A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and a terrible 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 do 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 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 behaviour." 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 behaviour, the bird continued, "May I ask what, exactly, the turkey did?"

HAPPY (U.S.) THANKSGIVING!

Not Thanksgiving related, but perhaps you have the time today to take a peek. Have any of you ever read "Harry Potter and the Naked Quidditch Match"? If not GO HERE to read one of the funnier fanfics. That will take you the first page, and it's a series of e-mails, or m-mails (magical mail) flying back and forth in regards to an upcoming Slytherin vs. Griffindor quidditch match. If you haven't read it, GO! If you have, why oh why did you not tell me about it?!?

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