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A Parrot's Attitude Adjustment
« on: Nov 27th, 2004, 1:27pm » |
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> The Parrot
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> 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,
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> "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."
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> 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?"
>
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Re: A Parrot's Attitude Adjustment
« Reply #1 on: Nov 27th, 2004, 1:41pm » |
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Re: A Parrot's Attitude Adjustment
« Reply #2 on: Dec 2nd, 2004, 12:49am » |
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LOL KIM
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Re: A Parrot's Attitude Adjustment
« Reply #3 on: Dec 3rd, 2004, 4:34am » |
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This one's a classic! 
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