Thanksgiving Joke - The Parrot...

The Parrot

(A Thanksgiving classic)

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 very hard to change the

bird's attitude by consistently saying only polite words,

playing soft music, and doing anything else he could think of

to "clean up" the bird's vocabulary. Finally, John was fed

up and he screamed at the parrot.

The parrot yelled back. John hollered even louder and the

parrot got angrier and even ruder. John, in desperation,

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.

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?"