Mick, from Dublin, appeared on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" and towards

the end of the program had already won £500,000.

You've done very well so far," said, Chris Tarrant, the show's presenter,

"but for £1million you've only got one lifeline left - phone a friend.

Everything is riding on this question......will you go for it?"

"Sure," said Mick. "I'll have a go!"

"Which of the following birds does NOT build its own nest?"

A: Sparrow B: Thrush C: Magpie D: Cuckoo

I haven't got a clue," said Mick, "so I'll use me last lifeline and phone

me friend Paddy back home in Dublin". Mick called up his mate, and told

him the circumstances and repeated the question to him.

"Fookin hel_l, Mick!" cried Paddy. "Dat's simple......it's a cuckoo."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm fookin sure."

Mick hung up the phone and told Chris, "I'll go wit Cuckoo as me answer."

"Is that your final answer?" asked Chris

"Dat it is, Sir."

There was a long, long pause, then the presenter screamed, Cuckoo is the

correct answer! Mick, you've won £1 million!"

The next night, Mick invited Paddy to their local pub to buy him a drink.

"Tell me, Paddy? How de hel_l did you know it was da Cuckoo that doesn't

build it's own nest? I mean you know <deleted>-all about birds."

"For fooks sake!" laughed Paddy "Everybody knows a cuckoo lives in a

Fookin clock ".

"For fooks sake!" laughed Paddy "Everybody knows a cuckoo lives in a

Fookin clock ".