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<BR>>� up" the bird's vocabulary.
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>> 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.
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>>� 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."
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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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>>� HAPPY THANKSGIVING!