Tom was very annoyed with his parrot. Every time someone
visited Tom's home, the parrot would say something offensive.
Tom tried to make the parrot behave. When the parrot shouted
"fat cow, fat cow" at Tom's mother, Tom flicked cold water at
his pet.
When the parrot shouted obscene four letter words at a visiting
priest, Tom hastily covered the parrot's cage and kept the bird
in the dark for a whole day.
The final straw came when the parrot made such disgusting
comments to Tom's girlfriend that she stormed out of the house.
Tom scolded the bird, took it out of it's cage, put it ina strong
transparent plastic box with air holes, and put it in the freezer.
He told the bird, "It's time you cooled down."
Ten minutes later, Tom opened the freezer, and the parrot said,
"Sorry, sorry! I've learnt my lesson. I'll behave. But please
let me know what the chicken in here said to annoy you . . . "