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The Parrot
A young man named John received a parrot as a gift.
The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse
vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouth was
rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity.
John tried and tried to change the bird's attitude
by consistently saying only polite words, playing
soft music and anything else he could think of to
"clean up" the bird's vocabulary.
Finally, John was fed up and he yelled at the
parrot. The parrot yelled back. John shook the
parrot and the parrot got angrier and even ruder.
John, in desperation threw up his hands, grabbed the
bird and put him in the freezer. For a few minutes
the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed. Then
suddenly there was total quiet.
Not a peep was heard for over a minute. Fearing that
he'd hurt the parrot, John quickly opened the door
to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out onto
John's outstretched arms and said:
"I believe I may have offended you with my rude
language and actions. I'm sincerely remorseful for
my inappropriate transgressions and verbal tirades.
Forgive me. I fully intend to do everything I can to
correct my rude and abhorrent behavior."
John was stunned at the change in the bird's
attitude.
As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such
a dramatic
change in his behavior, the bird continued,
"May I ask what the turkey did?"