Another Barry Cryer joke

From the man who knew too much...about Radio 4's Broadcasting House...

Barry Cryer was on this morning's show and told the same parrot joke he told when he was on in April last year.

That fact isn't as funny as Barry's parrot joke - which, if you've forgotten, runs as follows:

A woman walked into a shop to buy a parrot, a beautiful blue-and-gold job, and she said to the man, "How much?", and he said, "Twenty quid". 

She said, "Twenty pounds? He's beautiful."

He said, "Well, I have to be quite frank with you. It's got a bit of form. It's got a bit of history. He was in a brothel and, to put it delicately, he's got quite an extensive vocabulary."

She said, "I'll take a chance on that", took the parrot back to her flat, took the cover off. The parrot looked round her flat and said, "New place. Very nice".

Two daughters walked in. The parrot said, "New place. New girls. Very nice indeed."

And her husband walked in, and the parrot said, "Hello Keith."

Still, we also got to hear Barry's golden eagle joke - which, in the interest of disinterested blogging, I'll share with you here:

It reminded me of the story of a man who shot a golden eagle, which is a preserved species. And he was up before the magistrates and was permitted to make a statement, and he said, "I'd no intention of shooting that golden eagle. I was shooting a pheasant and in a split second the golden eagle flew into my sight. Complete accident".
And they thought, "That's quite an explanation", and out of curiosity one of the magistrates said, "What did you do with it?"
He said, "I ate it".
And the magistrate said, "What did it taste like?".
He said, "Rather like swan".