Behaviour re-education A young man named Wally received
a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary.
Every word out of this bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with
profanity.
Wally tried and tried to change the
bird's attitude by constantly saying polite words, playing soft music,
and anything he could think of to set a good example.
Nothing worked. Finally, Wally got
fed up and he yelled at the parrot. And, the bird yelled back. Wally shook
the parrot, and the bird got angrier and ruder.
Finally, in a moment of desperation,
Wally put the bird in his brand new, and freshly stocked, refrigerator
freezer.
For a few minutes, Wally heard the
bird squawk and kick and scream... then suddenly there was quiet. Not a
peep for over a minute.
Fearing that he'd hurt the bird,
Wally quickly opened the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped
out onto Wally's outstretched arm and said, “I believe I may have offended
you with my rude language and actions. I am truly sorry, and I will do
everything to correct my poor behavior.”
Wally was astonished at the bird's
change of attitude. As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such
a dramatic change in his behavior, the bird continued, “May I ask what
the chicken did?”
Christmas Parrot One day a man walked into a bar
and sat down next to a guy with a parrot on his shoulder.
The bartender said, "Cute parrot,
does he talk?"
The guy with the parrot says, "He
does more than just talk, watch." The guy lit a match and placed it under
the parrots left foot. Then the parrot started singing "Jingle Bells",
it was a Christmas Parrot.
The guy then placed the match under
the right foot and the parrot then started to sing "The 12 days of Christmas."
The bartender said, "That's incredible".
He then asked, "What does he say when you place them between his feet?"
The guy said, "You know I never tried
that, let's see."
When the match was placed between
the feet of the parrot the parrot began to sing a familiar tune... "Chester's
nuts roasting on an open fire."