> > 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 continued, "May I ask what the turkey did?"
> >
> > Happy Thanksgiving!
> >
> > 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 continued, "May I ask what the turkey did?"
> >
> > Happy Thanksgiving!
> >
