Yeah, it's true, I'm back from my peregrinations, and with a
really, really bad bird joke (sent me by a non-birder), too:

>According to the Knight-Ridder News Service, the inscription on the
> metal bands used by the U.S. Department of the Interior to tag
> migratory birds has been changed. The bands used to bear the address
> of the Washington Biological Survey, abbreviated
>
> Wash. Biol. Surv.
>
> until the agency received the following letter from an Arkansas
> camper:
>
> "Dear Sirs:
> While camping last week I shot one of your birds. I think it was a
> crow. I followed the cooking instructions on the leg tag and I want
> to tell you it was horrible."
>
> The bands are now marked Fish and Wildlife Service.

Ugh...what can I say? At least it's not a Monica or Bill joke!


- Don Baccus, Portland OR <dhogaza at pacifier.com>
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