Tastes like?

A man is caught sitting at a make-shift campfire 

by a forest ranger, and to the ranger's horror, 

the man is eating a baldeagle. The man is 

consequently put in jail for the crime. On
the day of his trail, the conversation went 

something likethis:
JUDGE: "Do you know that eating a bald eagle

is a federal offense?"
MAN: "Yes I do. But if you let me argue my 

case, I'll explain what happened."
JUDGE: "Proceed."
MAN: "I got lost in the woods. I hadn't had 

anything to eat for two weeks. I was so hungry. 

Next thing I see is a Bald Eagle
swooping down at the lake for some fish. 

I knew that if I followed the Eagle I could 

maybe steal the fish. I caught up
with the eagle who lighted upon a tree stump 

to eat the fish.
I threw a stone toward the eagle hoping he 

would drop the fish
and fly away. Unfortunately, in my weakened 

condition, my aim
was off, and the rock hit the eagle squarely 

on his poor little
head, and killed it. I thought long and hard 

about what had
happened, but figured that since I killed it 

I might as well
eat it since it would be more disgraceful to 

let it rot on the
ground."
JUDGE: "The court will take a recess while I 

consider your
testimony."
(15 minutes goes by and the judge returns.)
JUDGE: "Due to the extreme circumstance you 

were under and
because you didn't intend to kill the eagle, 

the court will
dismiss the charges."
The Judge then leans over the bench and 

whispers: "If you don't
mind my asking, what does a bald eagle 

taste like?"
MAN: "Well your honor, it is hard to explain. 

The best I can
describe it is somewhere between a California 

Condor and a Spotted Owl."

Courtesy of Casey Gibbs