A lady bought a parrot from the pet shop, only to find after taking the bird home, the bird would say nothing but, "My name is Mary & I’m a whore." Weeks of trying to teach the bird other phrases proved useless, & the bird still dropped the same line, 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 Mary’s while clutching rosaries in their talons, & he was certain they would be a good influence on the lady’s bird.

So he took the parrot to his house & put it in the cage with his two birds, & the first words out of the newcomer’s mouth were, "My name is Mary & 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 damn rosary away, our prayers have been answered!" 1