[CS-FSLUG] The parrot.

[Fred A. Miller]

A magician worked on a cruise ship. The audience was different each week
so the magician did 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 the parrot understood the tricks, he
started shouting in the middle of the show. "Look, it's not the same hat!" or, 
"Look, he's hiding the flowers under the table!" or, "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.

Then one stormy night on the Pacific, the ship unfortunately sank, drowning 
almost all who were on board. The magician luckily found himself on a piece 
of wood floating 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 2 days... and then 3 days. Finally,
on the 4th day, the parrot could not hold it back any longer and said,
"OK, I give up. Where's the ship!?"

-- 
             "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU!"
 Brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security
and the Patriot Act(s) numerous Presidential Directives, etc.