Minds of Their Own: Birds Gain Respect
Next time you go and call someone a "birdbrain", stop and consider this:
"crows and parrots, among other birds, have shown what appears to be behavior as intelligent as that of chimpanzees." Damn it; one less colorful metaphor that I have to work with! If I can't use cliches to speak in, I may not have anything to say at all!