A magician was working on a cruise ship in the Caribbean. The audience would be different each week, so the magician allowed himself to do the same tricks over and over again.

There was only one problem – the captain’s parrot saw the shows each week and began to understand how the magician did every trick. Once he understood he started shouting in the middle of the show, “Look, it’s not the same hat.”

“Look, he is hiding the flowers under the table.”

“Hey, why are all the cards the Ace of Spades?”

The magician was furious but couldn’t do anything; after all, it WAS the captain’s parrot. One stormy day the ship had an accident and sank. The magician found himself adrift on a piece of wood in the middle of the ocean… of course, the parrot was adrift on this same very piece of wood with him.

They stared at each other with hatred, but did not utter a word. This went on for a day… then another … and then another. After almost three days the parrot finally says, “OK, I give up. Where the heck is the boat?”