A man goes into a pet shop to buy a parrot.
The shop owner points to three identically looking parrots on a perch and says:
"The parrot on the left costs $500."
"Why does the parrot cost so much?", asks the guest.
The owner says,
"Well, the parrot knows how to use a computer."
The man then asks about the next parrot. He is told that this one costs $1000, because it can do everything the other parrot can do, plus it knows how to use the UNIX operating system.
Naturally, the increasingly startled man asks about the third parrot. He is told that it costs $2000. Needless to say this begs the question,
"What can it do?"
To which the owner replies,
"To be honest I have never seen it do a thing, but the other two call him boss!"
(further, furthest or farther, farthest) —adv. - at, to, or by a great distance (far away; far off; far out).
- a long way (off) in space or time (are you travelling far?).
- to a great extent or degree; by much (far better; far too early). —adj. - remote; distant (far country).
- more distant (far end of the hall).
- extreme (far left). as far as 1 right up to (a place).
- to the extent that. By far by a great amount. A far cry a long way. Far from very different from being; almost the opposite of (far from being fat). Go far 1 achieve much.
- contribute greatly. Go too far overstep the limit (of propriety etc.). So far 1 to such an extent; to this point.
- until now. So (or in so) far as (or that) to the extent that. So far so good satisfactory up to now. [old english]
- and away adv. By a very large amount.
- and wide adv. Over a large area.
- east n. (prec. By the) china, japan, and other countries of e. Asia.
