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 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, when
the bird continued, “May I ask what the turkey did?”
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