HardFunny Riddle
A pet shop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said "Parrot repeats everything it hears." A young man bought the parrot and for two weeks he spoke to it and it didn't say a word. He returned the parrot but the shopkeeper said he never lied about the parrot. How can this be?
Riddle
A pet shop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said "Parrot repeats everything it hears." A young man bought the parrot and for two weeks he spoke to it and it didn't say a word. He returned the parrot but the shopkeeper said he never lied about the parrot. How can this be?
Choose an answer
A.The parrot was mute.
B.The parrot was asleep the whole time.
C.The man never actually spoke to it.
D.The parrot was deaf!
Hint: It's a 4-word phrase with 16 letters, starting with "T".
Answer
The parrot was deaf!
Why this is the answer
The shop's sign only claimed the parrot repeats everything it hears - since the bird was deaf, it never heard a word the man said, so the shopkeeper technically never lied.
This riddle is filed under Funny Riddles and rated Hard.