Surgeon Amputates a Man's Ears So He Can Look Like a Parrot

The Onion is in danger of irrelevancy. We have now fallen so deeply into the vortex that a woman obsessed with becoming visually impaired was intentionally blinded -- as a treatment --by her psychologist.

Now a surgeon has amputated a man's ears so that he can satisfy his urge to look like a parrot. From the story in the Telegraph:

Ted Richards, 56, is obsessed by pets Ellie, Teaka, Timneh, Jake and Bubi and has his face tattooed with colourful feathers.

But the animal lover -- who has 110 t...