I think it is time that I share with you my favourite parrot themed joke....Three old classmates, Alison, Sarah and Tamsyn have their first reunion since school in a swanky London restaurant where they have lunch.They’re chewing the fat and then Alison boasts to the girls that her husband is a top Harley Street Doctor, she has twins and a house in Richmond.Sarah, not to be outdone, shares that her hubby is a British Airways Captain, she has triplets, drives an Aston Martin and has a mansion in Virginia Water.Tamsyn is not having any of this. Her husband is a successful professional golfer, she has quadruplets, a choice of top sports cars in her garage and a riverside penthouse apartment in Central London. Oh, and her husband can balance three parrots on his pe*is!After a couple of bottles of wine, Alison starts sobbing and confesses that her life is a lie and she has one child who hates her, her husband is a mechanic and they life in a studio flat in Peckham.This reduces Sarah to floods of tears and she too admits that she was not telling the whole truth and that her husband does work for British Airways but as a ticket agent, she has two children and her Renault Clio is on its last legs and she’s not sure where she’s going to find the money to replace her car. Her Virginia Water mansion is in fact a 3 bed terrace in Acton.The girls laugh and then turn to Tamsyn who takes a sip of wine and says, “Ok, well, the third parrot has to stand on one leg!”This actually sounds better when told when read but I hope you enjoy and weren’t offended. Apologies if you were!
Bud Richards ● 4591d