The Naughty Parrot

This has to be one of my favorite jokes. The first time I heard this was actually from my mother a long time ago and it was supposed to be a lesson. I seem to have forgotten that lesson, or the point of joke other then its punch line.

The Naughty Parrot

David received a parrot for his birthday. This parrot was fully grown with a bad attitude and worse vocabulary. Every other word was an expletive. Those that weren't expletives were, to say the least, rude.

David tried hard to change the bird's attitude and was constantly saying polite words, playing soft music, and anything else that came to mind. Nothing worked. He yelled at the bird and the bird got worse. He shook the bird and the bird got madder and ruder.

Finally, in a moment of desperation, David put the parrot in the freezer. For a few moments he heard the bird squawking, kicking and screaming and then, suddenly, all was quiet.

David, frightened that he might have actually hurt the bird, quickly opened the freezer door. The parrot calmly stepped out onto David's extended arm and said, "I'm sorry that I offended you with my language and actions. I ask for your forgiveness."

David was astounded at the bird's change in attitude and was about to ask what changed him when the parrot continued,

"May I ask what the chicken did?"

As with all jokes, this one has several renditions. One is having David, or whom ever you name, throw the bird in a closet and other places before the freezer. I have heard the birds language taken to the extreme, but this tends to ruin the humor. One of my favorite renditions of the joke, even though I had head it once already, was done in an extremely exaggerated manner. The person used props, like a stuff parrot and even a real fridge.

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