So
there's this man with a parrot.
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 aggravates the bird and he claws and scratches, and when the guy
finally lets him out, the bird cuts loose with a stream of invective 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 and claws and
thrashes. Then it suddenly goes very quiet.
At first the guy just waits, but then he starts to think that the bird may be
hurt. After a couple of 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 has come over
the parrot. By the way, “What did the Chicken do?"