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For such a specific rule, it must have happened before. I'd wager somebody once gave him a parrot for breakfast. "Good morning, sir. Your host ordered you a

• tptacek 15y ago
  I mean obviously, I bet nothing happened before. Who gives someone a parrot? But he has a short graf on why you shouldn't give him Coke. I had no idea about the "Killer Coke" story. Clearly, he reads up on this stuff; he just wants to share how inhumane the parrot pet trade is, I'd guess. But still! It's charming in this context.
  • cryptoz 15y ago
    It may well have happened. I helped organized his talk at Concordia University a few years ago, and this text was slightly different back then. It specified that he'd like to meet a parrot. But that's it. Just was one sentence, giving little information. Given that this is his standard text, I bet someone bought a parrot at one point over the last few years, and that prompted this seemingly peculiar addition.
  • thret 15y ago
    Yes, he does read up on this stuff. He posts frequent updates here: http://stallman.org/archives/2011-jul-oct.html http://stallman.org/archives/2011-jul-oct.html
• iab 15y ago
  "Once you are done sir, would you allow me the honour of directing you across several of our nearby streets?"