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?"
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