Just a short update this time. My YouTube channel now has 290 subscribers (stalkers). This puts peer pressure on me as I feel the need to continue to provide good content. How many more subscribers do I need until I am considered a YouTuber?

I entered my YouTube in the first Virtual Philatelic Websites and Social Media Exhibition. I will not go into the details of the competition, but you should check it out. Of special mention are two young philatelists, meaning under 40, yes babies in the philatelic world, but these are Lisa from StampCat and Richard from Richard Philatelist.
Ok, I hear you asking why am I telling you this? Well way back in November there was an exhibition in which I entered this blog. There was a popular voting option, in which you my readers, can vote for me. With your help, I came runner up in the popular vote. So now I am asking again.

Here is the link to the page: https://pwoexpo2022.virtuafil.org/public-expo-exhibits-list-gallery.aspx.

Now that you are there, look for my YouTube channel, near the bottom of the sites. It is listed alphabetically.

I was mentioned in an episode of #philately, so how can I not boast about it?                            

Now here is a really cool story and thank you to my friend Graham Beck for telling me about this.

At the Canadian Expo in 1967, there was the Guyana Pavilion which they shared with Barbados, probably to save costs. Both countries had recently become independent and this was a huge opportunity to advertise their independence.

They decided to send a number of Macaws, beautiful and colorful parrots that were indigenous to the region and known for their ability to learn and repeat words. One of the parrots was named Millie Amacore and she was going to be the star because, like my daughter, she could speak two languages.

So what happened?

Beautiful Millie apparently arrived at the show several weeks earlier, while construction was still in progress and as parrots do she listened to all the construction workers. Millie picked up the bad language from the construction workers as they were working on the pavilion or maybe they were teaching her?

When the Expo opened in April of 1967, visitors to the Guyana pavilion were greeted with Swearing Millie, in both French and English. So the little bird was expelled, banished, evicted from the world affair. In my opinion she was lucky that didn’t become a tasty dish. Actually I would have thought it was funny but in 1967 I was a young laddie.

But her not being turned into a tasty dish, she was featured on a set of  Christmas stamps from Guyana later that year. As Graham pointed out, Cussing Millie has nothing to do with Christmas, and her sole fame was her astonishing ability to swear in both English and French. But the incident was still fresh in the minds of everyone, so why not promote the young lady? Who knows, it may have brought tourism to the new country.

Note to self, be careful when I swear around my daughter, whether it be English, Hebrew, Spanish, Arabic or whatever. Maybe I should try not to swear until she is 18? Long wait!

Note: I received permission from Graham to do this. You can see the original here