Posted: November 27, 2000 9:25 am
Posted By islandman
One christmas eve, a frenzied young man ran into a pet shop looking for an unusual gift for his wife. The shop owner suggested a parrot, named Chet, which could sing famous christmas carols. This seemed like the perfect gift. "how do I get him to sing?" The young man asked excitedly.
"Simply hold a lighted match under his feet," Was the shop owner's reply. Holding the lit match under his left foot, Chet began to sing: "Jingle bells! Jingle bells!... The shop owner holding the match under Chets other foot Chet's tune changed and the air was filled with:"Silent night,Holy night....
The young man was so impressed that he paid the shopkeeper and ran home as quickly as he could with Chet under his arm. When the wife saw her gift she was overwhelmed. "How beautiful!" She exclaimed, "Can he talk?"
"No," said the young man,"but he can sing. Let me show you."
So the young man whipped out his lighter and placed it under Chet's left foot,as the shopkeeper had shown him, and Chet crooned"Jingle bells! Jingle bells!......" The man then moved the lighter to Chet's right foot, and out came: "Silent night, Holy night........"
The wife, her face filled with curiosity, then asked, "What if we hold the lighter between his legs?" The man did not know. "Let's try it." he answered, eager to please his wife. So they held the lighter between Chet'slegs. Chet twisted his face, cleared his throat, the little parrot sang out loudly:
"Chet's nuts roasting on an open fire....."
One christmas eve, a frenzied young man ran into a pet shop looking for an unusual gift for his wife. The shop owner suggested a parrot, named Chet, which could sing famous christmas carols. This seemed like the perfect gift. "how do I get him to sing?" The young man asked excitedly.
"Simply hold a lighted match under his feet," Was the shop owner's reply. Holding the lit match under his left foot, Chet began to sing: "Jingle bells! Jingle bells!... The shop owner holding the match under Chets other foot Chet's tune changed and the air was filled with:"Silent night,Holy night....
The young man was so impressed that he paid the shopkeeper and ran home as quickly as he could with Chet under his arm. When the wife saw her gift she was overwhelmed. "How beautiful!" She exclaimed, "Can he talk?"
"No," said the young man,"but he can sing. Let me show you."
So the young man whipped out his lighter and placed it under Chet's left foot,as the shopkeeper had shown him, and Chet crooned"Jingle bells! Jingle bells!......" The man then moved the lighter to Chet's right foot, and out came: "Silent night, Holy night........"
The wife, her face filled with curiosity, then asked, "What if we hold the lighter between his legs?" The man did not know. "Let's try it." he answered, eager to please his wife. So they held the lighter between Chet'slegs. Chet twisted his face, cleared his throat, the little parrot sang out loudly:
"Chet's nuts roasting on an open fire....."