I heard a joke today...
a minister answered an ad in the newspaper
about a parrot,
the seller described the bird as 'quite a talker'...
the minister purchased the bird and took it home...
he was greatly embarrassed when he learned
the birds vocabulary was all foul language,
cuss words that would make a bartender cringe...
he tried and tried to get the parrot to change
his language...
he sang hymns to it...
he prayed aloud to hopefully make
the bird pick up words like 'hallelujah' and 'amen'...
but the bird just kept cursing...
one day, the bird was cussing away,
and the church trustees were going to have their
meeting at the pastor's home...
what can I do with the bird,
the pastor wondered...
he looked for a place to hide and quiet the bird,...
he put the parrot in the bedroom,
but the parrot grew angrier and cursed louder...
he tried the basement, but the sounds of its
cursings came up through the floor...
finally, as the trustees knocked on the door,
the minister put the parrot in his freezer...
he could still hear it cursing...
but suddenly
the bird grew silent...
the pastor let the trustees in,
and the meeting began...
about five minutes into the meeting,
the minister's conscience made him confess,
and he went to the freezer to let the parrot out...
he opened the door,
there stood the parrot...
the parrot walked out,
walked slowly up the arm of the minister,
and to his shoulder...
then he began to speak,
the parrot said...
I want to apologize for my inappropriate words,
those were words I never should have uttered,
and I humbly beg your forgiveness...
Could you please accept my apology, I will never
again utter those words.'
Stunned, the minister stood there,
mouth open, in awe of the change.
Then the parrot said...
'Could you answer for me, one question.
Whatever did the turkey do wrong?'
from
ArmyofProphets.com
