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Date Posted: Thu, Jun 22 2000, 23:22:34
Author: steve
Subject: There was this magician



There was this magician of some repute who was hired to
do his act aboard a cruise ship. He had been there for
several years, and since the crowd was in continual
change, he did the same act over and over. He enjoyed
the good life in this sense, spending most his time out
on the Promenade Deck working on his tan, not new
tricks.

One day the Captain bought a parrot, and over the
months brought the parrot with him to see the nightly
magic show.

Being a smart parrot, the bird learned all the tricks
as to where the cards, flower, etc. were hidden by the
magician in his act. The bird would say, "The card is
up his left sleeve, the flower is under the pot, he hid
the money under his shoe..." Because the parrot would
only take about a week to catch on to his magic tricks,
the magician was forced to continually learn new ones,
which was getting harder and harder by the day, and
really cramping his "sun time." To put it mildly he
hated the darn parrot, but since it was the Captain's
he couldn't just weigh the bird down and drown it.

Late one night the engine room exploded and the ship
sank within minutes. Miraculously, the magician found
himself clinging to a timber, floating in the water
surrounded by darkness. Alas, he was the only one left
alive!

As the sun came up the next morning and he turned
around what should be sitting 20 feet away on the
opposite end of the log--his arch nemesis, the parrot!

They glared at each other and said nothing. This went
on for three days and neither said a word, just glared.

On the fourth day the parrot finally broke the silence
and said, "Okay! I give up. What did you do with the
ship?"

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