[886] in Vegetarian_Support_Group
A Little Humor w/ a Veggie Slant
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ed Piekos)
Thu Apr 4 12:52:37 1996
To: vsg@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 12:51:57 EST
From: Ed Piekos <espiekos@MIT.EDU>
Hey Folks,
This was sent to me by a friend and I thought members of the list
might find it amusing. The parrot's question represents one way of
looking at ethical vegetarianism.
<<ESP>>
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> So there's this fella with a parrot. And this parrot swears
>like a sailor, I mean he's a pistol. He can swear for five minutes
>straight without repeating himself. Trouble is, the guy who owns
>him is a quiet, conservative type, and this bird's foul mouth is
>driving him crazy.
>
> One day, it gets to be too much, so the guy grabs the bird by
>the throat, shakes him really hard, and yells, "QUIT IT!" But this
>just makes the bird mad and he swears more than ever. Then the guy
>gets mad and says, "OK for you," and locks the bird in a kitchen
>cabinet. This really aggravates the bird and he claws and
>scratches, and when the guy finally lets him out, the bird cuts
>loose with a stream of vulgarities that would make a veteran sailor
>blush.
>
> At that point, the guy is so mad that he throws the bird into
>the freezer. For the first few seconds there is a terrible din.
>The bird kicks and claws and thrashes. Then it suddenly gets
>_very_ quiet. At first the guy just waits, but then he starts to
>think that the bird may be hurt. After a couple of minutes of
>silence, he's so worried that he opens up the freezer door.
>
> The bird calmly climbs onto the man's outstretched arm and says,
>"Awfully sorry about the trouble I gave you. I'll do my best to
>improve my vocabulary from now on."
>
> The man is astounded. He can't understand the transformation
>that has come over the parrot. Then the parrot says, "By the way,
>what did the chicken do?"
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