The Bird

[OZCUBAN]

An Aussie trucker walks into an outback cafe with a full-grown emu

behind him.

The waitress asks them for their orders.

The trucker says, 'A hamburger, chips and a coke,' and turns to the

emu, 'What's yours?'

'Sounds great, I'll have the same,' says the emu.

A short time later the waitress returns with the order 'That will be

$19.40 please,' and he reaches into his pocket and pulls out the exact

change and pays.

The next day, the man and the emu come again and he says, 'A

hamburger, chips and a coke.'

The emu says, ' Sounds great, I'll have the same.'

Again the truckie reaches into his pocket and pays with exact

change.

This becomes routine until the two enter again. 'The usual?' asks

the waitress.

'No, it's Friday night, so I'll have a steak, baked potato and a

salad,' says the man..

' Same for me,' says the emu.

Shortly the waitress brings the order and says, 'That will be

$39.62.'

Once again the man pulls the exact change out of his pocket and

places it on the table.

The waitress cannot hold back her curiosity any longer. 'Excuse me

mate, how do you manage to always pull the exact change from your pocket

every time?'

'Well, love' says the truckie, 'a few years ago, I was cleaning

out the back shed, and found an old lamp. When I cleaned it, a Genie

appeared and offered me two wishes.

My first wish was that if I ever had to pay for anything, I would

just put my hand in my pocket and the right amount of money would always

be

there.'

'That's brilliant!' says the waitress. 'Most people would ask for a

million dollars or something, but you'll always be as rich as you want,

for

as long as you live!'

'That's right. Whether it's a gallon of milk or a Rolls Royce, the

exact money is always there.' says the man.

Still curious the waitress asks, 'What's with the bloody emu?'

The truckie pauses, sighs, and answers, 'My second wish was for a

tall bird with a big arse and long legs who agrees with everything I

say.'

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[bolivr]

Haha brilliant. Needed a laugh Thanks Steve

[ogus]

FTW!!!

[AndrewNR]

haha now that's perfect

[MIKA27]

NICE!!

[laficion]

Dear Steve,

That's a good one; I'll have the same !!!!!!!!

[Habana Mike]

I like the way he was thinking! Are emu like sheep? Seems they might fight back a little more.....

[puromaniac]

Ha. Reminds me for some reason of Spider Robinson's pun in the fabulous Callahan Cross Time Saloon books.

A piece of string walks into a bar and orders a beer. Then a second. When the bartender asks him to pay up the string admits he has no money, so the bartender grabs him and violently wrings out the beer and tosses the string out.

The next day the string comes back and orders another beer.

"Hey," the bartender says, "Aren't you the piece of string that stiffed me yesterday?"

The string, looking far worse after its rough handling, says to the bartender, "No, I'm a frayed knot."

OK, it's not an emu.