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37 lines
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So there's this fella with a parrot. And this parrot swears
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like a sailor, I mean he's a pistol. He can swear for five minutes
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straight without repeating himself. Trouble is, the guy who owns
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him is a quiet, conservative type, and this bird's foul mouth is
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driving him crazy.
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One day, it gets to be too much, so the guy grabs the bird by the
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throat, shakes him really hard, and yells, "QUIT IT!" But this just
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makes the bird mad and he swears more than ever.
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Then the guy gets mad and says, "OK, fork you." and locks the bird
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in a kitchen cabinet.
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This really aggravates the bird and he claws and scratches,
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and when the guy finally lets him out, the bird cuts loose with a
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stream of invective that would make a veteran sailor blush.
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At that point, the guy is so mad that he throws the bird into the
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freezer.
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For the first few seconds there is a terrible din. The bird kicks
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and claws and thrashes. Then it suddenly gets _very_ quiet.
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At first the guy just waits, but then he starts to think that the
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bird may be hurt. After a couple of minutes of silence, he's so
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worried that he opens up the freezer door.
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The bird calmly climbs onto the man's out-stretched arm and says,
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"Awfully sorry about the trouble I gave you. I'll do my best to
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improve my vocabulary from now on."
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The man is astounded. He can't understand the transformation that
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has come over the parrot.
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Then the parrot says, "By the way, what did the chicken do?"
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