Daily Joke: The Heckling Parrot Who Ruined Every Show

A charismatic, top-tier magician was booked for a six-month gig on a luxury Caribbean cruise ship. Because the passengers changed every single week, he had the luxury of performing the exact same repertoire of tricks over and over again without anyone ever catching on.

Or so he thought.

There was just one massive problem: the Captain’s pet parrot. The bird sat in the rigging above the stage every single

Saturday night, watching the show with beady, hyper-intelligent eyes. After a few weeks, the parrot had completely figured out the mechanics of every single illusion. And worse, he felt compelled to share his findings with the audience.

Right in the middle of a perfectly executed sleight-of-hand, the parrot would squawk from the ceiling: “Look! It’s not the same hat!”

During the vanishing flower trick, the bird would screech: “He’s hiding the carnations under the table!”

And during the card trick, the parrot would flap its wings and yell, “Hey! Why are all the cards the Ace of Spades?!”

The magician was absolutely furious. His grand finale was being ruined week after week by a feathered heckler. But he couldn’t do a thing about it, because it was the Captain’s beloved parrot, and throwing a bird overboard would definitely result in him walking the plank.

Then, one fateful Tuesday, the ship hit a hidden reef and tragically sank.

Miraculously, the magician survived. He found himself floating in the middle of the vast, blue ocean on a small piece of wooden debris. And, of course, floating right next to him on the exact same piece of wood, was the parrot.

The two of them stared at each other with pure, unadulterated hatred. The magician glared at the bird; the bird glared back. But neither of them uttered a single word. This tense, silent, bitter standoff lasted for three entire days and three entire nights.

Finally, on the seventh day, the parrot ruffled its damp feathers, let out a long, exhausted sigh, looked the magician dead in the eye, and said:

“Okay, I give up. What’d you do with the boat?”