The Foul Mouthed Parrot


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 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, the bird continued, "May I kindly ask what the turkey did?"