2022  The TANGO of the Parrot

Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 15:24:18 -0800
From: Gary Fay <gtf_ctim@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: The TANGO of the Parrot

Subject: FW: The taming of the Parrot

Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 21:35:22 EST
From: Mallpasso@AOL.COM
Subject: Re: The TANGO of the Parrot

That's a good one!

El Bandito de Tango



In a message dated 11/22/03 3:25:19 PM Pacific Standard Time,
gtf_ctim@YAHOO.COM writes:

> Subj: [TANGO-L] The TANGO of the Parrot
> Date: 11/22/03 3:25:19 PM Pacific Standard Time
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> Subject: FW: The taming of the Parrot
>
> 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 more rude. 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 arms 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?"
>
>