Webside humour
Birdsong

A lady went to a pet shop and said: "I want to buy a canary, but it's got to be a good singer. Price doesn't matter, but I'm paying only for a good singer."

The shop owner began moving a ladder towards a small cage on a shelf about 15 feet up, near the ceiling of the store and came down with a canary in the cage. As he placed the cage on the counter, the bird burst into melody after melody.

In awe, the lady murmured, "This bird sure is a good singer...."

Suddenly, she said in a shrill scream, "Hey, this bird's only got one leg!"

The pet store owner was unperturbed, "Lady, what do you want? A singer or a dancer?"

A blonde English businessman dealing in furniture visited Italy on a business trip. As he was checking into a hotel, he struck up an acquaintance with a beautiful young lady. She only spoke Italian and he only spoke English. So he took out a pencil and a notebook and drew a picture of a taxi. She smiled, nodded her head and they went for a ride in the park. Later, he drew a picture of a table in a restaurant and she nodded. So they went to dinner.

After dinner he sketched two dancers and she was delighted. They went to several nightclubs, and had a glorious evening. It had gotten quite late when she motioned for the pencil and drew a picture of a four-poster bed. He was dumbfounded.

To this day he says that he's never been able to understand how she knew he was in the furniture business.

—Compiled by Sunil Sharma