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. John, in desperation,
threw up his hand, 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?"