Chirp Listener Gifts

'I don't need your bloody help, I just need you to listen!'

"If you hold a shell to your ear you can hear the ocean..."

'It's true what they say, you really can hear the sea in these things!'

Birds reading over woman's shoulder

Hey, it's true, you really can hear the sea in these shells!

"Do you think the birds like me?"

Mozart's very good, but can't beat Rossini for sandbox activities.

'Your tweets have quite a following.'

Ornithologist

Clive Anderson

'I recorded this earlier today. . . they're his first intelligent words!'

Cover story: Plant World.

'Music hath charms,' &c.

'Time-outs might have more meaning when I learn to tell time.'

'You know, I almost envy you sometimes.'

'She saw right through me.'

"Sounds of the ocean upgrade...it's sounds of the antarctic icebergs cracking."

It's so quiet. Listen to the sounds of nature! Pound pound thump. Pound thunk. Human nature.

The herd of hearing.

Stork and baby

Sure you can twitter, but can you chirp, warble and trill?

"Merry Christmas. You Cheerful, Chirpring, Cheeping, Tweeting, Tw*ttering, Twittering Tw*t!"

Things can only get worse...

"Sorry, I was driving under the influence of a bull market radio report."

Pallbearers sitting around radio: 'This just in! Tributes are pouring in for the legendary tenor Pavarotti, who passed away earlier today....'

"You'll have to be X-rayed, Mr. Jensen. I seem to be picking up Rush Limbaugh."

"You can subscribe to 'Ocean Sounds' for the low, low monthly price of...."

Santa hears mention of Christmas on the radio.

"Think about it. Have you ever seen an ugly cardinal—I mean, except at the Vatican?"

"And now, here's Linda Blanton, our WJM deflation fighter."

"And he hits it, and the other guy hits it back, and the first guy hits it, and the second guy hits it back and-"

"Coming up on BBC Radio Four, I'm Dorries I haven't a clue."

"Hello! Go ahead, Syracuse, New York."

'Honey, you're spoiling those birds!'

'Can you quiet down a bit so I can hear the crashing of the ocean waves?'