The beginning of an interesting joke years ago used to be, "A funny thing happened on the way to" wherever.
Of course there is the old parrot story about the guy who felt sorry for a parrot and took it in. The parrot was foul mouthed, downright vile, rude and never stopped misbehaving. The more the guy did to train the parrot the worse it got. Finally, in an act of desperation the guy threw the parrot in the freezer. After some squawking and frantically flapping about in the freezer all was quiet.
Worried that he had left the parrot in the freezer too long and killed it the guy opened the freezer door, and out stepped the parrot, calmly perched on the guy's finger and said, "Begging your pardon, sir, I believe I have conducted myself most unacceptably. I heartily repent of my ways, promise to be a good parrot forevermore and plead for your forgiveness. Incidentally, kind sir, do you object to my asking what the chicken did?