The mayor could not remove the pigeons from the city. All of Los Angeles was full of pigeon poop. The people of L. A. couldn't walk on the sidewalks or drive on the roads. It was costing a fortune to try to keep the streets and sidewalks clean of pigeon poop.
One day a mysterious looking man appeared at City Hall and offered the Mayor a proposition. "I can rid your beautiful city of its plague of pigeons without cost to the city. But, you must promise not to ask me any questions. Or, you may instead pay me five million dollars and ask one question."
The mayor considered the offer briefly and accepted the free proposition.
The next day the man climbed to the top of City Hall, opened his coat, and released a blue pigeon.
The blue pigeon circled in the air and flew up into the bright blue California sky. All the pigeons in the city saw the blue pigeon. They gathered up behind the blue pigeon.
The local pigeons followed the blue pigeon as she flew southward out of the city.
The next day the blue pigeon returned completely alone to the man atop City Hall.
The mayor was hugely impressed. He thought the man and the blue pigeon had performed a wonderful and miraculous feat to rid Los Angeles of the plague of pigeons.
Even though the man with the pigeon had charged nothing, the mayor presented him with a check for five million dollars and told the man that, indeed, he did have a question to ask, and even though they had agreed to no fee, and the man had rid the city of pigeons, he decided to pay the five million just to get to ask one question.
The man accepted the money and told the mayor to ask his question.
The mayor asked, "Do you, by any chance, have a blue Mexican?"
