A Thanksgiving Story
Parabeagle
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Thought I'd get in my Thanksgiving best wishes to all you Forumaniacs before I go on vacation tomorrow (you guys won't have to put up with me for a week).
Friend sent me this story so I'm passing it along. It's pretty funny. Have a good one everybody. Don D., don't blow up your house or sear off your eyebrows frying turkeys.
A young man named Tim 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. Tim 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, Tim was fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back. Tim shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and even ruder. Tim, 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, Tim quickly opened the door to the freezer. The Parrot
calmly stepped out onto Tim'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."
Tim 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!
Friend sent me this story so I'm passing it along. It's pretty funny. Have a good one everybody. Don D., don't blow up your house or sear off your eyebrows frying turkeys.
A young man named Tim 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. Tim 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, Tim was fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back. Tim shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and even ruder. Tim, 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, Tim quickly opened the door to the freezer. The Parrot
calmly stepped out onto Tim'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."
Tim 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!
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Beagle, you have a good Thanksgiving, too. I'm on vacation the rest of the week, but I'll probably look in ocassionally to keep Don company.
>Beagle may be headed our way) . .
Unfortunately, no. Wish I were headed South for a long weekend, but I have to go tolerate my brother's family for a couple of hours. Think Everybody Loves Raymond times ten and that's about what I have to look forward to. It's about the only thing I really hate about Thanksgiving! Okay. I'll stop whining now. x;-)
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!