The owner comes over and asks if he can help them. 'Yeah, we'll take four of dem dere little budgies in dat cage up dere,' says Gerry. The owner puts the budgies in a cardboard box. Paddy and Gerry pay for the birds, leave the shop and get into Gerry's truck to drive to the top of the Connor Pass. At the Connor Pass , Gerry looks down at the 1000 foot drop and says, 'Dis looks like a grand place.'

He takes two birds out of the box, puts one on each shoulder and jumps off the cliff. Paddy watches as the budgies fly off and Gerry falls all the way to the bottom, killing himself stone dead.

Looking down at the remains of his best pal, Paddy shakes his head and says, 'Forget dat. Dis budgie jumping is too dangerous for me!'

THERE'S MORE....

Moment's later; Seamus arrives up at Connor Pass. He's been to the pet shop too and walks up to the edge of the cliff carrying another cardboard box in one hand and a shotgun in the other.

'Hi, Paddy, watch dis,' Seamus says.

He takes a parrot from the box and lets him fly free. He then throws himself over the edge of the cliff with the gun. Paddy watches as half way down, Seamus takes the gun and shoots the parrot. Seamus continues to plummet down and down until he hits the bottom and breaks every bone in his body.

Paddy shakes his head and says, 'And I'm never trying dat parrotshooting either!'

IT IS NOT OVER YET...

Paddy is just getting over the shock of losing two friends when Sean appears. He's also been to the pet shop and is carrying a cardboard box out of which he pulls a chicken. Sean then takes the chicken by its legs and hurls himself off the cliff and disappears down and down until he hits a rock and breaks his spine.

Once more Paddy shakes his head. 'Forget dat, lads. First dere was Gerry with his budgie jumping, den Seamus parrotshooting.... And now Sean and his stuped hengliding!'

The old rancher says, 'Okay, but don't go in that field over there.

The Water representative says, 'Mister, I have the authority of the Federal Government with me. See this card? This card means I am allowed to go WHEREVER I WISH on any agricultural land. No questions asked or answered. Have I made myself clear? Do you understand?'

The old rancher nods politely and goes about his chores.

Later, the old rancher hears loud screams and spies the Water Rep running for his life and close behind is the rancher's bull. The bull is gaining with every step. The Rep is clearly terrified.

So the old rancher immediately throws down his tools, runs to the fence and yells at the top of his lungs....'Your card! Show him Your card!'

• As you board the plane, you notice the co-pilot is frowning and wearing an "I'm with Stupid" T-Shirt.
• The Captain announces over the intercom the Flight is delayed while he looks for his keys.
• The Airline mechanics, wearing propeller beanies, seem to be pointing and laughing an awful lot, and drinking something from inside brown paper bags.
• The Ground Crew are seen using pennies to check tyre wear
• A man with an oily rag hanging from the back pocket of his dirty coveralls, and sadly shaking his head, turns out to be the airline's C.E.O.
• A voice on P.A. system warns you to keep your heads and arms inside the aircraft at all times, while the plane is in motion.
• Jumper Cables are dangling from the door to the cockpit.
• A man in clerical garb walks thru the plane, sprinkles all the passengers with water, mumbling something in Latin & exits.
• A telephone with a really long cord connects the plane to the control tower.

• The Lawrence Welk Show that you hated as a teenager sounds pretty good now.
• All of the comedians that you used to laugh with on Ed Sullivan are dead now. Also, you knew that Ed Sullivan wrote a newspaper column before he went on television, didn't you?
• You remember when a Buick was built like a Sherman tank.
• Your after-school activity was playing baseball in the neighborhood with all of the kids.
• You remember you wearing out three pair of Keds in one summer playing basketball in your driveway.
• There were only two rock 'n roll radio stations in your metro area at one time. Country stations were only heard in the South.
• Do you remember variety shows on television? One or two were on every night.
• You are surprised to see that your best friends when you were a kid look just as old as you do. And all you talk about is high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and retirement homes.
• Less and less people are coming to your class reunions now.
•  As you continue to visit are care for your parents, a little thought in the back of your head is that soon you will be watched over by your kids, too. Also, you never realized that old age came so quickly.