A young man – we’ll call him Jon - 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.
Jon 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 Jon was fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back.
Jon shook the parrot and the parrot got even angrier and more rude. In
desperation, Jon 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. Fearing that he had
hurt the parrot, Jon quickly opened the door to the freezer.
The parrot meekly stepped out onto Jon's outstretched arm and said "I believe
I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I am sincerely
remorseful for any inappropriate transgressions. I fully intend to do everything
I can do to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior".
Jon was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude. He was about to ask the
parrot why he had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, but the bird continued...
"May I ask...what the turkey did?"