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Subject: birds
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 18:51:31 EST
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> > Jimmy received a parrot for Christmas. The parrot was fully grown, with
> > a very bad attitude and a worse vocabulary. Every other word was an
> > expletive; those that weren't expletives were, to say the least, rude.
> >
> > Jimmy tried to change the bird's attitude by 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 more rude.
> >
> > Finally, in a moment of desperation, Jimmy put the parrot in the =3D
> > freezer. For a few moments he heard the bird swearing, squawking, kicking
> > and screaming and then, suddenly, there was absolute quiet.
> >
> > Jimmy was frightened that he might have actually hurt the bird, and
> > quickly opened the freezer door.
> >
> > The parrot calmly stepped out onto Jimmy's extended arm and said, "I'm
> > sorry that I offended you with my language and my actions, and I ask your
> > forgiveness. I will endeavor to correct my behavior".
> >
> > Jimmy was astounded at the changes in the bird's attitude and was about
> > to ask what had changed him, when the parrot continued "May I ask what
> > the chicken did?"
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