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A young man named John received a parrot 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 more rude. 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 door to the freezer.
The parrot calmly stepped out onto John's
outstretched arms and 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 had made such a dramatic change in his
behavior, the bird spoke-up, very softly, "May I ask what the turkey did?"
HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND A VERY MERRY
CHRISTMAS TOO!!