Bad Bird

[Can the Man]

A young man named John 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.

John 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, John was fed up and he yelled at the parrot.
The parrot yelled back. John shook the parrot
and the parrot got angrier and even ruder.
John, in desperation, threw up his hands, 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 for over a minute.

Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, John quickly opened
the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out
onto John's outstretched arms 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."

John was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude.
As he was about to ask the parrot what had made
such a dramatic change in his behavior,
the bird spoke-up, very softly,
"May I ask what the turkey  did?"