Mick appeared on the Newfoundland version of "Who Wants To Be
a Millionaire' and towards the end of the program had already won
$500,000.
"You've done very well so far," said the host, "but for 1
Million dollars you've only got one lifeline left, phone-a-friend.
Everyting is riding on this question."
"Will you go for it?" "Sure, my son" said Mick. "I'll have a
go!"
"Ok, Mick, me old son. De question is which of the following
birds does NOT build its own nest?
a) Robin
b) Sparrow
c) Cuckoo
d) Thrush."
"I hasn't got a clue, here, boy-o" said Mick, "So I'll use my
last lifeline and phone me fren, Paddy back home in Come-Bye-Chance."
Mick called up his mate, told him the cir***stances and
repeated the question to him.
"Fookin Ell, Mick" cried Paddy. "Dat's just simple logic ....
it's a Cuckoo."
Are ya sure, Paddy? asked Mick.
"Sure,. I'm fookin sure" replied Paddy.
Mick hung up the phone and told the TV presenter, "I'll go
with da cuckoo as me answer."
"Is dat yer final answer?" asked the host.
"Dat she is Sar."
There was a long, long pause, then the presenter screamed,
"Cuckoo is the correct answer! Mick, you've won $1,000,000.00!"
The next night, Mick invited Paddy to their local pub to buy
him a drink to celebrate. "Tell me, Paddy, How in God's name did ya
know it were da cuckoo that don't build their own nest? I mean, you
know fook-all about birds, mate."
"Lard tunderin' Jaezuz, laughed Paddy, Everybody knows a
cuckoo lives in a fookin'' clock!"
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