April 25, 2019 by CIDU Bill Because “parrot” sounds kind of similar to “parent”? And they’re parrots? Image CIDU Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, John Deering, music, Strange Brew 16 Comments Related
It would be just as funny, or just as unfunny, or just as CIDU, if he said “I hear you grew up in a single-pirate family.” LikeLike
MiB: Your caption is much better. Bill: Seriously, it’s time to consider a ‘Is this all there is?’ tag. LikeLike
If the cartoonist is reading this, I’m sure he is regretting his failure to use Mark in Boston’s caption. LikeLike
Mark in Boston makes more sense as a single parrot home would be … just you. But as a pun, parrot sounds more like parent than either sound like pirate. But an the third hand a three we pun is always a coup. LikeLike
Even if that is the joke, I still don’t get it. The red parrot looks angry and the green parrot looks taken aback, as if “single-parrot family” is an accusation. But maybe I just can’t read parrot facial expressions. LikeLike
Yes.
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Bah.
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:-)
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Bill: don’t you mean “bawk!”?
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larK, a bawk is when the pitcher makes an illegal motion in Yankee Stadium.
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It would be just as funny, or just as unfunny, or just as CIDU, if he said “I hear you grew up in a single-pirate family.”
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MiB: Your caption is much better.
Bill: Seriously, it’s time to consider a ‘Is this all there is?’ tag.
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If the cartoonist is reading this, I’m sure he is regretting his failure to use Mark in Boston’s caption.
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Mark in Boston makes more sense as a single parrot home would be … just you.
But as a pun, parrot sounds more like parent than either sound like pirate. But an the third hand a three we pun is always a coup.
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But was the parrot apprenticed to a pirate?
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Polly wanna crack-a-joke?
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Arthur: Pirates sometimes prefer c*ts:

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Let’s try that again:

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Shrug: I was looking for that joke, but couldn’t quite come up with it — you nailed it!
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Even if that is the joke, I still don’t get it. The red parrot looks angry and the green parrot looks taken aback, as if “single-parrot family” is an accusation.
But maybe I just can’t read parrot facial expressions.
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And then the other parrot said “Not you, you flat-faced b*****d.”
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