> So there's this fella with a parrot. And this parrot swears like a
> sailor, I mean he's a pistol. He can swear for five minutes straight
> without repeating himself. Trouble is, the guy who owns him is a
> quiet, conservative type, and this bird's foul mouth is driving him
> crazy. One day, it gets to be too much, so the guy grabs the bird
> by the throat, shakes him really hard, and yells, "QUIT IT!" But
> this just makes the bird mad and he swears more than ever. Then the
> guy gets mad and says, "OK for you." and locks the bird in a kitchen
> cabinet. This really aggravates the bird and he claws and scratches,
> and when the guy finally lets him out, the bird cuts loose with a
> stream of vulgarities that would make a veteran sailor blush.
> At that point, the guy is so mad that he throws the bird into the
> freezer. For the first few seconds there is a terrible din. The bird
> kicks and claws and thrashes. Then it suddenly gets _very_ quiet. At
> first the guy just waits, but then he starts to think that the bird
> may be hurt. After a couple of minutes of silence, he's so worried
> that he opens up the freezer door.
> The bird calmly climbs onto the man's outstretched arm and says,
> "Awfully sorry about the trouble I gave you. I'll do my best to
> improve my vocabulary from now on." The man is astounded. He can't
> understand the transformation that has come over the parrot. Then the
> parrot says, "By the way, what did the chicken do?" |
