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So there's this man with a parrot. And his parrot swears like a sailor. He can
swear for five minutes straight without repeating himself. The trouble is that the
guy who owns the parrot 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, "That's it. I'll
get you!" and locks the bird in a kitchen cabinet. This really irritates the bird
and ge claws and scratches, and when the guy finally lets him out, the bird simply
goes nuts and shouts out a stream of curse words 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, 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 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 he has come over the parrot. Then the parrot says, "By the way, what did the
chicken do?"