Recently I received a parrot as a gift. Unfortunately he had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary.
Every word out of the bird’s mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. I tried and tried to change the bird’s attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else I could think of to “clean up” the bird’s vocabulary.
Finally, I got so frustrated that I yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back.
I shook the parrot. The parrot bit me and got even ruder.
In desperation, I threw up my 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 I’d hurt the parrot, I
quickly opened the door to the freezer. Calmly stepping out onto my hand, the parrot 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 behaviour.”
I was stunned at this change in the bird’s attitude. As I was about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behaviour, the bird
continued,
“Might I ask what the turkey did?
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