THE BIRD GOT THE WORD
There was this fella
with a parrot. And the parrot swore like a sailor. He could swear
for five minutes straight without repeating himself. The trouble was,
the guy who owned him was a quiet, conservative type, and this bird's
foul mouth was driving him crazy.
One day, it got to be
too much, so the guy grabbed the bird by the throat, shook him really
hard, and yelled, "QUIT IT!" But this just made the
bird mad and he swore more than ever.
Then the guy got mad
and said, "OK for you," and locked the bird in a kitchen
cabinet. This really aggravated the bird and he clawed and scratched,
and when the guy finally let him out, the bird cut loose with a stream
of vulgarities that would make a veteran sailor blush.
At that point, the guy
was so mad he threw the bird into the freezer. For the first few seconds
there was a terrible din. The bird kicked and clawed and thrashed. Then
it suddenly became quiet.
At first the guy just
waited, but then he started to think the bird might be hurt. After
a couple of minutes of silence, he became worried and opened up the
freezer door.
The bird calmly climbed
onto the man's outstretched arm and said, "Awfully sorry about
the trouble I gave you. I'll do my best to improve my vocabulary from
now on."
The man was astounded. He
couldn't understand the transformation that had come over the parrot.
Then the parrot said,
"By the way, what did the chicken do?"
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