Recently I
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.
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 was
fed up and I yelled at the parrot.
The parrot
yelled back.
I shook the
parrot and the parrot got angrier and even
ruder.
So, 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.
The
parrot calmly stepped out onto my out stretched
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.'
I was stunned
at the change in the bird's attitude. As I 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?'
