Repentance is a wonderful thing . . . .

[mona7865]

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 more rude. 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 behaviour."

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 spoke-up, very softly, "May I ask what the turkey did?"

[gypsygrace]

My first chuckle of the day. Thanks Mona.

[ShyWriter]

Well Mona.. off to wash the Diet Coke from my keyboard and monitor again.. :)

I have to start remembering to swallow before reading.

Ummmmmm.. Do you think if I put the wife in the freezer, she'd change her bad habits... in a soft voice..??

~Steve

[mona7865]

Perhaps if you put something very scary in the freezer first ?

[ShyWriter]

Perhaps if you put something very scary in the freezer first ?

Well it's going to take more than a frozen turkey, for sure..

I wonder if the local morgue will lend me a frozen "stiff" to serve as a substitute for the turkey??

Got'cha! *big smile*

Everyone knows that the morgue won't LEND a stiff; one has to BRIBE an attendant for that kind of access.

Only in America..

~Steve

[mountaintree16]

:)

[ShyWriter]

:)

Easy enough for you to say.

~Shy

[yardbird]

[mountaintree16]

Easy enough for you to say.

~Shy

??

[DarkSnakeKobra]

[ShyWriter]

??

I was *teasing* you about the various emoticons in your post; "Easy for you to say.." *grin*

~Shy

[mountaintree16]

Oh, okay, gotcha Shy

[mountaintree16]

Hubby thought it was funny too