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The Parrot

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 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 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, the bird spoke-up, very softly, “May I ask what the turkey did?”

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

News from Copenhagen

Bob reporting…

Our room is fabulous. Most rooms are small but we reserved a “superior” which is really a small suite. If you look at the picture from the Ibsens Hotel website, we have a corner suite right above the front door on the 4th floor. There is no air conditioning… but it really isn’t needed. Will probably leave the windows open over night but that will likely make it noisy in the morning.

After checking in at the Bella Center (the conference center where the Rotary Convention is being held), we tried to schedule some tours. They seemed pricy but very “complete.” There are so many Rotarians here, I’m sure that Rotary International has all of the major tour companies booked up. After waiting in line for 30 minutes and having moved only 3 feet, I made an executive decision. Forget it! We were hungry and tired. I didn’t feel like spending 2 hours in line only to be told that the tour we wanted was already booked up!!

Tomorrow, we are going to buy a 2 day Sightseeing and boat pass that we saw on the back of the map they gave us. They had wireless internet at the Bella Center, so I looked up information on their web site. We also have an unlimited pass for all of the trains and buses in Copenhagen. It was included with the Rotary registration. The Metro station is only 4 blocks away… so it’s really convenient.

We got into our room and took a short nap… I feel slightly human again!! Carol just showered and looks her normal beautiful self. I had to borrow a hair dryer for her. While she was drying her hair, I walked a block away to get some Coke and OJ for the duty free rum and vodka we acquired at the airport in Newark. I also got some ice from the front desk… a special request!! I gave Carol half (4 small cubes) and I took the other half. Everyone has been very nice and helpful.

I did run into a snafu with the power converter I bought at Radio Shack. It has an outlet with only 2 prongs, no ground wire. I didn’t think this was a problem for my electronics… but my computer needs a 3 prong outlet. The cord that runs from the wall is unique to the power adapter for that computer specifically… but good ole American ingenuity kicked in. I used the power cord from my video camera power adapter. It was close enough… without the 3rd prong but I had to make a slight modification with a pocket knife from my shaving kit! Don’t worry… it’s safe! And better yet, it works!!! So now I can now charge my computer!!

I’ve attached 2 photos with views from our window on the 4th floor.

Bob (Dad)