mohair

I wish I could say I originated this, but alas, no. I will pass it on with best wishes for the holiday.

Once upon a time, a man named Fred 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. Fred
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, Fred was fed up and he yelled at the parrot.

The parrot yelled back, unleashing amazing vituperation and obscenities. In a rage, Fred shook
the parrot and the parrot got angrier and even louder Finally, in desperation, Fred
grabbed the bird in his parrot-proof gloves and put him in the freezer and slammed the door. For
a few minutes the bird squawked and screamed. Then suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep
was heard for over a minute.

Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, Fred opened the freezer door. The parrot calmly stepped
out into Fred's hands 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."

Fred 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?"

HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all of you. . ..