Guess who's serving up another dish that's too hard to swallow?

A n old joke by the late Barry Cryer resurfaced this week, and it feels more relevant than ever.

- Richard Ord

A man is brought before magistrates after being caught shooting a rare golden eagle out of the sky. The magistrate lays down the gravity of the offence, given the bird is a protected species, and demands an explanation. 'I'm so sorry,' the accused pleads, 'but I didn't mean to shoot it. It just flew into my sights and I shot it by mistake.'

'And what did you do with it afterwards?' the magistrate asks.

'I ate it,' he says. 'To just leave it seemed such a waste.'

The magistrate nods and dismisses the case with a question: 'Out of interest, what did it taste like?'