Subject: FW: 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 more rude. 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
arm and said, "I believe I may have offended you with my rude language
and
actions. I am 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 chicken did?" .
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