That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for February 21, 2022

/// 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!

“Yeah, you like it when I talk dirty to you.”

“One more word out of you like that bird, you’re on tonight’s menu!”

the rude parrot must’ve flipped them the bird…

Elmer misunderstood when the other peasants told him that “when we see the aristocrats, we give them the bird”

“The brains in Spain are plainly on the wane.”

“Help, I’ve been turned into a parrot! Help I’ve been turned into a parrot….”

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…

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 ?

“I am your father, Lucretia.”

“Well I’ll be a dirty bird !” – George Gobel

Don Ventrílocuo enjoyed standing aside and watching the audience’s reactions to his naughty bird. His guileless guests never caught him moving his lips.

Less vile than providing the “Wordle” of the day.

Dammit, who taught the parrot to screech like Kate Bush?

BRAWK

Darth Vader is Luke’s father…

Bruce Willis’ character is dead…

BRAWK

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.

“Didn’t I see you in ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’?”

“This is why I don’t invite Anthony Weiner to salon discussions…”

Grandfathers jokes were so hilarious, they were all pissing themselves (except Father, who knew them by heart).

Looks like a parrot, acts like a troll. But what is the difference?

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.

I invited you all today to see my new pet – a rare Norwegian Blue.

The relief was palpable when it turned out the parrot was, in fact, not dead.

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.

Everyone is having fun at the Spanish orgy school. except maybe the young boy in white silk.

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.

The ladies shied away in horror while the gentlemen watched with bemused pride as the parrot spewed out stock tips

It’s all fun and games until everyone comes down with psittacosis…

Ha ha ha ha! Have the bird inhale helium before he talks again!