THE
DUCKS
There are
these two ducks hanging around beside a lake, a lady duck and a gentleman
duck, and it's the mating season. The man duck starts prodding her
with his beak and she says, "Here, what do you think you're doing?
Haven't you any subtlety?"
He says,
"Oh, don't you want to, then?"
She says,
"Well, not here, there's people watching. Let's go to a hotel
for the afternoon, like everyone else."
He says,
"Where's a hotel, then?"
She says,
"There's one there on the other side of the lake. Don't you know
anything?"
So they
fly across the lake and plod into the hotel and she says, "Go
on, ask him for a room."
So the man
duck says to the receptionist, "Quack! We want a room for the
afternoon, please. We're on our honeymoon."
The receptionist
says, "Certainly sir; room 22, here's your key.
So the ducks
get in the lift and go up to the second floor and let themselves into
their room. No sooner have they got in there than he starts prodding
her with his beak again and after a while she says, "Hang on
a minute. You got an protection?"
"What?"
he says.
"Protection!
I'm not going to do it without any protection."
"Oh.
Well, er, where are we going to get it?"
"Haven't
you had any education?" she says. "Ring room service and
ask them to send one up."
"How
do I ring room service?"
"Dial
0 and ask for room service!"
So he knocks
the receiver off the hook, prods the 0 on the phone with his beak
and asks for room service, and when they answer, he says, "Quack!
I'd like a pot of tea for two; some scones; a couple of slices of
cake; the evening paper; and, er, some protection."
"Certainly
sir," says room service. "That'll be with you in 10 minutes."
So the ducks
hang around for a few minutes looking out at the lake, and then there's
a knock and the lackey comes in with the tray. He puts the tray down
on the table, fishes something out of his pocket and says, "There's
your tea, sir, and here's your protection. Shall I put it on your
bill?"
"Certainly
not," says the duck. "What do you think I am, a pervert?"
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