Subject: The 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 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
& gt; 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!
>
> 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
& gt; 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!
