I visited Ashton Court to entertain a tough crowd of cud-chewing red deer...
All they wanted to do was chew grass...
and pick at sparse leaves from a nearby tree...
Some were a little grumpy looking...
others were dozing..
But there was some interest in what I had to offer...
I started with an old favourite...
"What do you call a deer with no eyes?"
"What do you call a deer with no eyes?"
"I have no I-Deer"
For a moment, I thought I'd won them over...
But there was a herd-wide groan...
"OK, ok, how about this one"...
"What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs?"
"Still no eye-deer."
It got a chuckle...
They were cracking.
"OK, if this next one doesn't make you laugh I don't know what will..."
The herd prepared themselves...
"What do you get when you cross Bambi with a ghost?"
"Bamboo!"
Bucks and does burst into laughter...
"and finally... what does a deer do when he needs a new tail?"
"He goes to the re-tail shop..."
The herd was won over but I had to leave, it was looking like Reindeer!