Don Ventrílocuo enjoyed standing aside and watching the audience’s reactions to his naughty bird. His guileless guests never caught him moving his lips.
EDGAR: Does this thing know any words other than “Nevermore”? WAIT A SECOND… Quote the parrot…Nevermore… Uh, I gotta go! I’m onto something here. Thanks for the invite…
The bird learned how to gauge//if the audience was of age.//He used lots of gimmicks/and double meanings in limericks/and could tell them in any language.
and using the dropdown menu (even larger if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to the artist info I used to point to here. First work by this artist used here.
Solstice*1947 over 2 years ago
/// Three refined señoritas are shocked
by the language The Rude Parrot talked.
The fourth lady rejoices
that he can’t copy voices.
It was her dirty words the bird squawked!
BE THIS GUY over 2 years ago
“Yeah, you like it when I talk dirty to you.”
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 2 years ago
“One more word out of you like that bird, you’re on tonight’s menu!”
gopher gofer over 2 years ago
the rude parrot must’ve flipped them the bird…
jdculhane46 over 2 years ago
Elmer misunderstood when the other peasants told him that “when we see the aristocrats, we give them the bird”
Call me Ishmael over 2 years ago
“The brains in Spain are plainly on the wane.”
Reader over 2 years ago
“Help, I’ve been turned into a parrot! Help I’ve been turned into a parrot….”
Call me Ishmael over 2 years ago
The things that a bird gets away with/
No human would dare to play with../
The lisp of the King/
Is that kind of a thing/
That a courtier might go astray with…
Call me Ishmael over 2 years ago
At the gatherings of the “refined”/
Where they speak of “the life of the mind”/
Is it coincidence/
In the course of events/
Someone absent is always maligned ?
MS72 over 2 years ago
“I am your father, Lucretia.”
Call me Ishmael over 2 years ago
“Well I’ll be a dirty bird !” – George Gobel
Linguist over 2 years ago
Don Ventrílocuo enjoyed standing aside and watching the audience’s reactions to his naughty bird. His guileless guests never caught him moving his lips.
jel354 over 2 years ago
Less vile than providing the “Wordle” of the day.
aerotica69 over 2 years ago
Dammit, who taught the parrot to screech like Kate Bush?
Indianapolis Smith over 2 years ago
BRAWK
Darth Vader is Luke’s father…
Bruce Willis’ character is dead…
BRAWK
Another Take over 2 years ago
EDGAR: Does this thing know any words other than “Nevermore”? WAIT A SECOND… Quote the parrot…Nevermore… Uh, I gotta go! I’m onto something here. Thanks for the invite…
PoodleGroomer over 2 years ago
The bird learned how to gauge//if the audience was of age.//He used lots of gimmicks/and double meanings in limericks/and could tell them in any language.
anomaly over 2 years ago
“Didn’t I see you in ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’?”
Holden Awn over 2 years ago
“This is why I don’t invite Anthony Weiner to salon discussions…”
Helen Ferrieux over 2 years ago
Grandfathers jokes were so hilarious, they were all pissing themselves (except Father, who knew them by heart).
DM2860 over 2 years ago
Looks like a parrot, acts like a troll. But what is the difference?
mabrndt Premium Member over 2 years ago
The Rude Parrot:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ignacio_Le%C3%B3n_y_Escosura_-_The_Rude_Parrot.jpg
has info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size, oil on panel painting.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image at
https://thatispricelessblog.com/2022/02/masterpiece-2882
and using the dropdown menu (even larger if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to the artist info I used to point to here. First work by this artist used here.
Csaw Backnforth over 2 years ago
I invited you all today to see my new pet – a rare Norwegian Blue.
Ken Holman Premium Member over 2 years ago
The relief was palpable when it turned out the parrot was, in fact, not dead.
mokspr Premium Member over 2 years ago
After he revealed the punchline to today’s “Non Sequitur”, Henri vowed never again to line the bottom of Crackers’ cage with the comics page.
d1234dick Premium Member over 2 years ago
Everyone is having fun at the Spanish orgy school. except maybe the young boy in white silk.
rmremail over 2 years ago
Robert grinned at his investment – he’d paid the sailor just a half shilling for this parrot, and it made him the life of the party.
rmremail over 2 years ago
The ladies shied away in horror while the gentlemen watched with bemused pride as the parrot spewed out stock tips
Solstice*1947 over 2 years ago
It’s all fun and games until everyone comes down with psittacosis…
Running Buffalo Premium Member over 2 years ago
Ha ha ha ha! Have the bird inhale helium before he talks again!