
We can only hope that, should the world ever explode, the only thing left floating in the cold vacuum of space to serve as testimony to our being and all that we have achieved is not the likes of this insanely tacky electronic parrot doorbell that greets visitors with either bird song or up to a six seconds of a recorded user definable message or sample.
Coming complete with up to 20 meters of ‘strong anti-interference’ wireless range and its own integral two watt speaker the Wireless Electronic Parrot Doorbell is battery operated so can be fixed with ease outside your front door or – a somewhat better idea – outside your grumpy neighbours front door in the dead of night.
And if you are desperate to have a tacky, plastic bird hark the appearance of visitors to your humble abode but have a parrot phobia (and, let’s face it, after seeing this who wouldn’t have?) you’ll no doubt be thrilled to know that you can also buy a ‘bird shaped’ (translate as ‘not a parrot’) version – oh joy.
The Wireless Electronic Parrot Doorbell – devised by the same species that conceived of the Theory of Relativity, the Principles of Flight and who gave the Nobel Peace Prize to Al Gore (Mmm) – retails for a mere $21.96 with discounts being offered on bulk purchases.




I have zoomed in on this fantastic example of modern electronics, but I am afraid I couldn’t tell from the pictures - is the bird actually dead, or is it sleeping?
You wouldn’t know how hard it was for us to resist referring to the Python’s sketch. It would certainly be tempting to mount this upside down and record a series of croaking noises.
A pretty polly, however, this is not.