Ol' Thanksgiving Joke
11-19-2004, 11:13 PM
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Ol' Thanksgiving Joke
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 ruder. 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 arm s 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
behavior."
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 continued,
"May I ask what the turkey did?"
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 ruder. 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 arm s 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
behavior."
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 continued,
"May I ask what the turkey did?"
11-22-2004, 05:07 AM
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Originally Posted by NoRiceInside
i dont get it...
How come the 'young man' had a name but the parrot did not? It seems to me that the birds name holds as much relevance to the story, so why not name both or neither. The message I got from that is that birds have no place in society and therefore do not need a name. What do people have against birds? I don't understand the message behind the joke, is there some other lesson to be taught? Nemo had a name, so did Dumbo and Bambi, as well as many other friendly creatures around the world, what did this bird do to get singled out?
11-23-2004, 03:17 AM
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Originally Posted by FireDogg
You are a moron.
How come the 'young man' had a name but the parrot did not? It seems to me that the birds name holds as much relevance to the story, so why not name both or neither. The message I got from that is that birds have no place in society and therefore do not need a name. What do people have against birds? I don't understand the message behind the joke, is there some other lesson to be taught? Nemo had a name, so did Dumbo and Bambi, as well as many other friendly creatures around the world, what did this bird do to get singled out?
How come the 'young man' had a name but the parrot did not? It seems to me that the birds name holds as much relevance to the story, so why not name both or neither. The message I got from that is that birds have no place in society and therefore do not need a name. What do people have against birds? I don't understand the message behind the joke, is there some other lesson to be taught? Nemo had a name, so did Dumbo and Bambi, as well as many other friendly creatures around the world, what did this bird do to get singled out?
Birds are scary...I'm terrified of them...True story.