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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 hand, 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 continued,

"May I ask what the turkey did?"