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| Tue, 11-25-2003 - 9:14am |
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
bel ieve 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?"
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Donna
Rhonda
Time invested in improving ourselves cuts down on time disapproving of others.
~~Rhonda~~
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