The mayor of Phoenix was very worried about a plague of pigeons in Phoenix .
The mayor could not remove the pigeons from the city. All of Phoenix was full
of pigeon poop. The people of Phoenix couldn't walk on the sidewalks or drive
on the roads. It was costing a fortune to try to keep the streets and sidewalks
clean.
One day a man came to City Hall and offered the Mayor a proposition. "I can
rid your beautiful city of its plague of pigeons without cost to the city; but
you must promise not to ask me any questions, or you can pay me five million
dollars and ask one question." The mayor
considered the offer briefly and accepted the free proposition.
The next day the man climbed to the top of City Hall, opened his coat, and
released a blue pigeon. The blue pigeon circled in the air and flew up into the
bright blue Arizona sky. All the pigeons in Phoenix saw the blue pigeon. They
gathered up behind the blue pigeon. The Phoenix pigeons followed the blue
pigeon as she flew southward out of the city.
The next day the blue pigeon returned completely alone to the man atop City
Hall. The Mayor was very impressed. He thought the man and the blue pigeon
had performed a wonderful miraculous feat to rid Phoenix of the plague of
pigeons.
Even though the man with the pigeon had charged nothing, the mayor presented
him with a check for 5 million dollars and told the man that
indeed he did have a question to ask and even though they had agreed to no fee
and the man had rid the city of pigeons, he decided to
pay the 5 million just to get to ask ONE question. The man accepted the money
and told the mayor to ask his question.
The mayor asked: "Do you have a blue Mexican?"
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