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Pastimes : The Non-Political Joke Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Jagfan who wrote (537)9/1/2004 8:38:50 PM
From: Karin  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1755
 
According to the Knight-Ridder News Service, the inscription on
the metal bands used by the U.S. Department of the Interior to
tag migratory birds has been changed. The bands used to bear the
address of the Washington Biological Survey, abbreviated:

Wash. Biol. Surv.

until the agency received the following letter from an Arkansas
camper:

"Dear Sirs:

While camping last week I shot one of your birds. I think it was
a crow. I followed the cooking instructions on the leg tag and I
want to tell you, it was horrible."

The bands are now marked Fish and Wildlife Service.