[00:01.080]--- Lesson 89 A slip of the tongue
[00:07.560]--- First listen and then answer the question.
[00:13.720]--- Who made the only funny joke that evening and why?
[00:20.520]People will do anything to see a free show -- even if it is a bad one.
[00:27.160]When the news got round that a comedy show would be presented at our local cinema by the P. and U. Bird Seed Company,
[00:37.080]we all rushed to see it.
[00:40.080]We had to queue for hours to get in and there must have been several hundred people present just before the show began.
[00:49.960]Unfortunately, the show was one of the dullest we have ever seen.
[00:55.480]Those who failed to get in need not have felt disappointed, as many of the artistes who should have appeared did not come.
[01:05.280]The only funny things we heard that evening came from the advertiser at the beginning of the programme.
[01:12.840]He was obviously very nervous and for some minutes stood awkwardly before the microphone.
[01:21.000]As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone burst out laughing.
[01:27.320]We all know what the poor man should have said, but what he actually said was:
[01:34.520]'This is the Poo and Ee Seed Bird Company. Good ladies, evening and gentlemen!'^“
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