Happy Thanksgiving
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 ruder. In
desperation, John threw up his hands, 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, when the bird continued, "May I ask what the turkey did?"
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
On the plate today: Smoked Meatloaf (I'm sure the Pilgrims had it)
Make up your meatloaf and include onions and bell peppers in foil pan
punch a few holes in the foil pan and cover with tin foil (punch small hole in it)
fire up a charcoal grill and pull coals to the sides add mesquite wood chips
put meatloaf pan in center (so no coals directly under it)
put cover on grill and leave it alone
smoke for 3 hours and pull foil cover off top of meatloaf for last 15 mins.
It's been a hit on hollidays for at least 20 years now.
