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, andyells, "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 improve my vocabulary from now on."
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?"