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Thanks.. I haven't laughed so loud in ages! At 10:07 PM 10/20/97 -0400, you wrote: >< > >>David received a parrot for his birthday. This parrot was fully grown > >>with a bad attitude and worse vocabulary. Every other word was an > >>expletive. Those that weren't expletives were, to say the least, > >>rude. > >> > >>David tried hard to change the bird's attitude and was constantly > >>saying polite words, playing soft music, anything he could think > >>of. Nothing worked. He yelled at the bird, and the bird got worse. > >>He shook the bird and the bird got madder and ruder. Finally, in a > >>moment of desperation, David put the parrot in the freezer. > >> > >>For a few moments he heard the bird squawking and kicking and > >>screaming, and then, suddenly, there was quiet. David was > >>frightened that he might have actually hurt the bird and quickly > >>opened the freezer door. > >> > >>The parrot calmly stepped out onto David's extended arm and said: > >> > >>"I'm sorry that I might have offended you with my language and > >>action and ask for your forgiveness. I will endeavor to correct my > >>behavior." > >> > >>David was astounded at the bird's change in attitude and was about > >>to ask what had changed him when the parrot continued: > >> > >> "May I ask what the chicken did?!" > >> >> > > >= > >