vocabulary. Every word out of this bird's mouth was rude and obnoxious, and laced with profanity.

John was having lots of company during the Thanksgiving holiday, so he worked hard at trying to change this bird's attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music, and anything else he could think of to clean up this bird's act.

Finally, John was fed up and yelled at the parrot. The parrot lyelled back. John shook the parrot, and the parrot got angrier and ruder. In desperation, John threw up his hands, grabbed the parrot, and put him in the freezing compartment of his refrigerator.

For a few minutes, the parrot squawked and kicked, screamed; and then suddenly there was quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute, and John thought that he had hurt the parrot. So, he quickly opened the door to the freezer, and the parrot walked out onto John's outstretched arm.

The parrot turned to John, and he said, "I am 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. He was about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in its behavior when the bird continued, "But could I ask just one question?

"What did the turkey do?""