stoneman
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Bob goes in to a pet shop and says to the owner, "I want to raise African Lovebirds. Do you have a male and a female I can buy?"
The owner replies, "Certainly, they are $200 each."
Bob says, "Yikes! That's pretty steep, but I want to raise them, so I'll take them."
A couple months later, Bon returns to the pet shop. He angily says to the owner, "I was in a couple months ago wanting to raise African Love birds. You sold me a pair for $400, but they won't seem to mate."
The store owner replies, "It is probably because the male's beak is too long. If it is, it won't get enough water and the imbalance will cause it not to mate. Bring it in and for $50 I will file down his beak."
Bob is stunned. "I am NOT paying you another $50 just to file down a bird's beak. I can do it myself!"
"Okay," say the shop owner, "but be careful. If you file too much off the beak, the bird will get too much water and drown."
"Don't worry about me. There's no way I'm paying you $50 for a little filing," Bob says. And out of the shop he storms.
About a week later, Bob is back at the pet shop. "I need to buy another male African Lovebird."
"I was afraid of that," says the shop owner, "you filed too much off the beak and the first one drowned, didn't he?"
Indignant, Bob shouts back, "NO! He was dead when I took his head out of the vise!"
The owner replies, "Certainly, they are $200 each."
Bob says, "Yikes! That's pretty steep, but I want to raise them, so I'll take them."
A couple months later, Bon returns to the pet shop. He angily says to the owner, "I was in a couple months ago wanting to raise African Love birds. You sold me a pair for $400, but they won't seem to mate."
The store owner replies, "It is probably because the male's beak is too long. If it is, it won't get enough water and the imbalance will cause it not to mate. Bring it in and for $50 I will file down his beak."
Bob is stunned. "I am NOT paying you another $50 just to file down a bird's beak. I can do it myself!"
"Okay," say the shop owner, "but be careful. If you file too much off the beak, the bird will get too much water and drown."
"Don't worry about me. There's no way I'm paying you $50 for a little filing," Bob says. And out of the shop he storms.
About a week later, Bob is back at the pet shop. "I need to buy another male African Lovebird."
"I was afraid of that," says the shop owner, "you filed too much off the beak and the first one drowned, didn't he?"
Indignant, Bob shouts back, "NO! He was dead when I took his head out of the vise!"