>Bah!< Imitation it is! Impressively accurate imitation, yet still merely imitation. Pfft.

Just thought I'd mention this little tidbit...
My uncle's family has this little... wossname... ungulant? Canary? Well, not a proper canary, but one o' them miniature-parrot-thingies. It's pretty old now, blind an' all, but still finds his way to the food-bowl or whatever it's called. ANYWAY... This lil' birdie likes to make himself heard - or maybe just to listen to his own voice. I hear he's moderately successfully imitated a microwave oven, for example. And when another family has had to take care of him for a while (when said uncle and family goes somewhere else for vacation), the bird doesn't sound the same.
And what's so special about that? Not a damn thing. The bird's awful cool, though. He worships my uncle but isn't quite as keen on his wife. Teh funny.