Bad Parrot

BAD 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
more rude. John, in desperation,
threw up his hand, 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 I
fully intend to do everything I can
to correct my rude and unforgivable
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 spoke-up,
very softly,

"May I ask what the turkey did?"