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Friday, February 1, 2013

Bad Attitude…

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 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 silence.
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 did the turkey do?"

 
Have a great weekend!


18 comments:

  1. LOL that's funny! Reminds me of someone who had 2 African Grey parrots. They used to say the most outrageous things and would change gears and be nice with just a "look".

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    1. Was it Jim's look that caused them to change gears and be nice? ;)

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  2. LOL...too bad teenagers don't easily fit in the freezer!

    Love Willie

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    1. LOL Willie...I did consider putting my oldest in our big chest freezer at times. ;)

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  3. That was wonderful, thank you!

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  4. Oh dear, I just choked on my coffee. Thanks Cat.

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    1. LOL Susie...put all drinks down before visiting. ;)

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  5. So funny! Thanks for sharing Cat! :)

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  6. LOL.... lucky he's not a turkey :P

    Callie

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