A chap visited his tailors and asked for a waistcoat to be made. He specified that it needed to fit from his shoulders to his ankles and that he needed fifty small pockets to be made each side of the garment. Although surprised at the request the tailor agreed to make the waistcoat.



Our hero then made his way to the local pet shop and asked if they had any budgerigars for sale. ‘How many would you like?’ asked the shop keeper. ‘Two hundred’ he replied. The shop keeper was rather surprised at this request but told him to come back in three days time when he would have the requisite number of birds ready for collection.



Several days later our hero called at the tailors and collected the waistcoat, then went to the pet shop and collected all the budgies in cardboard boxes then returned home.



He donned the waistcoat and carefully placed two budgies in each of the pockets. Suitably attired he left his house and approached some nearby flats where he took a lift to the top floor and made his way to the roof.



He climbed on to the parapet then jumped landing with an almighty smack on the pavement below.



A policeman, who was nearby, rushed over and asked our hero if he was alright.



He looked up into the kindly face of the Policeman and said, ‘This budgie jumping is not all that it is cracked up to be!’