A young man 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. He tried to change the bird's attitude by saying only polite words and anything else he could think of to 'clean up' the bird's vocabulary.
Ultimately he became fed up and yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back. The man shook the parrot and, in desperation, threw the bird 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, he quickly opened the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out onto the 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."
Stunned, the man marked the change in the bird's attitude and walked toward the cage to release the parrot. At that moment the bird spoke-up, very softly, "May I ask what the turkey did?"
