A man inherits a parrot.....

A man inherits a parrot from a relative who passes away. Upon its
arrival, the man learns that the parrot was originally owned by a
sailor, and has the bad language to match.

The man's mother comes by, and the parrot cusses so much,

his mother passes out. His girlfriend hears the parrot, and
dumps him. The priest comes by to exorcise the parrot, and that
doesn't even work. He's lost his family, he's lost his friends, he's
about to have a nervous breakdown. One day he's finally had it with
the bird, and throws him in the freezer.

The parrot cusses even worse than ever, and then suddenly gets quiet.
After a while, the man gets worried and goes to check. The parrot
looks at him, and says:

"Dear sir. I am terribly sorry for my language as of late. I realize
now that it was unacceptable, and I promise that in the future, I
shall conduct myself in an appropriate manner. But first, I must
ask. . . what did the chicken do?"