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!"
before —adj. & adv. (in full leg before wicket) cricket (of a batsman) out because of stopping the ball, other than with the bat or hand, which would otherwise have hit the wicket. —n. Such a dismissal.
- n. - each of the limbs on which a person or animal walks and stands.
- leg of an animal or bird as food.
- part of a garment covering a leg.
- support of a chair, table, etc.
- cricket the half of the field (divided lengthways) in which the batsman's feet are placed.
- a section of a journey. B section of a relay race. C stage in a competition. leg it (-gg-) colloq. Walk or run hard. Not have a leg to stand on be unable to support one's argument by facts or sound reasons. On one's last legs near death or the end of usefulness etc. legged adj. (also in comb.). [old norse]
- up n. Help given to mount a horse etc., or to overcome an obstacle or problem; boost.
- warmer n. Either of a pair of tubular knitted garments covering the leg from ankle to knee or thigh.
