It may be unkind to say that the lad wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer, but it would be true.
He was standing on the railway platform in the city reading the notice. It told customers to speak up if they are aware of anything they regarded as strange. If it seemed in anyway unusual, they should say something. In large, bold letters it read, ‘Reporting anything unusual won’t hurt you’.
The lady standing nearby looked nice. He went over to her and in a low voice said, “Birds don’t urinate”.
She was startled and said, “I beg your pardon.”
A little louder, he said, “I’m letting you know that birds don’t urinate.”
Her face turned red.
He shrugged. “I’m just letting you know… I’m… reporting it.”
Although the poster had clearly stated that it wouldn’t hurt, the woman walloped him on the side of his head with her handbag!
