The Irish Millionaire
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The Irish Millionaire
Mick, from Dublin, appeared on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" and towards the end of the program had already won 500,000 euros. "You've done very well so far," said Chris Tarrant, the show's presenter, "but for a million euros you've only got one lifeline left, phone a friend. Everything is riding on this question. Will you go for it?" "Sure," said Mick. "I'll have a go!" "Which of the following birds does NOT build its own nest?
a) Sparrow
b) Thrush,
c) Magpie,
d) Cuckoo?"
"I haven't got a clue." said Mick, ''So I'll use last lifeline and phone my friend Paddy back home in Dublin." Mick called up his mate, and told him the circumstances and repeated the question to him. "Fookin hell, Mick!" cried Paddy. "Dat's simple. It's a cuckoo." "Are you sure?" "I'm fookin sure." Mick hung up the phone and told Chris, "I'll go with cuckoo as my answer." "Is that your final answer?" asked Chris. "Dat it is." There was a long, long pause and then the presenter screamed "Cuckoo is the correct answer! Mick, you've won 1 million euros!" The next night, Mick invited Paddy to their local pub to buy him a drink. "Tell me, Paddy? How in Heaven's name did you know it was da cuckoo that doesn't build its own nest?" "Because he lives in a Fookin clock!"
a) Sparrow
b) Thrush,
c) Magpie,
d) Cuckoo?"
"I haven't got a clue." said Mick, ''So I'll use last lifeline and phone my friend Paddy back home in Dublin." Mick called up his mate, and told him the circumstances and repeated the question to him. "Fookin hell, Mick!" cried Paddy. "Dat's simple. It's a cuckoo." "Are you sure?" "I'm fookin sure." Mick hung up the phone and told Chris, "I'll go with cuckoo as my answer." "Is that your final answer?" asked Chris. "Dat it is." There was a long, long pause and then the presenter screamed "Cuckoo is the correct answer! Mick, you've won 1 million euros!" The next night, Mick invited Paddy to their local pub to buy him a drink. "Tell me, Paddy? How in Heaven's name did you know it was da cuckoo that doesn't build its own nest?" "Because he lives in a Fookin clock!"
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Originally Posted by NuncoStr8,Jun 2 2010, 01:29 PM
You'd be bloody wrong. Cuckoos lay their eggs in other birds' nests to be raised by the other bird, after they roll the other birds' eggs out of it. Kinda underhanded, innit?
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Originally Posted by NuncoStr8,Jun 1 2010, 09:29 PM
You'd be bloody wrong. Cuckoos lay their eggs in other birds' nests to be raised by the other bird, after they roll the other birds' eggs out of it. Kinda underhanded, innit?
Many species are brood parasites (a kind of kleptoparasitism found among birds, fish or insects, involving the manipulation and use of host individuals either of the same [intraspecific brood-parasitism] or different species [interspecific brood-parasitism] to raise the young of the brood-parasite), but the majority of species raise their own young.
That joke was made to be funny, not to be completely factual. If a game show did actually say that, they would be sued off their asses.
P.S. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire has been sued in the past for a wrong answer, and the contestant won.
