THE PARROT...

THE PARROT...

A young man named Harold 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. 

Harold 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, Harold was fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back. Harold shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and even ruder.

In desperation, Harold 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, Harold quickly opened the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out onto Harold'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.”  

Harold 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, and the bird continued… “May I ask what the turkey did?”