When we invite a repairman into our home, it’s with the understanding that they are going to follow the house rules. It really doesn’t matter if they are simple rules, such as wiping your feet when you walk in the home or if they are bizarre, those are the things that we expect out of the people who are guests in our home. If a repairman should happen to ignore those rules, they may need to pay the consequences of doing so. That is the case with this joke that involves a dishwasher repairman, a parrot, and a big dog.
Laura’s dishwasher quit working so she called a repairman. Since she had to go to work the next day, she told the repairman, “I’ll leave the key under the mat. Fix the dishwasher, leave the bill on the counter, and I’ll mail you a check.
“Oh, by the way, don’t worry about my bulldog, Bob. He won’t bother you. But, whatever you do, do NOT, under ANY circumstances, talk to my parrot! I repeat, do not talk to my parrot!”
When the repairman arrived at Laura’s apartment the following day, he discovered the biggest, meanest looking bulldog he has ever seen. But, just as she had said, the dog just lay there on the carpet watching the repairman go about his work.
The parrot, however, drove him nuts the whole time with his incessant yelling, cursing, and name-calling. Finally, the repairman couldn’t contain himself any longer and yelled, “Shut up you stupid, ugly bird!”
To which the parrot replied, “Get him, Bob!”