After your Thanksgiving meal on November 27th and the family is relaxed and enjoying each others company, you might want to relate this cute little story that Cobra7 sent to me:

FOWL LANGUAGE

John had always wanted a parrot and was elated to learn that someone was giving one away. He quickly called the donor and made hasty arrangements to pick up the gift bird.

It didn’t talk at first, but when it did, John quickly learned that it had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the new pet’s mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity.

Unfazed at first, the new owner tried to change the bird’s attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music, and doing anything else he could think of to improve the vocabulary.

Finally, he became so irritated that he yelled at the feathered creature for the first time. The parrot yelled back louder and more profanely. John shook the cage, and the parrot got angrier and ruder. In desperation, John 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 silence.

Not a peep was heard for more than a minute. Fearing that he had hurt his new pet, John quickly opened the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out onto John’s outstretched arm and said:

“I am profoundly sorry if I may have offended you with my bad language and actions. I am sincerely remorseful for these most inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior in the future.”

Stunned at the sudden reversal in the bird’s actions, John was about to ask the parrot what had caused this dramatic turn of events when the pet continued, “May I ask what that frozen turkey in there did?”

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
(and be thankful that you don’t own a parrot.)