My New Parrot.....
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:00 pm
Recently I received a parrot as a gift.
The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every phrase
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?'
The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every phrase
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?'