(Bird) ‘Tocks Up

by Meg on January 16, 2007

When things got you down
and you got a perma-frown it’s

‘Tocks Up!
(bird) ‘Tocks Up!

When everything sucks
and your pockets have no bucks it’s

‘Tocks Up!
‘Tocks Up!

When you sleep through the alarm
and Grandpa bought the farm it’s

‘Tocks Up!
(in this case bird) ‘Tocks Up!

Tocksup

Sing it with me, People! (and William B.T.!)

{ 70 comments }

1 blueberries4me 01.16.07 at 3:36 pm

That looks like an umbrella cockatoo ‘tock. I love animals but if there’s one bird I wouldn’t ever keep it’s the Umbrella.

2 misscrisp 01.16.07 at 3:40 pm

Those ‘tocks are kinda pretty.

3 misscrisp 01.16.07 at 3:41 pm

er, tail? Pretty I mean.

4 Theo 01.16.07 at 3:47 pm

“Guess what?…”

5 LuAnne 01.16.07 at 3:47 pm

I Neeeed this in poster form. Picture, words —ALL of it. Maybe a tatTOO!

6 Golden 01.16.07 at 3:47 pm

Birdtocks
Birdeus Maximus
Birdy Hiney

7 anni 01.16.07 at 3:49 pm

beautiful plumage.

i wanna see its face!

8 Theo 01.16.07 at 3:49 pm

…and I may be mistaken, Meg, but have you seriously set your verse to the tune of that playground classic, “Diarrhea (ch! ch! ch!)” ??

9 snowangel 01.16.07 at 3:50 pm

Reminds me of Jimmy Buffett’s “Fins” except it’s “Tocks to the left, tocks to the right….”

:)

10 Theo 01.16.07 at 3:51 am

SnowAngel — here I am, stuck in the tockhole with you…

11 Lisa 01.16.07 at 3:52 pm

Hmmm, not so sure about this one people….if I sent in a pic of my cat’s poo hole, would you all think that was qte too?

12 Laurie C 01.16.07 at 3:56 pm

Lisa — yes, it’s the internet. Someone would.

13 Lisa 01.16.07 at 4:02 pm

Well I must admit, I do think it’s lovely, but then he’s my baby… :)

14 layla42 01.16.07 at 4:19 pm

“remarkable bird inn’t ?
lovely plumage.”

15 A thinker 01.16.07 at 4:21 pm

…cockatoo butt!

I have to admit, his behind is much lovelier than most species’. Including ours.

16 bats 01.16.07 at 4:22 pm

We call our cat’s poo hole “Rosebud”…or “Rosebutt”…I can’t remember which.

17 Theo 01.16.07 at 4:29 pm

Kinda throws Citizen Kane into a (w)hole new light, dunnit?

18 Theo 01.16.07 at 4:30 pm

…oh, and PS:
COCKATOCKS.

19 paula 01.16.07 at 4:33 pm

Birdy hiney! cockatocks! OMG

20 Rosalynde 01.16.07 at 4:37 pm

‘Tocksadelphia, dude!!!!!

21 indigoreiki 01.16.07 at 4:40 pm

Folk, CO has a THEME SONG! Let’s all sing together…

When things got you down and you got a perma-frown it’s

‘Tocks Up!
‘Tocks Up!

When everything sucks
and your pockets have no bucks it’s

‘Tocks Up!
‘Tocks Up!

When you sleep through the alarm
and Grandpa bought the farm

It’s ‘Tocks Up!
‘Tocks Up!

22 stellatree 01.16.07 at 4:41 pm

a friend suggested the name “banana slice” for a cat’s bung. take a look, it’s freakily appropriate!

pretty sure that’s tmi. :X

23 R. Moore 01.16.07 at 4:44 pm

He he he, I was looking at the top of the picture and expecting to scroll down to see a little bird by the pretty flowers. Then I realized the bird WAS the pretty flowers!

24 violetgreen 01.16.07 at 4:47 pm

This frame: “Tocks up!”
Next frame: “Bombs away!”

25 Deb 01.16.07 at 4:48 pm

Looks like an elaborate wedding cake.

26 Lisa 01.16.07 at 4:49 pm

Bats – I like Rosebutt….he will have a new nickname when I get home this evening

27 you guys r silly 01.16.07 at 4:54 pm

see…I’m liking the chunky heinies and the plump/fuzzy bunns in the most of the tocks shots — but the actual poop-chute itself, I’m not so sure I’m finding *kewt*…
&:o{

28 you guys r silly 01.16.07 at 4:55 pm

p.s.
the above comment aside, the birdy himself looks like he is *GORGEOUS* I’m sure!

29 Mel 01.16.07 at 5:05 pm

That song is in-tocks-icating.

30 Link 01.16.07 at 5:07 pm

Sorry, but I don’t find this cute either.

31 Kris, in New England 01.16.07 at 5:09 pm

Loverly bird tocks – who knew?

32 snowangel 01.16.07 at 5:12 pm

Tockeritaville?

33 Peg of Tilling 01.16.07 at 5:17 pm

Tockatoo?

34 mkb 01.16.07 at 5:35 pm

if i want to see cloaca, i’ll stick to fleshbot.com, thanks.

35 Lillith 01.16.07 at 5:47 pm

If anyone else went to Club Med back in the day they used to do this sing and dance along thing to a song called “Hands Up”. That is the first thing I thought of.

‘Tocks up
Baby ‘tocks up
Gimme gimme those tocks
gimme gimme all your ‘toooocks

Buntocks and birdtocks
kittocks and puptocks
and hamtocks and hedgetocks

All your ‘tooocks…..

‘Tocks up, baby
‘Tocks up!

36 snusnu 01.16.07 at 5:56 pm

Well, as parrot ‘tocks go, I think my little feather-head has the prettiest. You can’t really see the anatomy itself, and the feathers are just so, so soft and fluffy.

37 Faekitty (Heather M.) 01.16.07 at 6:02 pm

Actually. I was singing that song/title to “That’s a Technical Foul” from the Adam Sandler animated movie “Eight Crazy Nights”

Just noticed the joke with the foul.. but it does go nicely with those words..

38 Arvay 01.16.07 at 6:15 pm

mid-scroll, that looks like a tropical flower!

39 Angie 01.16.07 at 6:19 pm

I wait all the time for a bird picture, rare and precious to me. When we get one it’s a booty shot? Holy tocks batbird!
Bring on the parrots!

40 pyrit 01.16.07 at 6:20 pm

Brrrrowkktology!

41 pyrit 01.16.07 at 6:24 pm

Aye! Bring on the parrots! Who said that? Angie!!! Aye! Rare and precious – ooohhh.

Meanwhile, here we have Mrs. McBloomersons getting an early start on her garden.

42 chacha 01.16.07 at 6:27 pm

Meg, you so crazy. Peeps, jolly good show. I treasure my C.O. laughs in the a.m.

43 tomboy 01.16.07 at 6:37 pm

That’s not cute. What is that?

44 Rabbit 01.16.07 at 6:38 pm

In response to “Theo | Jan 16, 2007 at 07:47 AM” who asked “Guess what?”

===

COCKATIEL BUTT!

45 Sandy 01.16.07 at 7:29 pm

Okay, I have officially done a spit take. My first for CO. Love the ‘tocks. All of ‘em. Furry, feathery, doesn’t matter. One simply overlooks the “bung” as one commentor so vividly described it. Must love them ‘tocks. Meg, might we have an official tune for this? You’ve done some lovely little sounds in the past and this practically screams for audio . . .
Love to all.

46 Denita TwoDragons 01.16.07 at 7:37 pm

Sheesh, all the Nuffinghams have no sense of humor…c’mon, y’all, at least it’s covered in feathers!

I mean, it could be worse:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/viewPhoto?uname=whotendsthefires&aid=5020713137017528449&iid=5020713197147070610

–TwoDragons

47 Theo 01.16.07 at 7:44 pm

Denita, you evil, wicked, very bad, naughty Zoot woman. [cue "Castle Anthrax" script]

48 Denita TwoDragons 01.16.07 at 7:48 pm

I’ll take that as a compliment… ^__^

–TwoDragons

49 kayte 01.16.07 at 8:14 pm

It’s like a sunrise on his butt!

50 guineapiggin9 01.16.07 at 8:36 pm

LOL! love the tocks and the song. TOCKS UP PEOPLE!!!

51 pyrit 01.16.07 at 9:11 pm

kayte – Perfect!

52 calyx 01.16.07 at 9:11 pm

I like it when almost anyone rocks out with their ‘tocks out, but birdbutt here is honestly a little gross. poop.

53 Mina 01.16.07 at 9:11 pm

Thats so NOT cute.

54 Shadyman 01.16.07 at 11:13 pm

Also to the tune of “shake ya tailfeather”

55 brrrdylover 01.16.07 at 11:18 pm

Ahhhg, more bird stuff please! Chickenbutt actually made me snort my coffee.. thanks!

56 Theo 01.16.07 at 11:23 pm

SHAKE YA TOCKS
WATCH YA SELF!
SHAKE YA TOCKS
SHOW ME WUTCHA WORKIN WITH!

…there’s no helping me…

57 Leilani 01.17.07 at 12:47 am

I have a U2, too; and when he spreads his tailfeathers, I sing (to the tune of “Baby Face”):

Birdy butt!
You’ve got a silly silly birdy butt!

He loves it!

58 Kim H. 01.17.07 at 3:37 am

On the cats, we call it the “big brown eye”.

A friend of ours once picked up our big marmie boy, plopped him up onto his left shoulder with front paws hangin’ over the back, grabbed the two hind paws in his left hand, and used the right hand to lift poor Simber’s tail to display the Big Brown Eye, and proceeded to point said aperture at us like a camera lens. “CatWitness News! You’re on the air!” Good thing he’s a mellow cat.

I guess you had to be there.

59 sillygirl 01.17.07 at 3:42 am

Who knew birds had ‘tocks? I also like Lisa’s comment about the “poo hole.”

60 Mills 01.17.07 at 3:57 am

So what exactly are tocks, been trying to work it out for a long time now as a CO fan (even tried to google it!) – I’m an Aussie, so maybe we’re not up with the lingo?

61 AuntieMame 01.17.07 at 4:10 am

It’s short for BUTTOCKS, Mills. :-)

62 Subhangi 01.17.07 at 4:48 am

LOL!!!

“Once I had an auntie
An auntie Monica
When she went shopping
We also go
La-La

Her back went shakin’
Her back went shakin’ so
Her back went shakin’
Her back went shakin’ so
HO! ….”

(I learned this song in the 4th grade. Bleh.)

63 rdhwyalane 01.17.07 at 3:33 pm

Cute, but he needs a bath somethin awful!

64 bats 01.17.07 at 7:56 pm

Kim H., I’ll have to remember that and try it on our cat (at least once). We always refer to it when a cat is standing on a lap with its tail up and rosebutt facing the owner of the lap as the cat taking your picture. :D

65 Zap 01.17.07 at 10:12 pm

If cockatoos are anything like hawks, the photographer had to clean the camera five seconds later….

66 mills 01.18.07 at 1:17 am

Thank you AuntieM and Theo – I went looking on the glossary and must have missed it! Now I get it! Tocks hahahah :)

67 Sarah S. 01.18.07 at 2:58 am

Ooohhh…Bird butt!!! Fweee!!! Can I sing this song to Seussical’s “How Lucky You Are” =DDD

68 Theo 01.17.07 at 3:32 pm

Mills (and AuntieM) —
GLOSSARY: Tocks

Subhangi — yeah I think maybe that one’s better than mine. (Er… Mystikal’s.)

69 Karin 01.19.07 at 6:29 am

I dont find the bum-hole of a birdy to be very cute.

70 dood 03.29.07 at 9:41 pm

does my butt look big?

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