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October 1975

Once Over Lightly

Sense and nonsense on the road to recovery

SPEAKING OF MANHATTANS and such--they're somewhat like ears. One is not enough, and three is too many. And the hero of this tale must have had more than three drinks, because he got the wild idea of buying a parrot for his wife. Entering a pet shop, he walked up to a parrot in a cage and asked, "Can you talk?"

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