John received a parrot as a gift. To his dismay, 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 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 act.
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 hands, grabbed the bird,
and shoved 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
arm and said "I believe I may have offended you with my rude language
and actions. I'm sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate actions,
and I fully intend to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior."
John was stunned at this dramatic change in the bird's attitude.
As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such a change in
his behavior, the bird spoke-up, very softly, "May I ask what the
turkey did?"
attitude and an even worse vocabulary.
Every word out of the bird's' mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced
with profanity. John 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 act.
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 hands, grabbed the bird,
and shoved 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
arm and said "I believe I may have offended you with my rude language
and actions. I'm sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate actions,
and I fully intend to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior."
John was stunned at this dramatic change in the bird's attitude.
As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such a change in
his behavior, the bird spoke-up, very softly, "May I ask what the
turkey did?"
