attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouth
was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity.
Jon 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 Jon was fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back.
Jon shook the parrot and the parrot got even angrier and more rude. Jon in
desperation, threw up his hands and 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. Fearing that he
hurt the parrot, Jon quickly opened the door to the freezer.
The parrot calmly stepped out onto Jon's outstretched arm and said "I believe
I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I am sincerely
remorseful for any inappropriate transgressions. I fully intend to do
everything I can do to correct my rude and unforgivable behaviour". Jon was
stunned at the change in the bird's attitude. He was about to ask the
parrot why he had made such a dramatic change in his behaviour, but the
bird continued...
"May I ask what the chicken did?"