After many years of marriage, a husbandhas turned into a couch potato, became completely inattentive to his wife andsat guzzling beer and watching TV all day. The wife was dismayed because nomatter what she did to attract the husband's attention, he'd just shrug her offwith some bored comment.

This went on for many months and the wife was going crazy with boredom. Thenone day at a pet store, the wife saw this big, ugly, snorting bird with a hairychest, powerful hairy forearms, beady eyes and dribble running down the side ofits mouth.

The shopkeeper, observing her fascination with the bird, told her it was aspecial imported "Goony bird" and it had a very peculiar trait. Todemonstrate, he exclaimed, "Goony bird! The table!"

Immediately, the Goony bird flew off its perch and with single-minded furyattacked the table and smashed it into a hundred little pieces with itspowerful forearms and claws! To demonstrate some more, the shopkeeper said,"Goony bird! The shelf!"

Again the Goony bird turned to the shelf and demolished it in seconds.

"Wow!" said the wife, "If this doesn't attract my husband'sattention, nothing will!" So she bought the bird and took it home.

When she entered the house, the husband was, as usual, sprawled on the sofaguzzling beer and watching the game. "Honey!" she exclaimed,"I've got a surprise for you! A Goony bird!"

The husband, in his usual bored tone replied, "Goony Bird, my foot!"