Plop
My son worked in the television/convention industry building
and maintaining
staging, lighting, often running cameras. They were having a "dress rehearsal" for
one
company's stockholder meeting which would include an evening banquet. At the
close of a banquet speech, the CEO would make a statement like, "If we really
stick together, this company can fly!" At that point, a cage of 30 trained doves
would open from the ceiling and fly in formation around the room three times
before returning to their cage.
Knowing just what birds can do, my son had misgivings; however, at the rehearsal
the evening prior, everything went perfectly.
When the evening arrived, everything went according to plan, except that the
meeting ran rather long. When the CEO came to the dramatic moment and made his
statement, "This company can fly!" the heat had taken its toll. The cage flew
open and out dropped 30 dead doves onto the tables, into the diners' plates,
some still flopping
as they gasped their last.
The only thing that "flew" was people leaving the dining hall.
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