# Gerald the Dial-Up Parrot

> Gerald the Dial-Up Parrot is a Retsy Series 1 NFT on Solana, card 1141 of 1,280 in the 10s Memes & Fads set, made in six finishes. A pet parrot who perfectly imitated an old dial-up modem connecting, beeps, screeches, hiss and all.

URL: https://retsy.fun/collection/gerald-the-dial-up-parrot/

- Card number: 1141 of 1,280
- Set: 10s Memes & Fads (10-MEM)
- Year: 2012
- Type: Invented viral animal video
- Tagline: He only knows one song. It's the internet.
- Found at: Video site, trending row
- Cost back then: Free, rewatched forever
- Stats: Nostalgia 9/10, Hype 9/10, Weirdness 10/10, Trade value 5/10
- Finishes: Base (100 copies), Holo (50 copies), Laser (25 copies), Gold (10 copies), Super Laser (1 copy), Misprint (1 copy)
- Images: https://retsy.fun/nft/1141-base.webp, https://retsy.fun/nft/1141-holo.webp, https://retsy.fun/nft/1141-laser.webp, https://retsy.fun/nft/1141-gold.webp, https://retsy.fun/nft/1141-super.webp, https://retsy.fun/nft/1141-misprint.webp

## The story

Gerald lived with a family who had kept their ancient desktop computer, and he had learned its connection noise by heart. In the video, he bobbed his head and performed the whole thing: dial tone, beeps, screech and static, ending with a proud little whistle. Grownups cried laughing. Kids had no idea what he was imitating.

## Fun fact

Gerald's family later revealed he also did a flawless impression of the microwave beep, which was sadly less famous.

Retsy Series 1 is an NFT collection on Solana. Every card is minted to the buyer's wallet the moment its pack is ripped at https://retsy.fun/packs/.