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
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 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 arm 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
the turkey did?"
[ Author Unknown -- from 'LAB Laughs' (LABLaughsClean@topica.com) ]
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