Unexpected consequences

The parrot Koki of the former Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito has been put under quarantine as a precautionary measure following the bird flu cases reported in Croatia, DPA reported.

That’s right: Marshal Tito’s parrot has been quarantined.

(bemused headshake) If I tried to put something like that in a novel, I can just imagine what the next phone call from my editor would sound like.