The plaque on my wall does say “Be silly sometimes.”
So, a frog, a hippopotamus and a pelican walk into a bar. Silly things always happen in bars, right?
And what could be sillier than a frog, a hippo and a pelican having a conversation in a bar? Perhaps two people walking into a bar looking for a soulmate. It does happen, no doubt, finding the perfect match in a tavern, but the odds are somewhat silly, I should think.
That’s wrong — I tried for silly and found myself with something kind of sad. Let’s try again.
“How do you keep your girlish figure?” the hippo asked the pelican.
“I fly,” said the pelican. “When you’re 150 feet in the air and riding the wind currents, the extra weight just peels off.”
“I can’t fly,” said the hippopotamus. “Perhaps that’s why I can’t lose weight.”
“Then howcome I’m not a big tub like you?” said the frog. “I can’t fly, either. It’s probably all the protein I eat that keeps me svelt.”
“I’m a vegetarian; I don’t eat fat and protein,” said the hippo, “but you’re right, I’m a big tub. How does that happen?”
“It’s a criminal conspiracy,” said the pelican. “Someone wants hippos to be fat. But who?”
“You are kind of cute as a fattie,” the frog said with a sincere smile.
“Don’t get any ideas, buster, I’m taken,” the hippo said.
“And he loves you just the way you are,” the pelican said and started to sing a Billy Joel song.
“This is so much nicer than sitting in a bar,” said the frog, surveying their surroundings.
“Got that right,” the others said in unison.
