Bird Painting

"Lost Parrot"

A man received a phone call one day, and the
caller asked if he had lost a parrot. He said that
he had indeed lost the bird, but wanted to know
how the caller located him.

The called said that the bird had landed on his
balcony and kept repeating, "Hi, you have reached
555-1234. I can't come to the phone right now,
please leave a message at the tone."

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"Bird Painting"

Jim strolls into the paint section of a hardware
store and walks up to the assistant. "I'd like a
pint of canary-colored paint," he says.

"Certainly," says the clerk. "Mind if I ask why
you need it?"

"My parakeet," says Jim. "See, I want to enter
him in a canary contest. He sings so sweetly
that I know he's sure to win."

"Well, you can't do that!" the assistant says.
"The chemicals in the paint will almost certainly
kill the poor thing!"

"No, they won't," Jim replies.

"Listen, Buddy, I'll bet you ten bucks your parakeet
dies if you try to paint him."

"You're on!" says Jim.

Two days later Jim comes back looking very
sheepish and puts ten dollars on the counter
in front of the clerk.

"So the paint killed your bird?"

"Indirectly," Jim says. "He seemed to handle the
paint okay, but he didn't survive the sanding
between coats."
Received on Thu Jun 12 00:34:38 2008