IRISH MILLIONAIRE
Mick, from Dublin, appeared on 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' and
towards the end of the program had already won 500,000 pounds. 'You've
done very well so far', said the show's host, 'but for a million pounds
you've only got one lifeline left to phone a friend'.
'Everything is riding on this question......will you go for it?'
'Sure,' said Mick. 'I'll have a go!
'Which of the following birds does NOT build its own nest?'
A: Sparrow
B: Thrush
C: Magpie
D: Cuckoo
'I haven't got a clue,' said Mick, 'so I'll use me last lifeline and
phone me friend Paddy back home in Dublin'. Mick called up his mate
and told him the circumstances and repeated the question to him.
'Fookin hell, Mick!' cried Paddy. 'Dat's simple......it's a cuckoo.'
'Are you sure?'
'I'm fookin sure.'
Mick hung up the phone and told Chris, 'I'll go wit Cuckoo as me
answer.'
'Is that your final answer?' asked the host. 'Dat it is, Sir.'
There was a long......long pause, then the host screamed, 'Cuckoo is
the correct answer! Mick, you've20won 1 million pounds!'
The next night, Mick invited Paddy to their local pub to buy him a
drink.
'Tell me, Paddy? How in Heaven's name did you know it was da
Cuckoo that doesn't build it's own nest?'
'Because he lives in a Fookin clock.'
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