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From: ins_adlk@jhunix.UUCP (Darren Lee Kadish)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: a new joke
Message-ID: <1472@jhunix.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Dec-85 16:02:18 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 18 16:02:18 1985
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Here is an oldie but a goodie:

     An old woman looking for companionship goes into a petshop.
Once inside she is appraoched by a salesman who asks her what
she wants.  She tells him that she is looking for a bird that 
can sing and keep her company.  The salesman says "I have just
the bird for you.  We just got it in this week.  Its the
American Yankee Doodle bird.  Its very patriotic."
     The woman follows the salesman over to the bird's cage.
"Do you see the strings attached to each of the bird's feet?"
the salesman asked.  "Yes" said the old lady.
"If you pull the left one the bird sings 'Yankee Doodle Dandee'.
Go ahead, pull the string." The lady pulls the string, and sure enough, 
the bird sings the song. " And if you pull the right string, the bird
plays the national anthem."
     The woman was really intrigued now, and she pulled the right string, 
and the bird played the national anthem.  "That's amazing " said the old lady,
"but what happens if you pull both strings?"
     And the bird said " I fall on my butt you old fool!"
-- 


Darren Kadish
                      
                  
   "Sir, there is a multi-legged creature on your shoulder."