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And now for something completely different
No economics, but this apparently true story from the Globe and Mail just made me laugh and laugh.
An indignant Israeli is suing a pet shop that he says sold him a dying parrot, reports the Ma'ariv newspaper. Itzik Simowitz of the southern city of Beersheba contends the shop cheated him because the Galerita-type cockatoo not only failed to utter a word when he got it home, but was also extremely ill. Mr. Simowitz adds that the shop owner assured him the parrot was not ill but merely needed time to adjust to its new environment.
Thanks to the Eclectic Econoclast for the link.
Posted by Alex Tabarrok on February 17, 2005 at 07:49 AM in Television | Permalink
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