A Presidents Parrot Was Ejected From His Funeral for Swearing

Andrew Jacksons pet parrot, Poll, was a colorful character in more ways than one. The parrot had apparently picked up quite a vocabulary from the famously profane president. At Jacksons funeral in 1845, Poll began squawking obscenities so loudly and persistently that the reverend had to have the bird removed from the service. According to eyewitness accounts, the parrot was letting loose a string of curses that would have made Old Hickory himself proud.