Posted by ewing2surf on 2/6/07 12:07pm
Msg #174294
(OT) Puzzled Parrot
A magician worked on a cruise ship in the Caribbean. The audience
was different each week, so the magician allowed himself to do the
same tricks over and over again. There was only one problem: the
captain's parrot saw the shows each week and began to understand how
the magician did every trick. Once he understood, he started
shouting in middle of the show: "Look, it's not the same hat!"
"Look, he's hiding the flowers under the table." "Hey, why are all
the cards the ace of spades?"
The magician was furious but couldn't do anything. It was, after
all, the captain's parrot. One day the ship had an accident and
sank. The magician found himself on a piece of wood in the middle of
the sea with, as fate would have it, the parrot. They stared at each
other with hatred but did not utter a word.
This went on for a day and then another. On the third day, the
parrot could not hold back: "OK, I give up... where's the boat?
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