A lady bought a parrot from the pet shop. To her
dismay, after she took the bird home, it would say
nothing but, "My name is Mary and I'm a whore."
Weeks of trying to teach the bird other phrases
proved useless. The bird still said the same
phrase, usually at the most inopportune moments,
much to the lady's embarrassment.
One day, her parish Priest dropped by for a visit.
Sure enough, while he was there, the parrot
squawked out the only words it would say. After
apologizing profusely to the Priest, the lady
explained her bird resisted all efforts at
reformation. The Priest offered to take the bird
to visit the two birds he had, as all his birds
would say were Hail Marys while clutching
rosaries in their talons. He was certain they
would be a good influence on the lady's bird.
He took the parrot to his house and put it in the
cage with his two birds. The first words out of
the newcomer's mouth were, "My name is Mary
and I'm a whore." The priest, being most anxious
to see what would happen, was dumbfounded
when one of his birds said to the other, "Throw
that rosary away! Our prayers have been
answered!"