This one has been around for a while, in many ways... As Thanksgiving is just around the corner it's worth another go around…

A young man named John received a parrot named 'Chief' 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 ruder.

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 freezer’s door.

The parrot calmly stepped out onto John's outstretched arms and sadly 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 it’d made such a dramatic change in his behavior, but before anything the bird continued: 'May I ask what the turkey did?'