My Three Sons, One a Parrot: A Twitter Story
Posted on July 12, 2018 Posted by John Scalzi 19 Comments
It began innocently enough.
What a heartwarming tale of love and acceptance of Myke Cole, my son, who identifies as a parrot.
Postscript:
Posted on July 12, 2018 Posted by John Scalzi 19 Comments
It began innocently enough.
Enjoy tonight's sunset. pic.twitter.com/D8hg8iXbJX
— John Scalzi (@scalzi) July 11, 2018
MAKE ME
— Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) July 11, 2018
you tell him, chuck, he can't push us around anymore
— Sam Sykes (@SamSykesSwears) July 11, 2018
ACTUALLY THIS CONTRACT HERE SAYS I CAN
ENJOY THIS SUNSET
BOTH OF YOU
OR YOU'RE FIRED
— John Scalzi (@scalzi) July 11, 2018
FINE
THEN FIRE US
BUT YOU CAN’T FIRE US FROM YOUR FAMILY BECAUSE BOOM
we are your sons
— Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) July 11, 2018
(shock)
I ALWAYS KNEW IN MY HEART
LET US EMBRACE
ALSO YOU'RE FIRED@MykeCole IS MY SON NOW
— John Scalzi (@scalzi) July 11, 2018
joke's on you because Myke is a PARROT
— Sam Sykes (@SamSykesSwears) July 11, 2018
YES
I LOVE MY PARROT SON MYKE
— John Scalzi (@scalzi) July 11, 2018
GOOD, I HOPE YOU'RE BOTH VERY HAPPY TOGETHER
— Sam Sykes (@SamSykesSwears) July 11, 2018
JESUS CHRIST I LOOK AWAY FROM TWITTER FOR 30 MINUTES
— Myke Cole (@MykeCole) July 11, 2018
you're inattentive and that's why you can't survive in the wild
— Sam Sykes (@SamSykesSwears) July 11, 2018
Myke is domesticated now
— Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) July 11, 2018
LOOK AT HIS PLUMAGE
— John Scalzi (@scalzi) July 11, 2018
I don’t even know what the heck you all are talking about I’ve scrolled back up through all this and none of it makes a lick of sense
— Myke Cole (@MykeCole) July 11, 2018
Well, I mean, you're a parrot, Myke. Neither inductive nor deductive reasoning is your forte. But you are EXCELLENT at shelling sunflower seeds.
— John Scalzi (@scalzi) July 11, 2018
What a heartwarming tale of love and acceptance of Myke Cole, my son, who identifies as a parrot.
Postscript:
Belated cartoon: "Beautiful Plumage" for @scalzi @MykeCole @ChuckWendig @SamSykesSwears .Hope it was worth the wait :) Enjoy :) pic.twitter.com/r19VXQ6U14
— Lar (@lartist) July 12, 2018
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Love the Monty Python reference!
It must be the heat…
Or the locale. Or both. Perhaps neither.
Does that mean that Myke is transavian?
I believe it was you guys who “outed” Myke as an Avian. Shame on you! :)
3 points from gryffendor
2 points from hufflepuff
And a partridge in a pear tree
Lar rally did cap it all off this morning but, the boy should get some rest.
Stop having fun and get back to writing. 😉
Now this is the proper use of Twitter. ^^ Amazing, just amazing guys ^^
Thanks to all involved! And I wish I had a tenth of the talent Lar has for drawing. Joy on the internet is there if you look in the right places.
*giggles*
This is not the first time that John has appeared in cartoon from that artist’s pen. I found John hanging with Chuck Wendig & friends on Chuck’s blog:
http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2015/03/17/the-revelation-of-project-redacted/comment-page-1/
(scroll down to the second cartoon)
I LOVE MY PARROT SON MYKE
“Scalzi want a cracker?”
This made today worthwhile.
Thank you to all authors/artists involved for giving me reason to laugh!
Monty Python Lives! First thing that came to mind (even before the parrot reference).
I heart you guys. Thanks for making me laugh :)
Thank you for the laughs.
Just about every time I check Twitter and see Myke Cole playing Abbott to Sam Sykes’ Costello, I crack up and am glad I’m on Twitter, for all its problems.
But this seems almost unfair; there’s like half a dozen of youse guys playin’ Costello here, and poor Myke’s outnumbered.
:)
I’ve heard of people being a monkeys uncle, but does this mean Athena is a birds sister?