Drunk Mum Bird Count

Kid: Mum, how do you know someone is drunk?

Mum: See the four birds over there?

Kid: Huh, wait a minute.

Mum: A drunk person would see eight.

Kid: Mum, but there is only two.

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The humor comes from the kid's unexpected response. The mom is trying to use the classic sign of being drunk - seeing double - but the kid sees only two birds when the mom implied four, making it clear the mom is the one who's drunk.

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there was actually 1 bird