The parrot
So there's this fella with a parrot. And this parrot
swears like a sailor, I mean he's a pistol. He can swear
for five minutes straight without repeating himself.
Trouble is, the guy who owns him is a quiet,
conservative type, and this bird's foul mouth is driving
him crazy.
One day, it gets to be too much, so the guy grabs the
bird by the throat, shakes him really hard, and yells,
"QUIT IT!" But this 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. I'll 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. Then the parrot says, "By the
way, what did the chicken do?"
