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. 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
behavior."

John was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude.
He was about to ask the parrot what had made such a
dramatic change in his behavior, when the bird continued,
"May I ask what the turkey did?"