Jack was a magician on a cruise ship that crossed the Mediterranean.
He had a set of tricks that he repeated each week, something he could do because the passengers were new every time.
What Jack didn’t know was that his African Grey parrot, the type that could talk, was watching him from the wings and finally saw the tricks play.
A few weeks into the season, Polly the African Grey started commenting as the magician’s show went on.
The audience was so fascinated by the talking parrot that they forgot about Jack.
Halfway through the show, Jack wouldn’t have any tricks left because Polly spoiled them all, knowing how they were being done.
Hopping out onto the stage, Polly would chime in as Jack was right in the heat of the moment about to carry out his trick and dissolve all of the suspense.
She would say, “Watch the hat! He is hiding the flowers under the table! The cards are up to his sleeve!”
During the next show, Polly wanted to chime in before she realized she didn’t know the trick.
Defeated by his parrot’s insistent remarks, Jack decided to develop a whole new repertoire of tricks that Polly had never seen before.
On the next show, Polly wanted to chime in before she realized she didn’t know the trick.
After three shows to show his audience these new tricks, Polly caught on to what he was up to and started her running commentary again, leaving Jack in the same position.
Halfway through the season, Jack and Polly were on stage preparing for the next show when the sirens started howling from above them.
Both of them knew that it wasn’t a good sign, and they fled to their stations to get onto one of the rescue boats.
But unfortunately, the entire ship sank, leaving Jack and Polly hanging onto their little dingy for dear life.
They were in the middle of the ocean with no help in sight, leaving the magician and the parrot on the little boat for more than a week.
Finally, tired, hungry, and sunburned, Polly looked to Jack and said, “I give up. What did you do with the boat?”
A woman goes to buy a parrot
A woman goes to buy a parrot and notices the prices are $100, $200, and $15.
Curious, she asks why the last one is so cheap.
The shopkeeper replies, “That one used to live in a b-r0thel.”
Amused, she decides to buy it for $15.
When she brings the parrot home, it immediately says, “Well, I’ll be damned, a new b-r0thel!”
The woman can’t help but laugh.
Later, when her daughters arrive home, the parrot chirps, “Well, look at that, two new ladies of the night!”
The girls burst into laughter too.
But when the dad walks in, the parrot exclaims, “Well, I’ll be damned, Pete! Long time no see!”
