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The Parrot
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 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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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.
and kicked and screamed. Then suddenly
there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute.
