A chuckle as you prepare the Christmas turkey
dchr9203
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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. 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 continued,
"May I ask what the turkey did?"
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. 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 continued,
"May I ask what the turkey did?"
