08-17-2008, 07:35 AM
Mick, from Shannon in Ireland, appeared on 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' and towards the end of the program had already won 500,000 pounds.
You've done very well so far,' said, Chris Tarrant, the show's presenter,
'but for a million pounds you've only got one lifeline left - phone a
friend. Everything is riding on this question......will you go for it?'
'Sure,' said Mick. 'Oi'll have a go!'
'O.K. Mick, here is the question........Which of the following birds does NOT build its own nest?'
A: Sparrow
B: Thrush
C: Magpie
D: Cuckoo
I haven't got a clue,' said Mick, 'so I'll use me last lifeline and phone
me friend Paddy back at home.'.
So Mick called up his mate, and told him the circumstances and repeated the question to him.
'Fookin hell, Mick!' cried Paddy. 'Dat's simple......it's a cuckoo.'
'Are you sure?'
'I'm fookin sure Mick.'
Mick hung up the phone and told Chris, 'Oi'll go wit Cuckoo as me answer.'
'Is that your final answer Mick ?' asked Chris
'Dat it is, Sir.' replied Mick.
There was a long - long pause, then Chris screamed, 'Cuckoo is the correct answer! Mick, you've won 1 million pounds!'
The next night, Mick invited Paddy to their local pub to buy him a drink.
'Tell me, Paddy?' said Mick after a long pull on his Guiness. 'How in Heaven's name did you know it was da Cuckoo that doesn't build it's own nest?
'Dat's easy' said Paddy. 'Because he lives in a Fookin clock!'
You've done very well so far,' said, Chris Tarrant, the show's presenter,
'but for a million pounds you've only got one lifeline left - phone a
friend. Everything is riding on this question......will you go for it?'
'Sure,' said Mick. 'Oi'll have a go!'
'O.K. Mick, here is the question........Which of the following birds does NOT build its own nest?'
A: Sparrow
B: Thrush
C: Magpie
D: Cuckoo
I haven't got a clue,' said Mick, 'so I'll use me last lifeline and phone
me friend Paddy back at home.'.
So Mick called up his mate, and told him the circumstances and repeated the question to him.
'Fookin hell, Mick!' cried Paddy. 'Dat's simple......it's a cuckoo.'
'Are you sure?'
'I'm fookin sure Mick.'
Mick hung up the phone and told Chris, 'Oi'll go wit Cuckoo as me answer.'
'Is that your final answer Mick ?' asked Chris
'Dat it is, Sir.' replied Mick.
There was a long - long pause, then Chris screamed, 'Cuckoo is the correct answer! Mick, you've won 1 million pounds!'
The next night, Mick invited Paddy to their local pub to buy him a drink.
'Tell me, Paddy?' said Mick after a long pull on his Guiness. 'How in Heaven's name did you know it was da Cuckoo that doesn't build it's own nest?
'Dat's easy' said Paddy. 'Because he lives in a Fookin clock!'