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.
In desperation, John 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
fhe 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 continued, "May I ask what the turkey did?"
