The Parrot

[obee60]

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 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 to
John, "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. Just 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?"

[astrid]

My mum, who has absolutly no sense of humour,(just dosnt understand jokes) told me this deadpan when I was about eight months gone.

nearly had to pick up the bag and go.

Her version went like this:

a man was given a parrot that wouldnt stop swearing at his friends
one day, after insulting the love of his life,
the man hurled the parrot into the freezer saying "you can stay there and think about it!!"

after a short while, a soft tap came from the freezer door, and a subdued voice said " can I come out now?"
the man said "you got the message? OK!"
after recovering, the shivering bird said in a small voice
"can I ask one question?"
the man said "yes but keep it clean"
the parrot replied .............
.........
"what did the chicken do?"

Astrid