to an afternoon at the spa and the girl doing your pedicure has many budgies also and you feel you've met a kindred spirit.

163- When you carry a spare box and net around in your car in case you find an injured bird or find something at a pet shop

164. when you carry secateurs around in your car to stop and cut fresh gumtree branches and peppermint tree branches.

 

165. When you stop suddenly on a drive to pick some seeding grasses in a paddock over a barbed wire fence.

 

166. When the couple of dozen fresh eggs you buy arent for the people in the house but for the budgies

Edited December 1, 200915 yr by KAZ

161. When you more Budgie pics on your computer than kids/grandkids.

 

 

164. when you carry secateurs around in your car to stop and cut fresh gumtree branches and peppermint tree branches.

 

165. When you stop suddenly on a drive to pick some seeding grasses in a paddock over a barbed wire fence.

 

166. When the couple of dozen fresh eggs you buy arent for the people in the house but for the budgies

 

l'm so guilty on #161 and #165.

I'm a budgie nut. The sad thing is, my family already knew I was a budgie nut.

167. When all your activities with another BBC member here on holidays involves budgies.

168. When a hot day doesnt mean a day going to the beach, but staying home trying to keep the birds cool and comfortable.

169. When seed husk down the bra is a normal part of everyday life.

 

170. The top of the wazza vacuum cleaner you buy is for the birdroom but the clapped out thing that never gets used anyway is for the house.

 

171. When every show date, judges meeting, auction and Nationals are placed onto the wall planner before family birthdays and public holidays.

Edited December 14, 200915 yr by nubbly5

172. When you say 'I love you' & your husband says 'I love you too' & you decide not to tell him you were talking to the bird.

173. When you say I love you to your husband on a budgie auction day and all he says back is "HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT $$$$$ ?? "

hahahaha

 

174. when there are the truest things about you on this thread and you can agree with every one of them!!!!!!!!!

172. When you say 'I love you' & your husband says 'I love you too' & you decide not to tell him you were talking to the bird.

 

 

My type'o girl...

175. When you go to great lengths and time to prepare the budgies food and realise 5 mins before dinner time you have forgotten to prepare your husbands dinner and everything is frozen. :rofl:

 

176. When you spend all afternoon making budgie toys with saws and sander etc and cant finish your own woodwork projects for the home.

177 when your birds know you better than anybody you know

 

178 when the only members of your family that get a gift other than the three children are ....of course your flock of budgies

 

179 when your budgies fill your emotional needs more than any person ever could (bit sad but true )

 

180 when you have seed stuck in between your toes continuously

 

181 when even when you clean the house vacum and everything theirs still seed and the odd feather flotting around the house

 

182 when your birds needs are priority over your shopping list

Edited December 18, 200915 yr by KAZ
added the numbers