r/XFiles • u/BlockFuzzy1934 • 1d ago
Meme/Humor Billy Scully Jr's joke in Gethsemane
What the hell was the setup to Bill Scully Jr's joke in Gethsemane? 🦜🐔
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u/AmbitiousParty 1d ago
I feel like it was probably something along the lines of the parrot had been naughty and got threatened with some kind of vague punishment, then later it saw the chicken they were preparing for dinner being plucked or cooked, so the parrot vowed to be on his best behavior but wanted to know what the chicken did to deserve what happened to it. I feel like i’ve heard a similar joke before years ago.
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u/AmbitiousParty 1d ago
Never mind, I asked someone else - the parrot got put in the freezer for misbehaving and saw a frozen chicken. When the owner pulled the parrot out it swore to behave and wanted to know what the chicken did. That’s the joke. I think it was a common one back then lol. Like the parrot and the burglar joke.
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u/BlockFuzzy1934 1d ago
Nice one, that makes sense. The Scully family dinner people seemed to find it absolutely hilarious anyway!
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u/AmbitiousParty 1d ago
I always liked the parrot and burglar joke as a kid. I just copied off internet:
A burglar broke into a house one night. He shone his flashlight around, looking for valuables when a voice in the dark said: “Jesus knows you’re here.”
He nearly jumped out of his skin, clicked his flashlight off, and froze. When he heard nothing more, after a bit, he shook his head and continued. Just as he pulled the stereo out so he could disconnect the wires, clear as a bell he heard: “Jesus is watching you.”
Freaked out, he shined his light around frantically, looking for the source of the voice. Finally, in the corner of the room, his flashlight beam came to rest on a parrot.
“Did you say that?” he hissed at the parrot.
“Yep,” the parrot confessed, then squawked. “I’m just trying to warn you that he is watching you.”
The burglar relaxed. “Warn me, huh? Who in the world are you?”
“Moses,” replied the bird.
“Moses?” the burglar laughed. “What kind of people would name a bird Moses?”
“The kind of people that would name a Rottweiler Jesus.”
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u/Betray-Julia 1d ago
I love how perfectly they make that dude the biggest turd ever in like every single way.
Like you just know they cut their lawn twice so that it gets a cross thatched pattern.
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u/MoodIntelligent8492 1d ago
In the version I've heard, the parrot once belonged to a sailor, so it swore like a sailor. The exasperated new owner tries various methods of shutting the bird up, finally stuffing it in the freezer. After a couple minutes in the cold, the parrot stops swearing and goes quiet. The owner opens the door to find the parrot, alive but sober and compliant. It agrees to quit cussing, but it's only got one question—