He’s a stiff! Bereft of life, he rests in peace! If you hadn’t nailed him to the perch he’d be pushing up the daisies! He’s kicked the bucket, shuffled off his mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleeding choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!
Supposedly, a young girl once saw a tombstone reading “Here lies an honest man and a good lawyer,” she ashed her mother, “Why did they bury two people in the same place?” :-)
The entire site is stuck on yesterday, one can only assume that they are doing an update on there servers, or some other activity, that keeps it from being current.
pouncingtiger about 13 years ago
The second half was influenced by Monty Python’s Dead Parrot sketch.
Ida No about 13 years ago
What’s another word for “orange”?
Rodney99 about 13 years ago
He certainly got the last word in.
Kali39 about 13 years ago
He’s a stiff! Bereft of life, he rests in peace! If you hadn’t nailed him to the perch he’d be pushing up the daisies! He’s kicked the bucket, shuffled off his mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleeding choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!
Kali39 about 13 years ago
(well, somebody had to be first with the quote).
And now for something completely different…
jswilkins about 13 years ago
The Monty Python Parrot Shop Sketch was influenced by Roget’s Thesaurus, so it all comes around…
AKHenderson Premium Member about 13 years ago
To Be – 1914Not To Be – 1994
jnik23260 about 13 years ago
Wiley’s been doing an unusual number of “epitaph” cartoons lately.
walruscarver2000 about 13 years ago
Yes, but…..
Sisyphos about 13 years ago
Any relation to GoComics editor John Glynn?
chris_weaver about 13 years ago
He has passed on!He has ceased to be!He is an EX-PEDANT!
psychlady about 13 years ago
I hope he’s not married. There’s no room on there for anyone else!
roctor about 13 years ago
A biological certianty——-A biological certianty.
#6, What is a mortal coil?
Varnes about 13 years ago
And the others are at a loss for words.
Wiley creator about 13 years ago
No, this wasn’t influenced by Monty Python. It came to me as a gag when I was looking up a word in a thesaurus.
APersonOfInterest about 13 years ago
… “of being alive”
puddleglum1066 about 13 years ago
I once dug up a fossilized Thesaurus.
cdharding about 13 years ago
What’s another word for thesaurus?
APersonOfInterest about 13 years ago
IMO – best epitaph ever … -Here lies Lester Moore.
Four slugs
From a forty-four.
No Les
No More.
treered about 13 years ago
FYI 1991…
Spooky D Cat about 13 years ago
Today’s comic has a very New Yorker-ish character. I like it.
rcb528 about 13 years ago
it says 1991, not 1994, so it’s 4 score minus 3
Destiny23 about 13 years ago
Guess they ran out of room for “kaput”…
Kali39 about 13 years ago
Supposedly, a young girl once saw a tombstone reading “Here lies an honest man and a good lawyer,” she ashed her mother, “Why did they bury two people in the same place?” :-)
dcp9142 about 13 years ago
@three steps over JapanThe original word for that color was ġeolurēad (yellow-red).
WCLamb about 13 years ago
Why haven’t they posted today’s comic?
thirdguy about 13 years ago
The entire site is stuck on yesterday, one can only assume that they are doing an update on there servers, or some other activity, that keeps it from being current.