A Parrot and the Freezer

A young man received a parrot as an early Christmas gift. Unfortunately, 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, play-
ing 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. In desperation, John 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, 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 behaviour."

John was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude.

As he was about to ask the parrot what had caused such a dramatic change in behaviour, the
bird spoke up, very softly, and asked:

"May I ask what the turkey did?"