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HUMOR: Dirty Bird
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sharalee M. Field)
Thu Oct 15 13:13:35 1998
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 13:12:03 -0400
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From: "Sharalee M. Field" <sharalee_field@harvard.edu>
>From: "Joke of the Day" <<Joker@joker.org>
>Subject: Dirty Bird
>Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 00:59:05 -0500
>
> 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,
> anything that came to mind. Nothing worked. He yelled at
> the bird, 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 was frightened that he might have actually hurt the
> bird and 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. I will try to check my
> behavior..."
>
> 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?"
>
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