Post #62388 by cynfulcynner on Thu, Nov 27, 2003 9:43 AM

Bob 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 laced with profanity.

Bob tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by saying only polite words, playing soft music and doing anything else he could think of to clean up the bird's vocabulary.

Finally, he was fed up. He yelled at the parrot. The parrot squawked back. John shook the parrot, who then uttered the most awful stream of profanities.

Bob, in desperation, grabbed the bird and put him in the freezer. For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked. Then suddenly there was total quiet. Not a squawk was heard.

Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, Bob 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. I'm sincerely
remorseful for my inappropriate behavior and vocabulary transgressions and I fully intend to do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior."

Bob 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?"

Happy Thanksgiving!