<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?"