Jokes and Giggles
Copyright© 2015 by Jack Spratt
Chapter 330
This is compliments of Earl John
One Monday, in a mid-sized town, Pastor Jones, of one of the larger churches, was walking through the local shopping mall. As he walked through he noticed a sign outside a pet store advertising a
'PET AUCTION'. He thought 'This will be interesting' and so went inside.
As he entered, he heard the auctioneer; "Okay,
Folks. This is the last pet we have today. It is a genuine talking galah (from Australia). Can we start the bidding at $2?"
Thinking it would be a different sort of pet to have, Pastor Jones called out; "2".
There was an immediate response of "3".
So Pastor Jones called "4".
"5".
"6".
"7".
"8".
"9".
"10".
There was silence through-out the room ... The auctioneer quickly closed the auction and it was all done. Pastor Jones had bought himself a talking bird.
As he went to pay for it he mentioned that $10 was a bit much to pay for a bird... "Are you sure it can talk?"
"Of course I'm sure, who do you think was bidding against you? The silly bird never learnt to count past ten or we'd still be here."
So Pastor Jones, slightly put out, took the bird home and at first it was a great novelty ... BUT: it turned out the bird's previous owner was a sailor on a tramp freighter and he had taught the bird to speak with his own tendency to foul (no NOT fowl you idiots) language ... after three or four very embarrassing incidents... (Including one where a young mother who was breast-feeding her daughter was encouraged to "Show us ya tits, Sweetie." ) Pastor Jones decided he was going to have to get rid of the bird. This was not an easy decision to make because he had grown fond of the galah.
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