That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for July 27, 2020

“I wonder if it tastes like chicken?”

“Listen parrot,one more word about my hair you are going served up as hot wings.”

Keith’s giving him the bird.

Nice try Keith, but there’s no doubt who won the fancy plumage contest.

I had a budgie that would never parrot back what I tried to teach him, but came out with things he heard on radio or TV. One day I was tutoring a student and Bird said loud and clear, “You pervert!” We stared at each other in amazement, so he said it again! No idea where he picked that one up. After that, the student always greeted Bird with “Hi, Pervert!”

“Watch where you put that finger, Keith!”

“Listen up, pretty boy, it’s Paul, not Polly. Do I look like a chick to you? Don’t answer that!”

“Why do they say I don’t like women? I like pretty birds don’t I?”

“He’s a Norwegian Blue. Beautiful plumage.”

“Stop looking at me like that, you’re creeping me out.”

“Don’t you know about the Bird? EVERYBODY know that the Bird is the Word!”

I worked at Busch Gardens’ zoo dept in Williamsburg for a summer. Sometimes my job was to hold the parrots for family photos. Parents almost always wanted their children to hold the parrot. These parrots were almost as tall as some of the kids holding them. I remember a mother admonishing her tiny son for not holding the parrot. Personally, I was always a little nervous myself. I finally told her to come over and hold the parrot, and I would shoot the photo of the both of them. She answered, “I’m not holding that thing!”

So, you wanna be a pirate Keith?

Squawk – I’m telling you Long John – you try to be a Shakespearean actor and you’ll do more than break a leg.

Bringing a stuffed parrot to the restaurant worked perfectly. No one noticed the table cloth tied around his waist as he sauntered out.

If the parrot was orange, I’d call it Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump – The Early Years.

What is this I see before me?

I wish I had a pencil thin mustache … .

You lookin’ at me? Huh??

“SQUAK! QUOTH THE RAVEN! SQUAK!”

Showing the tailor the color scheme for his dress evening suit.

Of course he’s not dead. He’s just resting.

Johnny Depp wishing he hadn’t given Amber Heard … the bird!

Nobleman with a Parrot: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simmler_szlachcic.jpg 

(best viewed by Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.

Other than what’s pointed to by the title URL, I couldn’t find any different info about this artist online. First work by him used here.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2500 (July 26, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

When Polly requested a “Cracker”/ she expected a MAGA-backer/ but to her dismay/ her request went astray/ and she got an entitled slacker.

When I said I wanted a portrait of Polly naked, I meant …

Reginald to bird,“you can’t bring down birds for supper”, maybe you’ll be supper.

Of course I’m the blue bird of happiness! How else did you think I would look?

Which one is Keith?