A magician was working on a cruise ship with his trained parrot with what was a half magic, half comedy act.
He would perform an illusion and the parrot would immediately squawk to the audience things like, " It was up his sleeve ! It was up his sleeve ! " and reveal secret compartments in a trick cabinet for laughs.
They were about halfway through the act when the ships boiler suddenly exploded, destroying the ship completely. As luck would have it they were both thrown clear, dazed, but relatively unharmed. They then managed to make their way onto a floating piece of debris.
After a while the parrot turned and squawked, " OK, I give up... What did you do with the bleeping ship !? "