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Subject: [OM] Re: The Kamikaze bird
From: "khen lim" <castanet.xiosnetworks@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 00:55:53 +0800
Hey Chuck, if you ever want a faster way to get fired, let me know....I have
a wonderful list in which you can shut both eyes and choose.... :)

K.

On 07/09/06, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I was just stunned.  The boss didn't think it funny at all.  I didn't
> get fired though.  Too bad as there was a much better job next door with
> the side benefit of working with a good looking chick.  I did get there
> eventually but it took too long.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Candace Lemarr wrote:
> > I'm sorry, Chuck, but that story almost made me spit my coffee on my
> > monitor. :-D Your sound effects...I could hear it and picture it all. I
> know
> > it wasn't funny...but the way you told it...had me laughing out loud!
> > Candace
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Chuck Norcutt"
> >
> >
> >>Your story reminds me of a traumatic day about 1960.  I was in high
> >>school and working in a pet shop in late afternoons and Saturdays.  One
> >>of my jobs was to clean the bird cages one of which included about a
> >>dozen juvenile parakeets (budgies, I think, to you Oz guys).  I had done
> >>it many, many times before.  When the clean-out tray was removed from
> >>the bottom of the cage there was actually enough clearance that these
> >>birds could fit through.  However, escape never seemed to be an issue.
> >>They were all so skittish that they would cower in the back of the cage
> >>and crawl all over each other trying to get even farther away.
> >>
> >>On day one of them became brave enough to make a break for freedom.
> >>Within seconds the others spotted their chance as well and suddenly
> >>there were a dozen little parakeets making a bee-line for the front of
> >>the store and the freedom represented by all that open air fifty feet
> >>away.  Unfortunately, that open air was a huge picture window and in a
> >>matter of a few more seconds there came the sounds; thump, thunk, bang,
> >>bang, thump, whack, bang, kapow, whap, whap, bang, kathunk!
> >>
> >
> >
> >>Chuck Norcutt
> >
> >
> >
> >
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