Bus Ride Home

A young punker gets on the cross-town bus. He's got spiked, multicolored hair that's green, purple, and orange. His entire face and body are riddled with pierced jewelry and his earring are big, bright multicolor feathers.

He sits down in the only vacant seat, directly across from an old man who just glares at him for the next ten miles. Finally, the punk gets self-conscious and barks at the old man: "What are you looking at, you old fart? Didn't you ever do anything wild when you were young?"

With missing a beat, the old man replies: "Yeah. Back when I was young and in the Navy I got really drunk one night in Singapore, and had sex with a parrot.... I thought maybe you were my son."


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