THE PARROT
>A young man named David received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouthwas rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity.
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David 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, David was fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back. David shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and even ruder. David, in desperation, threw up his hand, grabbed the bird and
put him in the freezer.
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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, David quickly opened the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out onto David'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."
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David 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 turkey did?"
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