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The Parrot
This fella has a friend going out of town for Thanksgiving and
accepts the job of watching his parrot over the holiday. Problem is,
this parrot swears like a sailor, and this guy's a quiet, conservative
type and before long the bird's foul mouth is driving him crazy. It's
now the day before Thanksgiving, and he's having guests over! The guy
snaps and grabs the bird, shakes him and yells, "QUIT IT!!!" This, of
course, 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 old chap. I will 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. "So, by the way," the parrot says, looking
nervously back towards the freezer, "what did the turkey do?"
Submitted by: Mark P.
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