THE VULGAR PARROT

So there's this fella with a parrot. And this parrot swears like a
sailor, I mean he's a pistol. He can swear for five minutes
straight without repeating himself. Trouble is, the guy who owns
him 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, "OK for 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 vulgarities 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 gets _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 change.
The man is astounded. He can't understand the transformation that has
come over the parrot. Then the parrot says, "By the way, what did the
chicken do?"