L'homme et l'autruche

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The true story of the man and the ostrich
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Lhomme et lautruche
The man goes into the bar and sits down, followed
by an ostrich. The barman comes over.
The man says  Ill have a beer.
The barman looks at the ostrich who says Same
for me, please.
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Lhomme et lautruche
The barman pours the two beers and puts them on
the bar. Thatll be 5.20, please.
The man puts his hand in his pocket and pulls out
the exact amount and gives it to the barman.

• The next day, the man and the ostrich come back
  and exactly the same happens.

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Lhomme et lautruche
Every evening the same routine happens.
- The usual? asks the barman.
- No, thanks. Ill have a double scotch this time.
- And the same for me, adds the ostrich.
- Thats 5.80 then.
Again, the man puts his hand in his pocket and
pulls out the exact amount of money.
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Lhomme et lautruche
At this point the barman just has to know why.

• Excuse me for asking, but how do you manage to
  pull out the exact amount of money every time?

- Well, it might sound funny but I was clearing
my attic and I found an old lamp. I rubbed it (as
one would) and a genie popped out and gave me any
two wishes.
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Lhomme et lautruche
- My first was to be able to pay for whatever I
wanted to buy simply by putting my hand in my
pocket and I would always have the correct amount.

• Very clever, smiled the barman. Most people would
  have asked for a million pounds, or something
  like that, but you chose a way of being rich for
  ever.

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Lhomme et lautruche
- Absolutely whether its for a newspaper or a
Citroen Berlingo the exact amount is always in my
pocket.
- So whats the story about the ostrich, then?
- Thats where I ballsed up as, for my second
wish, I asked for a chick with long legs
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Have a good day