Fat Albert
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<span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">A young man named John received a parrot as an early Christmas 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 byconsistently saying only polite words, playing soft music andanything 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 ruder</span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">, and pecked at him</span><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">.
John, in desperation, threw up his hands, grabbed thebird and shoved him in the freezer.
For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked andscreamed.Then suddenly there was total quiet.Not a peep was heard for over a minute.
Fearing that he'd hurt theparrot,John quickly opened the door to the freezer.
The parrot calmlystepped out onto John's outstretchedarms and </span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">lauded in the most distinguished British accent,</span><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> '</span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Sir, </span><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">I </span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">do </span><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">believe I may have offended youwith my rude language and actions.I'm sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions</span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">,</span><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">and I fully intend to do everythingI can tocorrect my rude and unforgivable behavior.'
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John was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude.As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such adramatic change in his behavior, the bird continued....
........"</span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">And m</span><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">ay I inquire as to what the turkey did?'</span><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">
</span><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">~ Happy Thanksgiving to all ~</span><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">
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John tried and tried to change the bird's attitude byconsistently saying only polite words, playing soft music andanything 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 ruder</span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">, and pecked at him</span><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">.
John, in desperation, threw up his hands, grabbed thebird and shoved him in the freezer.
For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked andscreamed.Then suddenly there was total quiet.Not a peep was heard for over a minute.
Fearing that he'd hurt theparrot,John quickly opened the door to the freezer.
The parrot calmlystepped out onto John's outstretchedarms and </span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">lauded in the most distinguished British accent,</span><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> '</span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Sir, </span><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">I </span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">do </span><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">believe I may have offended youwith my rude language and actions.I'm sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions</span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">,</span><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">and I fully intend to do everythingI can tocorrect my rude and unforgivable behavior.'
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John was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude.As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such adramatic change in his behavior, the bird continued....
........"</span><span style="color: #0033cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">And m</span><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">ay I inquire as to what the turkey did?'</span><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">
</span><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">~ Happy Thanksgiving to all ~</span><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">
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