Happy Thanksgiving!

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Tue, 11-25-2003 - 9:14am
The Parrot

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!

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 11-25-2003 - 9:44am
Thanks for the gift of a smille this morning; I'll continue in my joke-stealing ways and forward it to my friends. And Happy Thanksgiving to you, too!

Donna

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 11-25-2003 - 10:11am
LOL! That's one to pass along.

Rhonda


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

       ~~Rhonda~~


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