A fellow goes into his local veterinarian and says “Dr. — I've got a world famous champion horse, but I can't get the birds to stop nesting in his mane — what should I do?”
The veterinarian says, “Very simple — pick up a box of yeast on your way home, sprinkle it in your horses mane, and the birds will go away.”
The horse owner does as he's told, buys a box of yeast on the way home, sprinkles it in his horse's mane, and instantly all the birds fly away never to return!
The horse owner is ecstatic, rushes back to the veterinarian, and says, “It's a miracle Dr. — your recommendation worked after every other treatment I could think of had failed but tell me, what is the rationale for this strange treatment?”
The veterinarian says, “Very simple — yeast is yeast and nest is nest, and never the mane shall tweet.”
Apologies to Rudyard Kipling
(Submitted by Dr. Tom Sanderson, Maxwell, Ontario)
Footnotes
Come on ... I dare ya ... Make me laugh. Submissions to: Deborah Thiel, Managing Editor, The Canadian Veterinary Journal, 339 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7K1; e-mail: dthiel@cvma-acmv.org.