Guys, do you remember earlier this month, when I made a joke about Wilbur’s sandwich photography Tumblr? Well, obviously — obviously — this is a thing that actually exists. Obviously!
Anyway, now it is time for your comment of the week:
“Is Iris the on-call person for the Fortune Cookie Hotline? Reminding people to add ‘in bed’ is just one of the many services the FCH provides.” –bartcow
And your runners up! Very funny!
“I have long suspected the Beetle Bailey tanks were inflatable.” –Rusty
“Wow … Iris is puttin’ the moves on the old hobo guy. See how she distinctly eyes him when she says ‘In bed’ and he’s all ‘That’s what I’m talkin’ about’. She might as well just straddle him right there. Then I’ll just kill myself.” –Andie
“Look, I know it’s dumb to complain about the artwork in Crock, and I wouldn’t say anything if it were just the people and animals and buildings that were painfully off-model. But seriously, how hard is it to draw the sun? It’s a fucking circle.” –Dr. Handsome
“Really Dan? Flying in from Colorado? I’m not going to judge you, we both know you’re here to sing your greatest hits at the Ramada Inn Lounge on 52nd St. Now let’s hear some ‘We’ve got tonight.’” –Maggie the Cat
“Clearly this man is a genie, as you can even see Lonnie rubbing the lamp in panel one.” –Poor Thompson
“9CL: Oh my God. I think I’ve finally found my breaking point, and it’s seeing two chicks in bathrobes hanging all over an alarmed Seth. It’s like a stupid, hurty version of Three’s Company.” –Shem
“I like the band-aid on Mark Trail’s head. It’s a helpful reminder that he was shot, presumably in the head.” –SideshowJon
“I, for one, am predicting that Beetle Bailey will go into a Funky Winkerbean-esque slide into depressing melodrama, starting with the revelation that Halftrack is now developing Alzheimer’s. Or schizophrenia. Which one makes old people dress up like Flintstones characters, again?” –Sillstaw
“Note that Miss Buxley doesn’t say ‘the Army’s budget reduction’; instead, she says ‘our budget reduction.’ What she means is that Walker-Browne industries are losing money, and they are in danger of being taken over by Parker-Hart. General Halftrack is therefore being proactive by trying to stake out a claim on a role in B.C., lest he join the rest of his troops in being re-assigned to Crock. Can you blame him?” –seismic-2
Judge Parker: “I think Sophie’s blooming into womanhood will consist of the sound effect ‘BO-YO-YO-YOING.’” –Chyron HR
“Elizabeth Taylor immortalized the role of Margo in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf; Richard Burton played Alan/Trey/Jack, and Sandy Dennis was Lu Ann. The role of Tommie was played by no one, who received that year’s Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.” –Uncle Lumpy
“Since Luann has the features and bone structure of a Jack o’ Lantern, she has good reason to be depressed about the aging process.” –Mustang
“Here’s a tip on making FW enjoyable. Virtually every Funky strip can be spiced up if you imagine one final panel where someone says, ‘Awwww, snap!’” –Captain Plaid Pants
“I’ve always held the belief that the best way to make a marginally witty joke sound funnier is to employ a funny voice at a key moment, but the Gasoline Alley suit guy seems to go for wild arm gestures and ta-daaa moves like he’s some sort of terrible pun magician.” –Drew Funk
Also there is this awesome thing from commodorejohn which was too long for consideration, but awesome nonetheless.
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This entry was posted on Friday, March 25, 2011 at 08:11 pm and is filed under metaposts. | 313 responses to “” AviatrixMarch 25th, 2011 at 8:17 pm [Reply]
This was a funny week. I’m glad Josh had room for so many funny people on his float, so that I don’t have to duct tape people on the sides of mine. It’s especially important that the starter float not be overloaded, because it is in the form of an airplane. The floaters are all sporting mom jeans, wild facial hair and/or stubble. Some of them are waving keys.
I take back everything I said about Lonnie not being used as a sex slave. It was premature. -Swordsmith
I’ve seen explosion movies where the planning made more sense. -Poteet
Fan service for all the mom-jeans afficionados. And wouldn’t it be awesome if Mark’s subterfuge is discovered because Otto’s employee handbook has a strict no-stubble policy. -Walker of Dog
The plane is guarded because otherwise all the other smugglers would fly to the mainland to find women to befriend and get to do their washing. -commodorejohn
All right, the truth is I rode in from Colorado on my horse, Shadowfax. He is the lord of all horses and has been my friend through many dangers. -Dood
The next float is decorated to showcase the pinnacle of comic strip fashion choices. So spandex, a lot of yellow scarves, and fewer pairs of pants than you might expect.
I am finding this A3G interpretation of Lord of the Rings to be rather tedious. Can we fast-forward to the part where Gandalf the Beige fights Margo on the bridge of Khazad-Dull? -Callidus
Hats, like suits, would come back if people who liked them wore them without waiting for the edict from the people who gave us “honeysuckle pink” as this season’s color. -Fashion Police
“The gas pump works too quickly,” is a new one on me.
Perhaps it’s an oblique reference to Ziggy’s issues with premature ejaculation, which problem he would not have, perhaps, if he wore some pants.
-Effluvius Erratus
Okay, “ignore it until it goes away or becomes a real problem” is actually pretty decent advice for dealing with Internet flameage, but that’s entirely coincidental, because that’s Gil’s approach to everything.
-commodorejohn
“I didn’t know she had the inclination. Or aptitude, fine motor skills, attention span, ability to distinguish colors, capacity to remember how to get to your house…” -Cooler King
I don’t think we’ll have to wait that long. Judging by the rapid development of the other girls, Judge Parker is becoming the Growing Up Skipper of comic strips.
-Scott Bot
The real joke of that Hägar strip is that mercury is what doctors would have used to try and cure syphilis back in those days, so Hägar’s sour grapes were a crude sexual put-down of a mermaid whose only crime was in being even slightly choosy.
- [Old Man] Muffaroo
It’s gotta be embarrassing to lose to a villain whose superpowers are low bone density and “swooping.”
-Esther Blodgett
Near Boomsby Prison, the mighty Prison, the Phantom smirks tonight.
A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
(A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh*
*in the Bandar tongue
-queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii Commando
Due to a discount at the parade supplies store I’ve added a special float for theories and predictions. Some of them made me go “hmm” instead of “hee,” but I still appreciated you. The float design depicts a lopsided crystal ball with a tree growing out of it. The floaters are all out on the limbs of the tree.
Man, Spidey is pretty old-fashioned. Now that Morbius has bitten him, he thinks they’re super-married or something and has gotten all clingy. I have to admit that this will probably add an interesting new twist to the comic as Spider-Pete has to find some way to reconcile his new supervillain husband with his old secret identity wife … and, of course, his one true love the TV set.
-Jim North
Morbius shouldn’t go for too much height, though: if his bones (and presumably muscles and organs) are really light enough for him to glide around on those puny little underarm flaps, he’ll probably get caught in an updraft and get carried off towards New Jersey. Actually, I think that would be a great way to end this storyline: Morbius floats away like a plastic bag in the wind, cursing his anatomy until he is no longer audible to our hero on the ground, who gets bored, goes home and catches the last half of Maury.
-pugfuggly
I call that Dex finds Anthony and pal (not Cue) and they go to Dr. R’s office to break open the safe. Can’t get it open, so go kidnap Berna and try to use her as hostage to get the lottery ticket. Lottery ticket in safe is not the winner. It’s been on the fridge door (it was actually the other ticket that she bought.) Dex and Co. get arrested, Berna uses the lottery money for Dex’s legal fees. Money all gone. Berna does go boating but never figures out the television remote.
-ElkMeadow
The story line I would really like to see here is that the two con men pull their nefarious scheme on Dex, but Dex is so stupid he doesn’t fully understand what’s going on, so they end up having to “seed” the con by giving him a batch of money of their own, which he, in typically bumbling fashion, ends up turning into several million dollars. Meanwhile, Berna discovers that the lottery ticket isn’t really a winner and has to go begging to Dex for a share in his fortune.
And then, as they’re arguing on a street corner, they’re both killed by a bus that careens out of control from Judge Parker.
That’s what I’d like to see.
-Frank Lee Meidere (who also had a Mark Trail prediction)
The last float in my parade is drawn (although not necessarily well) by a team of horses. They are lovely and graceful, if you like that sort of thing, but they do leave something other than hoofprints. When I was a kid they had clowns with shovels following such floats, but we’re a clown-conscious organization (Baka Gaijin: do not look at today’s Cul de Sac!) so I tried to place here those who, by their choice of comic strips, were used to dealing with that sort of tail-end problem.
I just love how every artistic dilemma in Crock is solved with, “Draw a hill over it.” -Patrick
Oh? Are we suppose to get our comics local now like organic produce?
Crap. That means I’m stuck with Reed Hoover.
-Sequitur
“Rechin’s characters tend to look alike.” Brilliant use of understatement there, sir. We also would have accepted “Batiuk’s characters tend to feel under the weather” and “Marvin tends to have regular bowel movements.”
-Esther Blodgett
Too long to place here, but worth reading for balance, is Joe Btfsplk’s defense of 9CL as lending pretentious sex-crazed balance to the folksy sexlessness elsewhere on the page. Thanks for all the funny and the philosophy. If you’re not reading the comments regularly you also missed the truth about Canadian Tire, robot babies and college student literacy.
[Old Man] MuffarooMarch 25th, 2011 at 8:32 pm [Reply]
Hoo hah! I’m on a float again! My feet thank you!
And extra thumbs up for SideshowJon, showing the Right Stuff so plainly that I even spotted it at the time, instead of being surprised by it later as so often happens here.
I am (so far) the last comment on the previous thread, by the way, responding to four or five of my fellow Mudges. Are you one of them? One way to find out!
bartcowMarch 25th, 2011 at 8:34 pm [Reply]
This just made my fanTAStically shitty day finally turn a corner. Wooo!
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMarch 25th, 2011 at 8:36 pm [Reply]
my “I’m on a float!” dance can be seen here. Now if I can just get Guran to lend me his hat, I’ll be all set.
*does happy “I’m on a float!” dance*
Felix_XXIMarch 25th, 2011 at 8:39 pm [Reply]
I can’t help but read “BO-YO-YO-YOING” out loud, which isnt good when you’re riding in a car with people you don’t know all that well.
KarMannMarch 25th, 2011 at 8:41 pm [Reply]
@Aviatrix (#1) (sort of; more @Fashion Police, really): This reminds me, I just wanted to point out to Fashion Police that some of us do indeed wear hats, regardless of such edicts. I’m somewhat notorious for this, perhaps having gone a bit too far with it. I blame it on the Universe seeking balance.
Joe BtfsplkMarch 25th, 2011 at 8:41 pm [Reply]
Every once in a while someone will talk about “the artwork in Crock,” and I never really understand what they mean by that.
commodorejohnMarch 25th, 2011 at 8:47 pm [Reply]
Aww, I’m honored! And so very glad to see that Chyron HR’s comment made it onto the float; I would have had to lodge a formal complaint if that gem hadn’t been included.
ArchieNemesisMarch 25th, 2011 at 8:51 pm [Reply]
That Otto’s got it all: creepy facial hair, disrespect for Cherry/Kelly/Lonnie-type women, and the world’s tiniest drug kingdom. If only he would kick a deer on the way to the plane, my life would be complete, and Mark Trail’s punching fist would swell up like a blowfish. I pray the bullet to the forehead didn’t damage Mark’s punching cortex.
Pseudo3DMarch 25th, 2011 at 8:55 pm [Reply]
Yes! I correctly predicted I would miss the float once again! Hooray! Heh…
Yes, the title of the previous post accurately describes everything.
LUJBEM FEJFMarch 25th, 2011 at 8:58 pm [Reply]
@Aviatrix (#1): I’m thinking Twitter may be on to something.
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMarch 25th, 2011 at 9:01 pm [Reply]
I’d like to thank Aviatrix, Josh, The Academy, and also UncleJeff who inspired my secondary float-winning snark. y’all rock like a corgi in a KISS shirt.
AviatrixMarch 25th, 2011 at 9:07 pm [Reply]
@LUJBEM FEJF (#11): I’ve never really figured out Twitter. I have an account. I follow people. I occasionally tweet things. There’s a certain solace in sending out messages that theoretically anyone could read, but that no one will. And when I want to be entertained, or informed, or immersed in the minutia of others, I seem to want it more than 140 characters at a time.
Or are you subtly wishing I’d restrict my comments to 140 characters or less?
AviatrixMarch 25th, 2011 at 9:10 pm [Reply]
@queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii Commando (#12): It was the “In the Bandar tongue” asterisk on the nonsense syllables that I couldn’t not laugh at. I haven’t quite figured out what The Ghost that Employs Magical Realism is up to this time.
Rocky StoneaxeMarch 25th, 2011 at 9:20 pm [Reply]
Congratulations to bartcow, Rusty, Andie, Dr. Handsome, Maggie the Cat, Poor Thompson, Shem, SideshowJon, Sillstaw, seismic-2, Chyron HR, Uncle Lumpy and all the rest!
Miss OthmarMarch 25th, 2011 at 9:28 pm [Reply]
@Aviatrix (#1): re: Joe B’s defense of 9CL — If I want healthy sexuality in teh comics, there’s always Arlo & Janis and Questionable Content.
In non-woman-friendly news: I wish I hadn’t read this. I didn’t realize Scott Adams was such a whiny McEldowney….
March 25th, 2011 at 9:29 pm [Reply]
@Aviatrix (#14): the first couple of days this week looked like a direct port from The Dark Knight Returns, but yesterday and today didn’t follow, more’s the pity. The Python getting his ass kicked in a mud pit would have been fun to watch. The last time the Phantom accused someone of making the mistake of bringing a gun to a fistfight didn’t turn out so well for him. . . . [*]
check out the dance link above for further yucks along the same lines. :-)
Red GreenbackMarch 25th, 2011 at 9:40 pm [Reply]
You are fun people. I like you. I want to kiss you always.
Esther BlodgettMarch 25th, 2011 at 9:49 pm [Reply]
If possible, I laughed even harder at these comments the second time around! I had Uncle Lumpy pegged as a float-rider from the start.
Thanks for letting me ride your float, Aviatrix. (Don’t tell Josh, but sometimes yours are more fun, because you let us get away with stuff.)
mollificentMarch 25th, 2011 at 9:52 pm [Reply]
Yay COTW! Also…maybe I’m just hungry, but DAMN do those sandwiches look tasty.
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMarch 25th, 2011 at 10:08 pm [Reply]
Chyron HR’s float-riding comment reminded me of this.
please note that TV Tropes describes the link as “gloriously NSFW” and the hosting site has a lot of other naughty content as well.
PonPonPon-PonpaPon. . . . .
Rocky StoneaxeMarch 25th, 2011 at 10:18 pm [Reply]
Little Orphan Annie does a commercial for Alberto Balsam:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crSJylVbcfI&feature=related
This GuyMarch 25th, 2011 at 10:20 pm [Reply]
I dig the COTW, and would like to mention Randall Munroe’s theory that fortune cookies become funnier still if you had “EXCEPT in bed.”
Proving that people other than us are still aware of newspaper comics: tonight’s episode of Fringe showed that in the alternate universe, Berke Breathed is still drawing a strip called Opus the Peahen. Most of it wasn’t legible onscreen, but I suspect it’s just an old Bloom County/Outland/Opus Sunday strip with a new title panel.
@queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii Commando (#21): Browsing Sankaku Complex at work might get you fired… or it might get you hanged on the spot. It’s hard to say.
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMarch 25th, 2011 at 10:22 pm [Reply]
@mollificent (#20): *makes mollificent a sammich.*
Harp SealMarch 25th, 2011 at 10:23 pm [Reply]
@Pseudo3D (#10): You’ve said that before, and occasionally I get curious and search back through the week to find the comments you felt were better than anything Josh highlighted. If your desire to be on the float is so high that you have to voice your disappointment when not nominated, you should study the winners and emulate them.
1. Avoid wall o’ one-liners comments, or, if you love to comment on everything, make sure you put your very best at the top of the list or in their own comments. The eye tends to slide away from comments that consist of a strip-by-strip recitation.
2. Be bold. A lot of your comments are phrased as questions, or tempered by waffle words like maybe or apparently. Uncertainty is only funny when it’s clearly ironic. When you come up with a wacky alternate interpretation of a strip, state it boldly.
3. Keep the language tight, and proofread. Take some time to hone your contribution. If you have a funny idea, but your subordinate clause gets its head stuck up its own behind, it won’t look good at the top of Josh’s site for a week.
4. Bring your own funny. Many of your comments are of the form “Yeah!” “See!” “Wait…” and point out exactly what is in the comic, albeit when viewed ironically. You’re probably laughing at your comments, because stating the obvious is funny when the obvious is already funny, but the comments that float to the top add new humor. Write your funniest comment ever and then cram in something else funny, too.
So combining these ideas, use language that affirms a crazy reinterpretation as a given, then adds something more, something cultural, current, something Josh likes.
Example: To me your top comment of the week was:
As much as I’d like to believe that Lini was bullied for his clothing (it is one of the major “bullying” factors, apparently), it’s a little hard for that to believe when the Christian basketball guy wears safety goggles every day to practice.
You meant “hard to believe that,” not “hard for that to believe.” You could lose the parenthetical information on reasons for bullying. (There’s nothing wrong with educational comments, but you rarely get COTW funny in a PSA). You saw the Christian guy’s glasses as safety goggles. So go somewhere with it, rather than just making the observation the funny part.
Another example, is your “Why is Linni wearing Minnie Mouse gloves?” Take that as “Linni decided to wear Minnie Mouse gloves because …” and then you say something funny and novel. If I knew something funny and novel to put in those spots, I’d be on the float, not harping down below. I don’t think harping is very good for your chances, either, because if I were Josh I might shy away from anointing someone who whined a lot, lest others think that was why he was chosen.
There is no magic formula for COTW, but you do have to be really funny.
Frank Lee MeidereMarch 25th, 2011 at 10:24 pm [Reply]
Congrats to bartcow, and all the float riders. Like Aviatrix, I’ve been collecting a few of my own favourites through the week, so I’ll just add one more float to the parade.
Alfred E. Neuman: MT— So Mark is going to take on the evil Pringles man. I guess we all know how this story will end: Goodbye, Mr. Chips.
Artist formerly known as Ben: MT: It’s a shame that Mario has lost his moral compass since his days in the Mushroom Kingdom.
Dood: When female pluggers die, wouldn’t there just be a barbecue instead of a funeral?
Joe Btfsplk: @A different JD (#181): Personally I wish hats would come back. A hat is such a useful accessory; you can tip it in greeting, doff it to show respect, toss it nonchalantly onto a hook when you enter a room, and you always have something handy to draw lots from when there are four of you and only three parachutes.
Artist formerly known as Ben: 9CL: Brooke is back to doing what he does best: drawing legs and writing assholes.
Swordsmith: MW: That pie is hot enough to generate an appreciable amount of steam, but Mary is holding it in her bare hands. Does she dream of electric sheep?
Terry in Maryland: Phantom: The Python knows the Phantom is near from the wafting waves of Brut (by Faberge) in the air.
McManx: Phantom — I’m amused by all the skully fumes through the halls of the empty prison; “Ghost-who-walks can clear a room with his farts”… Old Jungle Saying.
[Old Man] Muffaroo: 9 – Yes, during WW2, Edda’s grandma was Bugs Bunny in drag, tricking Helmut Fudds out of their cwosewy guawded secwet pwans.
Fashion PoliceMarch 25th, 2011 at 10:25 pm [Reply]
@Aviatrix (#1):
We are deeply honored to be included in your collection. However, we assure you that we have never, ever worn mom jeans.
March 25th, 2011 at 10:26 pm [Reply]
@This Guy (#23): that’s why I include the warnings. I wouldn’t want anyone getting in trouble for something that I linked to. (it isn’t always squee, after all!)
that being said, the video is, umm, bouncy! (bonus points for spotting James of Team Rocket and/or Winry.)
Rocky StoneaxeMarch 25th, 2011 at 10:30 pm [Reply]
Is this the end of MARY WORTH?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg3bhrwX4JM
Fashion PoliceMarch 25th, 2011 at 10:32 pm [Reply]
@KarMann (#6):
We have every confidence that you are dashing and stylish in your choice of headwear. We ourselves are fond of hats as well. Except baseball caps, which are admirably suited for baseball…and farming, but little else. Driving a truck perhaps. We particularly like the look of those little 1950s hats with a bit of a veil. And white gloves.
March 25th, 2011 at 10:32 pm [Reply]
@Frank Lee Meidere (#26): Yay! I had hoped homegrown parades would catch on. Thank you for joining in.
@Fashion Police (#27): It’s okay, you’re not on the mom jeans float. You’re on the spandex and yellow scarves float.
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMarch 25th, 2011 at 10:32 pm [Reply]
@Frank Lee Meidere (#26): FLM, I too got a chuckle out of [Old Man] Muffaroo’s Bugs Bunny comment. Warner Bros fan from way back.
Scott BotMarch 25th, 2011 at 10:32 pm [Reply]
Congratulations to the float and alternate float riders! And thanks, Aviatrix, for including my comment. I was afraid to post it, because I wasn’t sure if anyone knew just what a Growing Up Skipper doll was…
Oh, and about the vent windows everyone was talking about in the last thread – when GM redesigned their big cars in 1971 or so, they introduced flow through ventilation, which forces outside air in through the dash and lets it out through vents near the rear window (this is aside from your defroster/heater, which is a different system). Since you always had a fresh supply of air coming into the car, and it’s a hell of a lot cheaper to make a car door without a vent window than with one, the other manufacturers went that direction, and goodbye vent windows.
Bit o’trivia from the old car nut…
@Katy (#Y172): Well, I’ve got at least one sale…
AviatrixMarch 25th, 2011 at 10:33 pm [Reply]
Ha ha! I knew I’d do that. You all knew who it was anyway, from the babbling.
Artist formerly known as BenMarch 25th, 2011 at 10:35 pm [Reply]
Congratulations to the fine and funny folks on the float. Well done in adding much needed humor to the week.
Thanks to Aviatrix and Frank Lee Meidere for their efforts in the auxiliary COTWs. (Oh Frank, you make me feel like Lini in front of the green wave. I’m humbled.)
And finally, I just want to say that there is no way that tumblr belongs to W. Weston. Those sandwiches actually have texture and flavor, and natural ingredients. There’s nothing Charterstone about them. I smell a multigrain impostor.
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMarch 25th, 2011 at 10:39 pm [Reply]
@Rocky Stoneaxe (#29): best part about that? It’s only a click or two away from Dingo’s epic “Dancing Queen” video. (you rock, Dingo, and I hope you’re doing well.)
Maggie the CatMarch 25th, 2011 at 10:42 pm [Reply]
I’m on the float! Thank you, thank you! Beads and free beer tokens for all!!
Rocky StoneaxeMarch 25th, 2011 at 10:44 pm [Reply]
@queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii Commando (#21):
“It’s still real to me, damnit!”
Esther BlodgettMarch 25th, 2011 at 10:50 pm [Reply]
@Harp Seal (#25): Excellent summation/tutorial! *clapz* It’s heartening to infer that I’m not alone in sometimes devoting inordinate time and attention to crafting comments. Although I’m pleased as punch when my fellow ‘mudges find amusement in something I’ve written, it’s mainly an ongoing effort not to embarrass myself when I hit “Post.”
Also, I’m positive there are many naturally gifted funny people here, and just as positive that the majority of my comments that come out funny are actually birthed by an O.B. in clown makeup with forceps and a bottle of choloform (sorry for the imagery, Baka Gaijin).
Pseudo3DMarch 25th, 2011 at 10:50 pm [Reply]
@Harp Seal (#25): Oh thanks! I’ll try to do better next time. I do need to develop my comments a bit better, you’re right.
This GuyMarch 25th, 2011 at 10:58 pm [Reply]
@Miss Othmar (#16): RE Adams: Oy. I had a lot of respect for the guy, once. Yesterday, really. It did remind me of Dave Sim, except that he managed to insult men, too.
Scott BotMarch 25th, 2011 at 11:05 pm [Reply]
@Miss Othmar (#16): As the only person on the planet that doesn’t like Dilbert, I now feel somewhat justified in my beliefs.
AviatrixMarch 25th, 2011 at 11:13 pm [Reply]
@Scott Bot (#42): I think his point was more that men don’t care and men aren’t going to do anything, so why beat your head against the wall, but ’suck it up’ is the wrong exhortation. Women’s willingness to work for lower wages is why we make less money to begin with. Men should care because wages decline in every field women move into in significant numbers. From a purely self-preservation point of view, men in the few industries still almost exclusive to their sex should behave just as they are doing and band together to prevent anyone who would accept lower pay and harder working conditions from entering the profession.
bats :[March 25th, 2011 at 11:17 pm [Reply]
@Miss Othmar (#16): wow. Jackass. And an insult to jackasses that is, too…
Frank Lee MeidereMarch 25th, 2011 at 11:33 pm [Reply]
@Harp Seal (#31): Aviatrix deserves the credit, but yes, I think they’re a good idea. It also takes some of the pressure off Josh, which is important, because the easier we can make his job, the longer he’ll keep CC running.
Maggie the CatMarch 25th, 2011 at 11:34 pm [Reply]
@Calico (y#73) LOL, now I get it… I was like “what the hell does a pink bowling ball have to do with anything??” Yes, yes, one of those commercials has a pink bowling ball that wants to have mop stick/bowling ball-hole sex with the rag mop. Sorry, I’m a bit slow tonight, haha.
[Old Man] MuffarooMarch 25th, 2011 at 11:41 pm [Reply]
@Harp Seal (#25): This is an excellent mini-masterclass in honing one’s snark. One thing I sometimes remember to do is to look at everything I’ve written and then trim out the lame ones, the ones that go nowhere, the inelegant expressions of dislike, and most of the “Hey! This guy looks like William Holden!” comments. You folks don’t know it, but my “delete” key is your best friend.
@Frank Lee Meidere (#26): And thanks for another mini-float ride. This is a bit dizzying, standing with one foot on each float and praying they both remember to turn right at Elm Street.
cjMarch 25th, 2011 at 11:47 pm [Reply]
Worth:
To assuage any fears of icky Wilbur-Adrian FAILcest, one must only remember that Wilbur would never think of such a thing, as he is committed to his sandwiches.
March 25th, 2011 at 11:49 pm [Reply]
@[Old Man] Muffaroo (#47): Oops. Did you say “right”?
AndieMarch 25th, 2011 at 11:53 pm [Reply]
I seriously, honestly, just about choked on my sandwich (which, to the best of my knowledge, has NOT been featured on a sandwich blog) with joy. COTW Runner Up! Screw childbirth.. this is the happiest day of my life. Or at the very least, the highlight of my week.
Frank Lee MeidereMarch 25th, 2011 at 11:58 pm [Reply]
You know who never gets COTW? Josh. That’s who. He’s automatically out of the running for the official COTW, since it’s his blog, and he’s the judge, and this isn’t Luann and all.
So here’s a new feature:
Josh’s COTW::
If there’s one thing I live for every day, it’s the thought that insane violence might break out in the Jumble
Don’t we all, Josh. Don’t we all.
Jim NorthMarch 26th, 2011 at 12:25 am [Reply]
People who complain about not making it into the CotWs will get written up in the bitchonary!
And speaking of the bitchonary, I’m kinda disappointed that that one didn’t make it into the Co-
. . . oh, wait. Dammit!
ElkMeadowMarch 26th, 2011 at 1:07 am [Reply]
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Congrats, Fellow Floaters! Thanks, Aviatrix!
*waves one arm while desperately fighting off an army of squirrels with the other, while trying to keep the rest of my body wrapped around the swaying tree limb*
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bats :[March 26th, 2011 at 1:07 am [Reply]
Oh, what fun we’ll have!
AviatrixMarch 26th, 2011 at 1:19 am [Reply]
@bats :[ (#54): Oh bats, I would love to see a whole series of Mary meddling her comics neighbours.
@ElkMeadow (#53): Ooh, sorry about that. Remind me next week to put you on the armchairs-and-sandwiches float.
DairyStateDadMarch 26th, 2011 at 1:21 am [Reply]
Congrats to all the funny floaters!
MW, 3/26: More about oil painting can be found on the Internet.
ElkMeadowMarch 26th, 2011 at 1:22 am [Reply]
@Aviatrix (#55):
Wow, I’ve already made the next parade!?
Fashion PoliceMarch 26th, 2011 at 1:23 am [Reply]
@Harp Seal (#31) said:
You’re on the spandex and yellow scarves float.
Thank you, no. We shall be quite content to march along with Miss Phelps, Miss Thompson, Master Peter Otterloop and the other less conspicuous participants. We have no need to show off.
AviatrixMarch 26th, 2011 at 1:27 am [Reply]
@ElkMeadow (#57): I’m just rooting for you to be that funny this week. Or if you’re good at making sandwiches, I could get you a staff position.
ElkMeadowMarch 26th, 2011 at 1:34 am [Reply]
Next on Prince Valiant:
Thanks to a very recently written backstory (too bad for you, Hal Foster), we learn that Aleta has been practising slap-dash magic for almost all of her life. We will also learn that Mudhen graduated first in her class in the School of Slytherin.
While Mudhen is powerful, Aleta has more practice and natural talent. Before this story arc is over, we will see a number of wizards and witches wander through, including a brief cameo of Merlin and Vivian, who will wake up long enough to wave and give some obscure advice, The Wanderer, and some blond woman who will become Draco’s second wife (after Mudhen is turned into a tree), and Draco and she will set up their home near Stonehenge, and will have pure-blood obsessed off-spring.
I would like to see daughter Karen and Druid show up, especially as we were reminded of them at Christmas time.
*goes to check out squashy armchairs at Dumbledore’s Delightful Designs*
And re. the sandwiches–if Wilbur touched ‘em, I’ll just have a soda instead.
Rana the Pedantic Wet BlanketMarch 26th, 2011 at 1:42 am [Reply]
Congrats to all of the floaters! And I love the idea of Josh’s COTW.
Fashion PoliceMarch 26th, 2011 at 1:50 am [Reply]
@ElkMeadow (#60):
If Wilbur gets within sniffing distance of the sandwiches we shall forbid him from wearing ladies’ underwear ever again.
March 26th, 2011 at 1:50 am [Reply]
DtM: Well, you see, Dennis, it’s a chick with a di–oh, wait, wrong “trap.”
DT: Okay, the new team’s still getting their sea legs. Ease up on the brush, work on that lettering. If the volume of words is causing problems, I can see plenty of fat that could’ve been trimmed from those balloons. And strongly consider switching to a less obnoxious, space-gobbling font.
“I can’t answer a lot of your questions?!?” He asked you TWO. They were the same question. And you answered it. What the fu–oh, wait, you’re FBI. Nevermind.
MT: “You’ve set me up to be the head mug’s whore if this fails. Of COURSE I want off this island!”
Frank Lee MeidereMarch 26th, 2011 at 1:51 am [Reply]
Anyone else getting a weird, white square in the upper right portion of the screen blocking out anything that falls under it?
KarMannMarch 26th, 2011 at 1:56 am [Reply]
3/26 RMMD: Why do I get the feeling that “marbles” is a euphemism for something here?
Baka GaijinMarch 26th, 2011 at 2:04 am [Reply]
Luann: When Luann’s around Gunther, she’d better keep her guard up. You know how Mark Trail likes punching beards.
Jim NorthMarch 26th, 2011 at 2:06 am [Reply]
Crank: Their tip is the same as always, a small sheet of paper with “poison Crankshaft’s coffee next time” written on it.
MW: We’re here at Mary Worth, where we’ve secretly replaced the fine coffee they usually drink with Smug Sam’s Wine Crystals. Let’s see if anyone can tell the difference!
Pluggers: Way back when I was a kid, my dad bought a sign that said “No Admittance Except On Business” and hung it on the bathroom door, which I personally found pretty amusing. This does reveal a bit more of my potential plugger-tude, of course, but at least I take solace in that it’s more clever than today’s actual installment of Pluggers.
RMMD: Today’s Rex Morgan is extra fun if you imagine all the characters as eight year olds in the school cafeteria during lunch. In tomorrow’s strip, Dex will tell the other two kids that Berna has cooties then ask to join their secret club, but only on the condition that it’s No Girls Allowed!
SF: “Anyway, to sum up, fuck clouds.”
Baka GaijinMarch 26th, 2011 at 2:15 am [Reply]
@KarMann (#Y197): “I always guessed that the reason they no longer make them [wing windows] was because they were too easy to break or pry open, and reach through to unlock the door, though.” Actually the Big Three figured out that Pluggers like them, which resulted in 2 generations of Americans shunning their cars. After all, when one thinks “cool” and “what’s gonna get me laid,” one immediately thinks “Pluggers!” [*]
Read em and lafMarch 26th, 2011 at 2:28 am [Reply]
Maggie the cat: “…you’re here to sing your greatest hits at the Ramada Inn Lounge”
Ooh… Reminds me of a flight from California to the East Coast, with a stopover in Atlanta. Unbeknownst to me, or anyone else on the flight, there’d been a foot-and-half feet of snow dumped on the destination airport, and no way we would make it.
Sat for hours in the Atlanta airport watching the digital sign scroll “flight delayed” before they finally told us what the deal was and paid for a cheap hotel near the airport. I went to the hotel bar to kill time, as it was too late to head downtown, and got driven out by how horrid the live band sounded.
If the only gig you get is playing to stranded passengers, I guess expectations are pretty low.
I wish they mentioned the delay before I boarded in California, a nicer place to stay than the airport.
Baka GaijinMarch 26th, 2011 at 2:39 am [Reply]
@ArchieNemesis (#9): It’s early in the week and we have a COTW condender right here.
@queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii Commando (#12): One of Queen Elizabeth’s corgis, right?
@bats :[ (#54): Ah ha ha ha ha! Funny on so many levels.
@Charlie the Bursted Carbunkle (#63): Cheeky! Your comment on Dennis is pure cheek.
@Frank Lee Meidere (#64): Seeing weird white squares means you need to see your doctor. If accompanied by the taste of mayonnaise or delusions of sandwiches, hie thee to Charterstone ASAP. Your creepy daughter wants to show you a painting.
@Jim North (#67) on Mary Worth: Snurk!
ZaneTarloMarch 26th, 2011 at 3:17 am [Reply]
9CL: Is it just me of is Fernanda looking less and less attractive as the story progresses? But then again, considering Brooke’s lack of knowledge on how homosexuality actually works it wouldn’t shock me if he thought sex with the gay makes women’s heads shrink and their features to look more awkward.
daleMarch 26th, 2011 at 3:30 am [Reply]
GT
Lini will be happy spending the rest of his time in Milford not knowing who hates him enough to risk a libel charge. You get a lot of exercise never being able to turn your back on anyone.
Alfred E. NeumanMarch 26th, 2011 at 4:12 am [Reply]
@Frank Lee Meidere (#26): Thanks for putting me on your float with all of those clever ‘Mudges. I’ll be the one tossing Pringles to the multitudes.
Monty Python's Family CircusMarch 26th, 2011 at 5:47 am [Reply]
FC
All things dull and ugly,
All creatures short and squat,
All things rude and nasty,
The Lord God made the lot.
March 26th, 2011 at 8:08 am [Reply]
awright, who broke TheChron again?!?
A&J: sad, but true. a good local farmers market is a wonderful thing. A good local farmer and a stand by the road is fine too.
JS: o_O umm, wtf?
OtH: breaking the 4th wall, and running away and burying the pieces.
9CL: ok, that punch-line almost made this whole plotz worth it. Almost.
A3G: Rick? Rick Astley?
F-: not funny, but I can see the point.
Mutts: the zen of cat.
PMP: heeee!
Ghost-who-takes-chances: The Python has not read the Overlord Things Not To Do list, has he? [*]
RMMD: and if it’s one thing a strip club operator knows about, it’s girls holding all the marbles!
RwO: groan!
SF: unseen 3rd panel: “and go back to making out.”
AD: mercury is NOT INHERENTLY FUNNY!!!!
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMarch 26th, 2011 at 8:15 am [Reply]
@Monty Python’s Family Circus (#74): I love that song.
can we do The Medical Love Song next? please?!?
Scott BotMarch 26th, 2011 at 8:25 am [Reply]
Luann – Of all the possible ploys a guy could use to get into a girls pants, ‘I will make you a stunning gown’ is probably not the most effective one.
Rocky StoneaxeMarch 26th, 2011 at 8:30 am [Reply]
@Read em and laf (#69):
Are you any relation to this “laf”?
http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_570xN.185466254.jpg
Écureuil ÉcumantMarch 26th, 2011 at 8:37 am [Reply]
@Red Greenback (#18): You’re plooking too hard … plooking too hard on me-e-e-e-e…
Mole Man FanMarch 26th, 2011 at 8:44 am [Reply]
@Aviatrix (#1), @Frank Lee Meidere (#26): Just a suggestion: If you continue with the alt-floats, consider using the blockquote tag. I think it would highlight them better and improve readability.
Coming off recent root canal work, today’s Luann leaves me wondering what monster dentist left Gunther with only the top row of front teeth and Luann with none at all. Too bad it wasn’t enough to prevent the stupid dialog.
Well, back to lurking…
Pippy the ZipheadMarch 26th, 2011 at 8:52 am [Reply]
@Commodorejohn: Brilliant post! You’ve just described every Dustin, Hi and Lois and Marvin all in one post. Now I’ll never have to read any of them again! Thank you!
gleebMarch 26th, 2011 at 8:54 am [Reply]
’shaft: Batiuk, you old revisionist! You already established that these bastards don’t tip.
Dick: Jim Trailer’s luminescent nameplate helps people identify him even when it gets all noir in his office.
Pluggers: …are too stupid to keep the toilet paper in the toilet.
carlag8rMarch 26th, 2011 at 9:00 am [Reply]
@Liam (#y191): re: Zits – Here in Georgia, it’s now illegal to text (read or send) or the like while driving, and that includes while at stoplights. I have a real problem with the stoplight part for a lot of reasons…
FlummoxicatedMarch 26th, 2011 at 9:03 am [Reply]
MW: yes, yes, oil painting and kite-flying are far superior to using the technology that that put humans on the moon, we get it.
Mordock999March 26th, 2011 at 9:26 am [Reply]
Today’s Luann – 03/26/2011
Luann – “Hey Gunth! Would You do Me a ‘Favor’?”
Gunther – “Well, uh….,”
Luann – “I’ll REWARD You with an Insincere, Condescending, KISS on the Cheek!”
Gunther – “Well in THAT Case…..,”
Luann – “GOOD! Gunther, could You CLAP Real LOUD for Me during the pagent….,”
Gunther – “SURE!”
Luann – ” …and CREATE for Me a REALLY Pretty Gown…..,
Gunther – “Of COURSE!”
Luann – “…., and LOAN Me a 100 bucks for make-up…..,”
Gunther – “ABSOLUTELY!”
Luann – “…., and afterwards HELP Me with My Homework….,”
Gunther- “You Bet’cha!”
Luann – “…., and later on, Help Me MOVE My OBSCENELY, HEAVY dresser downstars?”
Gunther – “You HAVE but to ASK!”
Luann – “THANKS, Gunth! You’re SUCH a GOOD TOOL…., er, I MEAN Friend!”
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DEATH to TJ!!!
March 26th, 2011 at 9:28 am [Reply]
Phantom: Python – Shoot, then gloat. Phantom – If you had planned on seeing Diana again, giving the Python a loaded gun was pretty stupid. See the instructions for the Python on what to do with mortal enemies who are hunting your family (and follow them IF there is a next time, otherwise, you had better hope that Kit, Jr is smarter than a 5th grader.
150March 26th, 2011 at 9:37 am [Reply]
Hey! Is that a Dagwood on the sandwich Tumblr? I smell a crossover!
SwordsmithMarch 26th, 2011 at 9:38 am [Reply]
@carlag8r (#83): goggling around I found California has the same laws, and I bet a lot of other states do also. Their FAQ on the subject specifically asks and answers both these questions, yes it is illegal to text while stopped at a light, and yes it is just as illegal to read a text as it is to send one.
To text while behind the wheel of a car legally, you have to pull over somewhere safe, off the road.
I assume its pretty much the same in any state which has passed anti texting laws, not because it makes sense to include “stopped at a light”, but because you’d have to go to more effort to exclude that special case, and it would also be difficult to prove.
I also assume most police officers would ignore this “crime” unless they needed to pad out their tickets for the month or something…or you were guilty of driving while teen. Since Jeremy has a ticket in hand, I think that’s the likely explanation.
Écureuil ÉcumantMarch 26th, 2011 at 9:54 am [Reply]
DT: Jim in panel 2 == Lini 25 years on?
Scott BotMarch 26th, 2011 at 9:59 am [Reply]
FW – Not even taking into account that a) no one would drop a course in the middle of a semester without getting an incomplete, and b) usually these ‘family living’ classes are mandatory, and she couldn’t drop the course if she wanted to, I seen no reason to feel sorry for Dork Boy Cody. I know we’re supposed to feel for the poor nerd that was rejected by the beautiful girl, but he did make a complete ass of himself. If my partner in a project acted that way, I’d probably be doubting whether he would take it seriously enough to get a decent grade. Ya can’t blame her for not wanting him to drag her grade down for the sake of being a smartass.
CanuckDownSouthMarch 26th, 2011 at 10:01 am [Reply]
@stumps (#86): If stripey-butt has an IQ greater than a radish, that gun is loaded with blanks. But considering that it’s some kind of nutzoid test for one last shot at Python’s redemption, I have my doubts.
Some day, you really wish Phantom had a sidekick, even a very dumb one:
Phantom: Chatu was born to be an important leader of his people, I can’t just kill him! I’ll test whether he can be redeemed.
Sidekick: But I thought that’s what you did when you put him in jail.
P: No, that was a pre-test. I wasn’t giving him his last chance yet.
S: Because he hadn’t organized a terrorist attack from behind bars yet. I think that’s a clear failure of prison as rehabilitation.
P: No! The Seer corrupted him there.
S: So why did they get put… never mind. *sigh* So what’s the plan?
P: I’ll give him a choice – in the night! – with a gun! he can shoot me or…
S: Please tell me we’ve got some blanks around here.
Scott BotMarch 26th, 2011 at 10:03 am [Reply]
Phantom – Wow, Mr. T looks a lot better without the mohawk.
Écureuil ÉcumantMarch 26th, 2011 at 10:10 am [Reply]
MT: Mark’s made a huge breakthrough in panel 3. He still can’t bear to touch a woman’s pointy parts, but finally he can do it by proxy using Senora Momjeans’ left arm as a waldo. I’m glad she’s willing to take that chance. It may not work out, but at least she’s keepin’ it light.
CanuckDownSouthMarch 26th, 2011 at 10:12 am [Reply]
@Scott Bot (#90): I can’t imagine being allowed to drop *required* credits like gym, home ec and the like. I could see asking for a substitute project since the guy is such a jerk. For example, my sister-in-law has taught a home ec course where the “baby week” was optional. Students could either write a humongous paper about parenting and family economics, or sign up for a slot taking the school’s one robotic doll around for a week. No pairing up or family playacting, but few ever chose the midnight feedings and diapers simulator :-)
The RidgerMarch 26th, 2011 at 10:16 am [Reply]
@carlag8r (#83): Unless you can drop the phone when the light changes and pull away as fast as you would otherwise, you shouldn’t be doing it. Somebody will rear end you someday – and lots of people will be pissed off.
bats :[March 26th, 2011 at 10:16 am [Reply]
@gleeb (#82): re CS: but like most folks who don’t tip (or tip badly), they delight in telling the wait-staff (particularly the same waiter) over and over, how badly they tip.
Now, why anyone who wants to announce the fact that “Hey, look at me! I’m an asshole!”, is beyond my understanding.
March 26th, 2011 at 10:26 am [Reply]
@Fashion Police (#62):
If Wilbur gets within sniffing distance of the sandwiches we shall forbid him from wearing ladies’ underwear ever again.
Ugh! That image was SO disturbing that it provoked my first post! Thanks a lot!
*back to lurking, the highlight of my day. Sincere thanks to all of you for the many hours of fun I’ve had here–*
March 26th, 2011 at 10:28 am [Reply]
Congrats to bartcow and all the funny folks on all the floats! And damn, some of those sandwiches look pretty good. I hope Moy has taken note of National Sandwich Day on November 3 and is planning ahead.
MW – Oh PUH-leeze! Looks like we’re going to have two weeks of “oil paintings are better than computer graphics” and then we’ll move on to Charley Smith, who will demonstrate that old 33s of show tunes are better than MP3s.
A3G – And let me guess – your friend Rick is a big Broadway promoter?
Arch – By “I only painted down to the mess,” Jughead means he painted the upper part, which was not messy, and stopped when he came to the mess at the bottom, since that needed to be preserved for future archaeologists.
RMMD – The Cliché Patrol would like to know just who you think you are, Ed Crankshaft? She’s holding all the cards. You’ve lost your marbles.
BG&SS – I liked this. The juxtaposition of the real he-wins-everything Jimmie Johnson with the fictional, yet instantly lovable, Hubcap Smif – combined with the totally appropriate expression “blow his doors off” – has a certain delightful panache.
@Harp Seal (#25): Bravo – well said! (or typed). And let’s also note for the record that not every post is intended as an entry in a contest for COTW. I enjoy the conversation with likeminded ‘mudgeons, and I’m not presenting my posts as paragons of witty snarkicism.
The RidgerMarch 26th, 2011 at 10:28 am [Reply]
FW: In lots of schools this kind of course wouldn’t be a requirement. And even if it is, why are we assuming that it’s the only offering she’ll ever be able to take?
MibbitmakerMarch 26th, 2011 at 10:41 am [Reply]
Luann: “OHMGAW”?! Really?!?! …..wow.[/in a Conan O'Brien-y mocking way]
MW: Oh, great! Mary even ruined painting! Just leave your paws off of drawing, Mare!
Mutts: That’s severely minimalist even for McDonnell!!
NS: That clang of the anvil against the reader can legitimately be considered torture, Wiley!
John C FremontMarch 26th, 2011 at 10:49 am [Reply]
@Vince M (#305): I never had a Valiant, but I’ve had a few Dodge Darts. My first was a ‘64, just like Julia Stiles drives in 10 Things I Hate About You. Push-button automatic, wing vents and everything. I miss that car…
@gleeb (#82): @bats :[ (#96): After finally seeing Reservoir Dogs for the first time, my younger son was so impressed by Mr. Pink's logic on tipping that he began to do the same. To the embarrassment of his father, I should add. But still, it's hard to argue with Steve Buscemi.
@[Old Man] Muffaroo (#47): “You’ve got to know when to fold ‘em. Know William Holden…”
MW – “Expertise?”
FC – I get the notes in the air, but what are those little puffs of air coming out from behind Jeffy and Dolly? Oh. Well, that explains why Thel looks as though she’s passing out.
DT – Jim Trailer clearly looks like Guy Fawkes. Not like William Holden at all!
[Old Man] MuffarooMarch 26th, 2011 at 10:50 am [Reply]
Family – And now, accompanying themselves in “Beans, beans, the musical fruit…”, it’s the Gas House Four, and they’re havin’ a Tootenanny!
Gil – Swish learned the lesson of Chickweed Lane: just like cats, chicks dig the guys that don’t dig them!
[Old Man] MuffarooMarch 26th, 2011 at 10:54 am [Reply]
Mary – Golly day, Mary! Is there NOTHING that’s not better when you don’t use a computer to do it?
Pluggers can’t spell “orifice.”
[Old Man] MuffarooMarch 26th, 2011 at 10:55 am [Reply]
Wiz – The enemies of Id, are the Egos: feral Spooks with horned helmets.
@Frank Lee Meidere (#49): JUST DO WHAT AVIATRIX DOES YAAAAAAAA
SpundeMarch 26th, 2011 at 11:08 am [Reply]
MW: In Saturday’s third panel, the producer for the reality TV show “Charterstoners” tells Mary, “Okay, that ‘honed over the centuries’ was gold, but we’ll have to use it as a voice-over. Remember, you can’t look at the camera or you’ll ruin the shot.”
John C FremontMarch 26th, 2011 at 11:17 am [Reply]
But why would someone take a picture of a Fluffernutter sandwich and post it? Or a peanutbutter and jelly sandwich? Or Grilled Chicken Breast, Black Beans, Crushed Roasted Garlic, Melted White Cheddar, Black Pepper, Purple Onions, On a Small Round – Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness!
Frank Lee MeidereMarch 26th, 2011 at 11:33 am [Reply]
@Mole Man Fan (#80): Good idea. Thanks.
Scott BotMarch 26th, 2011 at 11:36 am [Reply]
@John C Fremont (#101): “You’ve got to know when to fold ‘em. Know William Holden…”
Dang it, now that song is in my head, and it won’t get out!
Frank Lee MeidereMarch 26th, 2011 at 11:37 am [Reply]
Wizard of Id: Knock-out drugs, a pair of pliers, piercings, and a hairy, naked guy in fetish gear. In what sense, exactly, is Hart using the word “know”?
commodorejohnMarch 26th, 2011 at 11:54 am [Reply]
A3G – Rick Astley?
A.D. – I’d point out that this is not what “organic” means, but the fun fact is that what people use “organic” to mean is not what “organic” means, either. Vague, meaningless redefinitions all around!
Crankshaft – Ha ha! It’s funny because these men are cheap shitheads, and the waitress gets paid next to nothing, even being specifically exempted from the minimum wage based on the expectation of the generosity she is not going to receive! Ha ha FUCK.
DT – Huh. Years of reading Dick Locher’s storylines have so conditioned me that I’m honestly shocked and baffled by Dick Tracy taking on a subject that might possibly, conceivably lead to a nuanced, meaningful opinion on a real-world subject being expressed. I think I need to go lie down for a while.
FW – Oh gee, the girl you were smarmily leering at got fed up and left? WHAT ARE THE ODDS.
HOTC – Heart, Heart, Heart. Some things you should never be afraid to admit to.
H&L – It’s fucking March. The only place where there is still ice left on the lakes is the northern border states (i.e. here, where I live.) Don’t you live in some kind of giant cartoonist depository in Arizona, Walkers?
JP – What? This isn’t 7-bit ASCII here; you’re doing the lettering either by hand or in a font on a computer that’s well and truly capable of extended character sets. There is no reason you can’t put a damn umlaut in “über.” Also, Sophie, just a thought, but boys might be more interested in you if you tried not to have such amusingly simian expressions.
Jumble – A “POLLEN TRADE”? [*]
Luann – GOD DAMMIT. This storyline was almost not completely intolerable until he showed up.
MT – “We’re willing to take that chance, Mark! Well, I am, and my little mini-me is kind of stuck coming along for the ride.”
MW – Dear God, don’t tell me we’re moving from a mini-story about the evils of Kindles to a story about the evils of the Internet to a story about the evils of Photoshop and Wacom tablets? Will the fun never cease? (Although I will be significantly more kindly disposed to this if they see fit to use one of those “Brooke splooges default Photoshop filters all over a perfectly decent picture” panels of Pibgorn as their example of Evil, Evil Digital Art.)
Momma – AAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHH TAKE THIS FUCKING THING OUT OF THE PAPERS ALREADY
Phantom – “Two choices, Python! Take your time! Just…don’t take four and a half months, okay?”
SF – Are we sure Nona is not actually Ted in a wig? Wait, maybe she and Hillary were switched at birth, and Nona is actually Ted’s child?
SM – Every thrilling moment, presented in excruciating detail!
Edison Lee – WELL THAT ONLY TOOK YOU A GOD-DAMN WEEK.
Scott BotMarch 26th, 2011 at 11:58 am [Reply]
The last panel in today’s Gil Thorp looks like a freeze frame final scene to a bad seventies cop show. I keep expecting to see the words ‘A Stephen J Cannell Production’ written across the panel.
KatyMarch 26th, 2011 at 11:59 am [Reply]
I am going to shift my hate of Funky Winkerbean and Crankshaft to Mary Worth, just for today:
JESUS GOD I HATE THIS FUCKING STRIP HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE
I managed to keep my mouth shut through the whole Wilbur/Dawn/incest/sandwichfest thing, but now HAAAAAAAAAAAAATE
Frank Lee MeidereMarch 26th, 2011 at 11:59 am [Reply]
@Scott Bot (#111): Or for one person to look around at all the immobile people, then slowly walk out of frame, as in Police Squad.
WeaselboyMarch 26th, 2011 at 12:00 pm [Reply]
FC: Keane and Son are now so desperate for ideas that they’re lifting material from
kissthisguy.com. Tomorrow the kids will be singing “Let’s pee in the corner. Let’s pee in the spotlight.”
March 26th, 2011 at 12:01 pm [Reply]
Hey, this isn’t triggered by anything particular, but didn’t Non Sequitur have some kind of story going a couple months back about a creature that instilled happiness in the world and this was some kind of menace and then somebody was going to do something about that? Did that ever get wrapped up in a sensible way, or in a Popeye “well, ran out of panels, guess we’re done” way, or in a Get Fuzzy “I forgot this was the plot” way, or left in a 9 Chickweed Lane “we’re going to make Locher/Brozman Dick Tracy look snappily paced” way? Does anyone, including Non Sequitur’s cartoonist, remember? Thanks for any help.
TheDivaMarch 26th, 2011 at 12:06 pm [Reply]
C’shaft: “In fact, I won’t be able to spend it anywhere. Even gumball machines don’t take dimes anymore, you cheap assholes.”
DT: Hey, his mustache shrank! It’s not quite up to the insanity of the Locher era, but I feel a bit more grounded now.
FW: Spends five days worth of comics being a smug jerk, and the rest of the time feeling sorry for himself. Are we sure Les didn’t have a little somethin’-somethin’ goin’ on with Cody’s mom about seventeen years ago? I mean seriously, look at the kid.
Luann: Oh, goody. It’s been a while since Gunther was asked to indulge in his disturbing cosplay fetish.
MT: Little girl: “Hey, nobody asked me! I want to stay! There’s good money in drug running!”
MW: Yes, the eeeeeeeeevils of technology are no match for a landscape in oils! ALL HAIL BOB ROSS!
Pluggers: So Pluggers….run out of consumable items, occasionally at inopportune times? I don’t get it.
TomMarch 26th, 2011 at 12:08 pm [Reply]
Love how in today’s Mark Trail, Mark gets a little extra advice from the tiny golem who lives in his shirt pocket: “‘Get whatever you need to take with us, but keep it light!’ There’s not a lot of room in this breast pocket, you know!”
Jim NorthMarch 26th, 2011 at 12:11 pm [Reply]
@TheDiva (#116): RE Bob Ross: Yeeeessssss . . . must destroy all computeeeerrrrrrs . . . make room for more happy little treeeeeeeeees . . . this is where the snow-covered rock liiiiiiiiiives, this is his hoooooooooome . . . all hail Bob Rooooooooossssssssss . . .
Fashion PoliceMarch 26th, 2011 at 12:14 pm [Reply]
@mjc (#97):
Thank you! We are pleased to have been of service.
March 26th, 2011 at 12:15 pm [Reply]
@Maggie the Cat (#46):
Yes, don’t worry, I wasn’t drinking absinthe with McEldowney or anything like that!
Of all the stinkin’ ads out there, I generally find the Swiffer scenarios to be pretty funny.
March 26th, 2011 at 12:16 pm [Reply]
I for one am sorry to see the Funky Winkerbean/comic sans quote’s time to come down. In my opinion it deserves a special place of honor somewhere on the site to live beyond its 15 minutes of fame.
CalicoMarch 26th, 2011 at 12:17 pm [Reply]
@Jim North (#118):
Bob Ross! His techniques were as fluffed-up as his hair, but they often worked.
March 26th, 2011 at 12:19 pm [Reply]
MW: “A time-honored discipline,” Mary muses. Yeah, Mary. We know how much you’re into discipline.
Pop Goes the WeaselMarch 26th, 2011 at 12:26 pm [Reply]
MW: As hard as Moy’s grinding that axe, there can’t be much of it left
Doctor HandsomeMarch 26th, 2011 at 12:29 pm [Reply]
Josh, I love you, brother, but it’s “Doctor,” not “Dr.” The distinction matters because it’s not a title; it’s my actual first name. Just check my fraudulent driver’s license.
commodorejohnMarch 26th, 2011 at 12:31 pm [Reply]
@commodorejohn (#110) re: Jumble: Bonus image!
Joe BlevinsMarch 26th, 2011 at 12:33 pm [Reply]
Zombie Ziggy confronts an actual hippie.
Chyron HRMarch 26th, 2011 at 12:34 pm [Reply]
DT -”Dick, I can’t answer a lot of your questions, so I’m just going to gradually slide under my desk and hope you go away.”
MW – Joe Giella’s artwork may not have any of that “fast dazzle”, but I find a lot of satisfaction in it!
Joe BlevinsMarch 26th, 2011 at 12:36 pm [Reply]
Like seemingly everything else pop-cultural in 2011, Do The Right Thing now features zombies.
Maggie the CatMarch 26th, 2011 at 12:50 pm [Reply]
@Doctor Handsome (#125): Haha, this gave me a chuckle.
Maggie the CatMarch 26th, 2011 at 12:52 pm [Reply]
@Calico (#120):
My favorite right now is the Geico/man living under a rock. It just kills me. My son LOOOVES the swiffer one w/the DJ that has “flock of seagulls hair”.
Maggie the CatMarch 26th, 2011 at 12:55 pm [Reply]
@[Old Man] Muffaroo (#103):
They ought know how to spell it, they see the doctor all the time for creaky knees and obesity.
Effluvius Erratus VerbosusMarch 26th, 2011 at 1:07 pm [Reply]
A3G: I have this weird feeling that Tommie suddenly becoming a well-regarded singer, songwriter, and Broadway performer is meant to combat the Boring McBlandy reputation she’s acquired over the past fifty years (yes, this coming May 8 will be the half-centential of Apartment 3G).
In the past year she’s gone from being a nurse who works all the time, to being a nurse who doesn’t work overtime and sings a bit, to being a nurse supposedly still works who apparently wrote and starred in what will be a wildly successful stage show. It’s all so implausible that she could pull this off without Lu Ann and Margo noticing that Tommie’s spending all her free time at Iris’s, hunched over a piano as she hashes out her songs; on the phone to venues, producers, musicians, crew, and actors as she puts makes arrangements for the production; not to mention hours upon hours spent rehearsing, overseeing set design and construction, etc. that it seems this is an almost Batiukian exercise is wish-fulfillment. In this case, the bland-ass, do-nothing bore suddenly makes the scene with all the cool stuff she’s been doing in secret so now aren’t you impressed?
To which, Margo will respond, “No, no I’m not impressed at all. It’s not like you’re shooting ping-pong balls out of your hoo-hoo. Now can we go home?” And that’s how this story will ultimately avoid making Batiuk’s Blunder.
Scott BotMarch 26th, 2011 at 1:14 pm [Reply]
@Effluvius Erratus Verbosus (#133): I really need to find a way to work ’shooting ping-pong balls out of your hoo-hoo’ into a conversation.
JamesMarch 26th, 2011 at 1:40 pm [Reply]
Beetle Bailey – Look how angry the Chaplain is giving this sermon. I imagine he continues along the lines of, “and God is the lawnmower. Remember, it is the tallest blade of grass that gets cut first.”
Professor FateMarch 26th, 2011 at 1:47 pm [Reply]
Luann: And now, to up the creepy of this storyline we add Gunther his whole “nice-guy” serial killer in training vibe.
MW: Yes, no true artist would use anything but oil paints. It takes real skill to keep the paint inside the numbers.
FW: Wait, we’re supposed to feel sorry for this jerk? The hell? Maybe if he had done something other than act like a self impressed dick the whole week. And are we sure this isn’t Les’s out of wedlock kid or did the babies get switched back 17 years ago?
commodorejohnMarch 26th, 2011 at 1:53 pm [Reply]
@Effluvius Erratus Verbosus (#133): Tommie can’t do that! That’s my grand plan! Just as soon as I finish my next album, that is…
commodorejohnMarch 26th, 2011 at 2:00 pm [Reply]
So…how long do you think it will be before we see Mary and company smashing an automated loom?
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMarch 26th, 2011 at 2:04 pm [Reply]
@Scott Bot (#134): filed under “things to do in Subic Bay”?
This GuyMarch 26th, 2011 at 2:06 pm [Reply]
SS: This, of course, is a religious argument. One day, the Smifian NASCAR Jihad of 2011 will be a byword for brutality throughout the Inbred Realms.
Ziggy: I’d say re-running panels from the Cold War isn’t such a keen idea, but what do I know?
Comcis FanMarch 26th, 2011 at 2:10 pm [Reply]
MW: That’s right, clown painting, honed over centuries to be the art form that it is.
S4th: Nona channels Jack Handy.
Zits: Hector, I like him, in spite of the makeover.
LiamMarch 26th, 2011 at 2:11 pm [Reply]
MW-I am disturbed by Mary’s reaction to Dawn having free time. Are people not allowed to have free time or does Mary Worth control every aspect of people’s lives.
LiamMarch 26th, 2011 at 2:12 pm [Reply]
Zits-Jeremy gets a ticket for texting while driving but does his girlfriend get a ticket as well or does she use her feminie whiles to get out of it.
Scott BotMarch 26th, 2011 at 2:15 pm [Reply]
MW – I’m really happy Dawn will be getting some painting lessons, it will help her greatly. I’ve heard that painting those sad eyed kittens on black velvet isn’t nearly as easy as it looks.
Comcis FanMarch 26th, 2011 at 2:18 pm [Reply]
@[Old Man] Muffaroo (#103):
Mary on porn and technology: I like fingering the pages of a magazine (just like that legionnaire in Crock). Internet smut could never replace that for me.
Dr. Jeff: Go suit yourself, Mary.
[Old Man] MuffarooMarch 26th, 2011 at 2:18 pm [Reply]
@TheDiva (#116): To my surprise, the gumball machine at the place I got my car inspected yesterday was set to take dimes. And they are real gumballs, not the Chiclet-style pastilles like our regular car place has in the same classic crystal-ball machine (which takes quarters).
The RidgerMarch 26th, 2011 at 2:27 pm [Reply]
@John C Fremont (#101): Seriously: you need to explain to your son that the reason his food isn’t more expensive is that there’s a deal between him and the restaurant owner that he’ll pay part of the waitstaff (and bussing staff)’s wages. If he’s too cheap to do that, maybe he can’t afford to eat out, dammit. People like that piss me off.
Écureuil ÉcumantMarch 26th, 2011 at 2:42 pm [Reply]
Crank: And that nebbish cousin of yours. If he’s coming to the July 4 barbecue again this year, I’m staying home and that’s that.
Frank Lee MeidereMarch 26th, 2011 at 2:42 pm [Reply]
@The Ridger (#147): Your advice is pretty well exactly what Dear Abby said many years ago. If you can’t afford the tip — don’t eat out. Or eat at a fast-food place where there is no tipping.
Charlie the Bursted CarbunkleMarch 26th, 2011 at 2:42 pm [Reply]
@Chip Whittle (#115): Yeah, I think that was left off in a “To Be Continued…Someday!” manner. Apparently Wiley thinks that and “Homer the Reluctant Soul” are burned into the American consciousness so deeply fans would be clamoring for updates. (I only remember Homer because of his intermittent reappearances and because Wiley tried to make a spin-off strip out of him.)
@Liam (#143): Best part is, the driver who rear-ends someone is always “at fault” regardless of what the other driver was doing, so Jeremy should’ve skated scott-free with a warning…doing his usual “Hey, ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME! What? …You mean there are other people on the planet besides ME? ME ME ME ME ME? Ha ha, no there’s not” routine. Perhaps there’s a paysite where Scott & Borgman show readers how Sara “avoided” a ticket…
Pseudo3DMarch 26th, 2011 at 2:43 pm [Reply]
Zits: Wouldn’t they give Sara a ticket too? She did try to CHECK her cell phone while she was driving. Maybe the reason Jeremy is an ungrateful jerk is because the universe is out to get him.
FC: The Keane children know that they were put on this world, ugly and stupid. They sing about it, hoping a loving God will put them out of their misery. Likely He will, as current Dolly for instance can’t imagine a world before cell phones.
SwordsmithMarch 26th, 2011 at 2:52 pm [Reply]
@commodorejohn (#110):
SF – Are we sure Nona is not actually Ted in a wig? Wait, maybe she and Hillary were switched at birth, and Nona is actually Ted’s child?
Switched at birth is not the only possible way that Nona could be Ted’s daughter…
bats :[March 26th, 2011 at 2:52 pm [Reply]
@Écureuil Écumant (#123): nicely done! And so, so true!
(Everybody loves an online sammich-addicted perv!)
@Joe Blevins (#129): poor Zomby! Never catches a break — and yet I sympathize with him way more than I do Ziggy…
@[Old Man] Muffaroo (#146): congratulations! You don’t live in Westview!
kkarenbMarch 26th, 2011 at 2:56 pm [Reply]
Crankshaft – She’s smiling because next time they’ll wish that she had just *spit* in their food.
Seriously – does Batiuk think it’s funny to stiff a waitress? And does he think she’ll think it’s amusing? I’m with @49 Frank Lee Meidere – if you can’t afford to tip – or don’t want to tip – don’t eat out.
March 26th, 2011 at 3:01 pm [Reply]
Way to go Bartcow and those who float with him. And thank you Aviatrix for sneaking me on the extra float!
MW: Wilbur’s plan to get Dawn off the internet so he could spend more time with his daughter kind of backfired. Instead of frolicing with Wilbur she’ll be painting with Toby.
Which only goes to show you. Oil is thicker than lard.
commodorejohnMarch 26th, 2011 at 3:02 pm [Reply]
@Swordsmith (#152): Nah. Some sleazy bastard like Les Moore, maybe (or even *shudder* Wilbur Weston,) but Ted? I don’t believe he would be able to convince anybody but Sally to have sex with him cheat on his wife. (Hilarious Pearls Before Swine strip notwithstanding.)
LiamMarch 26th, 2011 at 3:17 pm [Reply]
@Sequitur (#155):
Makes you wonder what they will be painting.
March 26th, 2011 at 3:21 pm [Reply]
MW – It’s appropriate that they are talking about oil paintings since this storyline is about as exciting as watching paint dry.
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMarch 26th, 2011 at 3:22 pm [Reply]
@Charlie the Bursted Carbunkle (#150): yup. “failure to maintain safe distance” or “failure to stop” or something along those lines.
FOOBed againMarch 26th, 2011 at 3:28 pm [Reply]
@TheDiva (#116):
Pluggers: So Pluggers….run out of consumable items, occasionally at inopportune times? I don’t get it.
I don’t get it either. Doesn’t that happen to just about everyone at times?
SwordsmithMarch 26th, 2011 at 3:28 pm [Reply]
@commodorejohn (#156): Thanks that was Exactly what I was thinking of, only I didn’t have a link handy.
SequiturMarch 26th, 2011 at 3:30 pm [Reply]
@queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii Commando (#159): Failure to be funny in a comic strip.
Frank Lee MeidereMarch 26th, 2011 at 3:41 pm [Reply]
@Batman Beatles (#158): I object! People who compare boredom to watching paint dry have obviously never really watched paint dry. The fact is, paint goes through many fascinating stages as it dries. Sometimes, in fact, the excitement can almost be too much. If you don’t believe me, just ask Keith Jackson, the official paint-watching technician for AquaTec Coatings.
“Watching paint dry sounds quite easy, but it can be stressful at times,” he says.
And if you still think watching paint dry is boring, just check out this video.
CanuckDownSouthMarch 26th, 2011 at 3:42 pm [Reply]
@kkarenb (#154): It’s actually even worse.
If waitstaff don’t get as much tip income “as expected”, the IRS assigns them extra income as if they had been tipped more and then taxes them on income they may not have received. More information about allocated tips can be found on the internet.
I may wish we had a system like Japan or much of Europe where waitstaff are reasonably paid, and that’s just part of the cost of the food. But we don’t. So not tipping = not paying the waitstaff. If they do their job, even minimally, you tip.
Artist formerly known as BenMarch 26th, 2011 at 3:43 pm [Reply]
3/26
Ziggy: Tom Wilson apparently believes that every single foreigner is a young Che Guevara. Somewhere a bear Plugger is shaking his head and saying, “Dude, lighten up!”
A3G: “You have a friend? And that friend’s name is Rick? Oh my, hee hee, your tales are getting taller and taller.”
Marvin: Yeah, that’s pretty much the experience of reading Marvin on a daily basis.
MW: You can tell Mary and Toby are really good friends because Toby can say things like “share my painting expertise” and Mary doesn’t laugh.
GA: Clovia could easily get out of this by saying, “I’m sorry sir, there’s some filing I really need to do.” Then slap on a pair of headphones “to concentrate”. But then if you’re going to be married to Slim for however many years, maybe learned helplessness is part of the deal.
SFx: This looks like a job for Cat Lightning Bare Midriff Man.
Momma: Please tell me this is the point where Thomas wakes up screaming.
FC: The Keane Family Khorus practices an old public domain standard. For the sake of the show, PJ and Billy have been given growth hormone and estrogen, respectively.
Baldo: Uh, yeah. Unless you plan to buy something that’s not eggs.
Blondie: And she didn’t even crack a smile when he told her all that stuff was on his “fuck it” list.
Crock: Bet you didn’t know that camels subsist on rancid, flyblown Alpo, did you?
BB: And if you’ve ever wanted to hear innuendo about Beetle/Sarge scat play, boy have you come to the right place.
SequiturMarch 26th, 2011 at 3:44 pm [Reply]
@Frank Lee Meidere (#163): I call FOUL on the video. They used time lapse photography.
Artist formerly known as BenMarch 26th, 2011 at 3:46 pm [Reply]
@CanuckDownSouth (#164): Are you getting this, Mr Pink?
Frank Lee MeidereMarch 26th, 2011 at 3:49 pm [Reply]
@Sequitur (#166): Well, duh! I mean — watching paint dry is BORING!
SequiturMarch 26th, 2011 at 3:54 pm [Reply]
@Frank Lee Meidere (#168): There was another video on watching grass grow. That’s even boringer. And creepy.
Red GreenbackMarch 26th, 2011 at 3:56 pm [Reply]
MW: If this whole dog and pony show doesn’t climax with Dawn cutting off her ear or a shootout at the Santaroymart Aaron Brothers, I will be ever so disappointed.
Jamus The BartenderMarch 26th, 2011 at 4:06 pm [Reply]
Okay….some questions….in Family Circus, why is Billy dressed in drag with a blonde wig? And when did PJ grow brown hair? And why , what with the impending freakshow pageant in Luann, is the funniest strip the one where the Pluggers bear needs help wiping himself?
MibbitmakerMarch 26th, 2011 at 4:09 pm [Reply]
@[Old Man] Muffaroo (#146): And you know who else takes dimes? Tom Servo.
The RidgerMarch 26th, 2011 at 4:09 pm [Reply]
@CanuckDownSouth (#164): Plus, of course, that whole “all she did was fill my coffee cup line: you sat at her table and deprived her of the chance to serve somebody else.
FOOBed againMarch 26th, 2011 at 4:14 pm [Reply]
@Scott Bot (#77):
Luann – Of all the possible ploys a guy could use to get into a girls pants, ‘I will make you a stunning gown’ is probably not the most effective one.
Unless it was Seth and the girl was Edda.
MibbitmakerMarch 26th, 2011 at 4:14 pm [Reply]
Speaking of small coins, you know who’d take Mike’s nickles? Elaine may! (ducks before the rimshot)
SwordsmithMarch 26th, 2011 at 4:15 pm [Reply]
So here’s the thing with tipping. Yes, participating in the tipping scheme is participating in the lie that restaurants tell their customers. A ten dollar menu item does not cost ten dollars, it costs Eleven fifty. Only it doesn’t cost that either, it costs Twelve ten… because the price you pay doesn’t include the tax which is automatically tossed on top of there.
I like the idea of tip based income, IF there’s an understanding that poor service equals little or no tip, and great service equals a high tip. However, if the understanding is that everyone MUST tip 15%, that there’s no quid pro quo involved, then they might as well just include the “gratuity” on the check. Which, many restaurants do for large parties.
My default tip is around 20%. The math is easier, and I’ve had plenty of friends who worked in tip jobs; I’m willing to overtip. Great service, I’ll go even higher, I’ve tipped 100% a time or two. But (and here’s where I get the hate mail) I’ve also tipped 10%, even 5%. I’ve never tipped zero, but that’s because, to me, zero says I’m an asshat who doesn’t tip, but 5% is clearly deliberate undertipping and might serve as a wakeup call to the offending waitperson.
Miss OthmarMarch 26th, 2011 at 4:17 pm [Reply]
@Swordsmith (#152): Is Nona’s mother named Aria by any chance?
The RidgerMarch 26th, 2011 at 4:19 pm [Reply]
@Swordsmith (#176): Just wondering: do you get your pay docked from time to time with no explanation?
SwordsmithMarch 26th, 2011 at 4:29 pm [Reply]
@The Ridger (#178): I’m self employed, which means my income is entirely, 100%, based on happy customers.
Trying to put myself in the waitstaff’s situation though, if I consistently got terrible tips, I’d be looking for a new line of work, or, if I were a little more enlightened, I’d be looking for how to do my job better in order to elicit larger tips. Either outcome would be acceptable to me, as a customer, on the rare occasion when I tip poorly, those are the outcomes I’m hoping for.
Ideally, all customers would behave the same way, so bad waitpeople would all end up finding work elsewhere, or improving their service. I guess I’m an idealist, since I’m sure others aren’t behaving this way and I won’t have the effect I want. But I can’t help hoping.
Dr. WeirdMarch 26th, 2011 at 4:30 pm [Reply]
@Professor Fate (#136):
Look, if Summer was switched at birth with this smirky junior Les character, it removes a big hurdle for Summer/Les incest and that’s already far too close to happening.
Baka GaijinMarch 26th, 2011 at 4:31 pm [Reply]
@[Old Man] Muffaroo (#102): “A Tootenanny!” Le Petomaine would be proud.
@Jamus The Bartender (#171): “The Pluggers bear needs help wiping himself.” That’s what he get for not doing that in the woods.
@Miss Othmar (#177): Short answer: Yes. Long answer: Hells Yes!
Baka GaijinMarch 26th, 2011 at 4:35 pm [Reply]
@Swordsmith (#179): “If I consistently got terrible tips, I’d be looking for a new line of work, or,…I’d be looking for how to do my job better in order to elicit larger tips.” I’d look for a way to shoot ping-pong balls out of my hoo-hoo. If that doesn’t elicit larger tips, nothing will.
SwordsmithMarch 26th, 2011 at 4:35 pm [Reply]
@Baka Gaijin (#182): I’d go 12% for that.
Écureuil ÉcumantMarch 26th, 2011 at 4:37 pm [Reply]
@Swordsmith (#176): Sir, the invisible hand of the marketplace is set against you and your noble crusade to reward excellence and educate knuckleheadedness. Alas, many eateries require the waitstaff to pool and divvy their tips. So much for good intentions.
AviatrixMarch 26th, 2011 at 4:38 pm [Reply]
@Mole Man Fan (#80): Thanks for the feedback. I have readability issues with some formats so I understand your request. Would you like to see it like this:
So here’s the thing with tipping. Yes, participating in the tipping scheme is participating in the lie that restaurants tell their customers. A ten dollar menu item does not cost ten dollars, it costs Eleven fifty. Only it doesn’t cost that either, it costs Twelve ten… because the price you pay doesn’t include the tax which is automatically tossed on top of there.
- Some Smartass
To me the greying out de-emphasizes the quoted text, but perhaps I could de-emphasize the the comments in between. I considered italicizing every second comment to mark the boundaries. I used to link back to each comment in situ, but it was extra work and wasn’t really useful, so I stopped.
Comments don’t accept the hr tag. What else would set them off well?
commodorejohnMarch 26th, 2011 at 4:41 pm [Reply]
@Aviatrix (#185): In situations where
isn’t available, I use alternated dashes, like so:
- – - – -
Please remember that A. you don’t need a giant line of them, and B. the spaces are desireable because they prevent page-wrapping from getting messed up on smaller displays. commodorejohn
March 26th, 2011 at 4:42 pm [Reply]
@commodorejohn (#186): And Wordpress even appears to have turned my plain ol’ minus signs into a series of alternating em-dashes and en-dashes, to bot!
Harp SealMarch 26th, 2011 at 4:45 pm [Reply]
@wossname (#98): Yes, excellent point. We would all be poorer if the conversation suddenly dropped to nothing but finely honed COTW candidates, and I can’t recall anyone on here objecting to non-antagonistic banter about anything, no matter how far it strays from comics commentary.
AviatrixMarch 26th, 2011 at 4:47 pm [Reply]
@John C Fremont (#101): Anyone who proudly knows what year Dodge made which cars in the 1950s or 60s might as well give up now and marry a kangaroo or a chicken.
SwordsmithMarch 26th, 2011 at 4:52 pm [Reply]
@Écureuil Écumant (#184): Surely if they pool their tips, and ONE waitbot consistently comes up with a fraction of what everyone else puts in, the social pressure on that waitron ends up working just as the actual poverty caused by not getting enough to get by would? In fact, I’d think it would work even better, because the waitoid will see what everyone else is pulling in.
Of course, most bad service people are the same people who will be blind to this and see it only as a “born loser” or “funkyverse” person would; “I get treated like Shist!”
Frank Lee MeidereMarch 26th, 2011 at 4:58 pm [Reply]
@Swordsmith (#190):
“I get treated like Shist!”
People actually get treated like Seismic Hard rock In-Situ Source Tests? Wow!
commodorejohnMarch 26th, 2011 at 5:01 pm [Reply]
@Swordsmith (#190): Haha, you’ve never worked with an aggressively poor co-worker, have you? Whether in waiting, in retail, or anywhere else, the really terrible employees just plain don’t give a shit. They might try to make an appearance of improvement if the boss yells at them, but no way do they care how bad they make things for their co-workers.
Écureuil ÉcumantMarch 26th, 2011 at 5:03 pm [Reply]
@Frank Lee Meidere (#191): I think he was saying they get treated like schistosomiasis vectors.
SwordsmithMarch 26th, 2011 at 5:08 pm [Reply]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schist
n. Any of various medium-grained to coarse-grained metamorphic rocks composed of laminated, often flaky parallel layers of chiefly micaceous minerals.
Shist without the C is a less popular variant spelling.
I meant of course, “lacking in cleavage”, which, as any waitperson can tell you, can result in lower tips.
This GuyMarch 26th, 2011 at 5:12 pm [Reply]
@Charlie the Bursted Carbunkle (#150): Or so it’s claimed about rear-end collisions. I remember watching a show once (no real idea what it was) where a character backed his car into the front of his enemy’s car–which was sitting in a parking garage–and declared his enemy to be at fault. Of course, whoever he was, he was a little nuts.
Écureuil ÉcumantMarch 26th, 2011 at 5:17 pm [Reply]
@Swordsmith (#190): That’s a correct assessment, and in a way it’s really the point I elected not to make in that post. Namely, it hinges on getting one’s minimum wage employees into barnyard-chicken or crabs-in-the-bucket mode. This peer pressure approach also has the happily convenient effect of sanitizing the management. But IMO, it’s an unenlightened way to treat human beings in our society.
UncleJeffMarch 26th, 2011 at 5:30 pm [Reply]
bats:{
I was at the grocery store this morning and they had a kid dressed as a giant “Billy The Bookworm”.
I wanted to ask him if Luann is still “a hateful bitch” but decided it would be better just to smile and wave.
March 26th, 2011 at 5:44 pm [Reply]
A tip of my springy neon-diddly-ball UFOnaut antennae to Chyron HR for the onomatopoeic inspiration for this Beat Farmers rip. Ain’t it good when things are goin’ your way?
I was walkin’ down the hall, still a little squirt,
BOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOING!
When my titties busted out and shredded my shirt –
BOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOING!
(Chorus)
‘Cause I’m a happy gal (happy gal), I’m a happy gal (happy gal)
I’m so glad my things are growin’ this way – hey hey!
The popular bitches all called me a whore
BOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOING!
So I took off my tits and I put ‘em in a drawer.
BOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOING!
(Chorus)
I forgot all about ‘em for a month and a half,
BOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOING!
Pumped ‘em up, put ‘em on and started to laugh,
BOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOING!
(Chorus)
Baka GaijinMarch 26th, 2011 at 5:54 pm [Reply]
@Écureuil Écumant (#198): That. Is. Simply. Great.
Vince MMarch 26th, 2011 at 6:11 pm [Reply]
@Harp Seal (#25): As I have seen very little float action, I appreciate any stylistic guidelines, but also observe that analyzing humor is like analyzing an onion by peeling away its layers – before long, you’re crying and your fingers smell.
Mole Man FanMarch 26th, 2011 at 6:53 pm [Reply]
@Aviatrix (#185) re: alt-float format: Yeah, the grey is sort of a trade-off. However, to my eyes, with spacing between the honorees, blockquoted comments line up nicer and stick out better compared to a regular wall o’ comments (thanks for the terminology, Harp Seal). Whichever format, appreciate your going through the trouble of expanding the COTW parade. The more, the merrier, right?
Chyron HRMarch 26th, 2011 at 7:03 pm [Reply]
@Écureuil Écumant (#198): Needs an 8-minute bass solo.
[Old Man] MuffarooMarch 26th, 2011 at 7:04 pm [Reply]
@Baka Gaijin (#181): I called them “les petites Petomaines” in the first draft, but reluctantly replaced it on revision, trading off the knowing smile of the cognoscenti with some belly laffs in the cheap seats. Good to see someone else on the same wavelength.
@Écureuil Écumant (#198): Hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba!
SwordsmithMarch 26th, 2011 at 7:09 pm [Reply]
@Écureuil Écumant (#196): Thinking further about this, tip pooling would also work against my more frequent tactic of overtipping the good servers, because they’d have their reward for doing well diluted among the crowd. They might as well either leave (although in this case, leave for a tips-not-split environment) or not bother to do such a good job.
Isn’t this why communism ultimately failed?
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMarch 26th, 2011 at 7:13 pm [Reply]
@Swordsmith (#204): *insert picture of crowd tipping over a police car here*
“in Soviet Russia, waiters tip you!”
*goes back to crying over failed home repair*
wossnameMarch 26th, 2011 at 7:23 pm [Reply]
@FOOBed again (#160): I think the humor was supposed to be in the “paperless office” caption. You know, his bathroom is his office because… um, because… I got nothin’. And it took two contributor pluggers to write that one.
MustangMarch 26th, 2011 at 7:27 pm [Reply]
Re: COTW: I think we should be as funny as we can. I know I spend a ridiculous amount of time trying to make my comments communicate. Also Commodore John’s thing was awesome.
wossnameMarch 26th, 2011 at 7:34 pm [Reply]
@Swordsmith (#204): I do what you do, as far as overtipping the overachievers. I can’t bring myself to seriously undertip an incompetent server, because (and I know this is stupid) I don’t want to confirm their stereotype that women dining alone (either completely alone, or with a group but on a separate check) are lousy tippers.
Just to further muddy the waters, I think in the common shared-tip situation, all the servers just dump their tips into a (real or digital) jar to be split up later, and it’s not obvious who’s getting big tips and who’s getting crappy ones.
I agree with you that this is why communism didn’t work, and with @CanuckDownSouth (#164) that it would be so much more rational to pay servers a decent wage, have the food cost more, and eliminate tipping.
Rocky StoneaxeMarch 26th, 2011 at 8:50 pm [Reply]
@Vince M (#200):
So far I’ve resisted the temptation to follow any stylistic guidelines. Frank Lee Meidere (and everyone else), I don’t give a damn if I achieve COTW or not!
Rocky StoneaxeMarch 26th, 2011 at 9:05 pm [Reply]
@Doctor Handsome (#125):
My 11th grade math teacher was Mister Doctor. I always wondered why he hadn’t gone back to school to earn a PhD!
Comcis FanMarch 26th, 2011 at 9:18 pm [Reply]
@LUJBEM FEJF (#207) Yesterthread:
Soupy Sales — funny!
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMarch 26th, 2011 at 9:25 pm [Reply]
@Rocky Stoneaxe (#210): in the Real Life section of this trope is mentioned a Dr. Travis Doom. I gamed with him in college. One of those people that makes you think that real life is not a point-buy system, dude was pretty much good at everything.
Peanut GalleryMarch 26th, 2011 at 9:28 pm [Reply]
@wossname (#206):
You know, his bathroom is his office because…
Because a lot of reading takes place there. In fact, a typical Pluggers joke might have it that all Plugger reading takes place there. (Reed Hoover, feel free to send that one in.)
Also, The Fonz on Happy Days referred to the men’s restroom at Arnold’s as his “office”. And that was even before cell phones!
Pseudo3DMarch 26th, 2011 at 9:47 pm [Reply]
@Charlie the Bursted Carbunkle (#63): The storyline of The Fifth and Flyface were penned a while back.
AviatrixMarch 26th, 2011 at 9:57 pm [Reply]
A3G: Yesterday he identified her as “the redhead” and liked her performance. Today he acknowledges her responsibility for the songs.
Hypothesis 1: In between strips, he read the programme notes, learning her name and thus seeing that she was the person credited as songwriter.
Hypothesis 2: He assumes that everyone in a musical is just making up the songs as they go along.
Hypothesis 3: He’s stalking Tommy, thus already knows her roles in the production, the identity of her aunt, and what she keeps in the drawer beside her bed for those nights when Margo isn’t around.
March 26th, 2011 at 10:10 pm [Reply]
Soup to Nutz — Stromoski, are you sure this is how GENE KRUPA got started?
(The Basil Wolverton drawing in the background is similar to a BW original I picked up years ago from the Cartoon Museum!)
Rocky StoneaxeMarch 26th, 2011 at 10:40 pm [Reply]
Scary Gary — Faster than a speeding bullet slug!
Rabbits Against Magic — It was farsighted of Lucy to buy that SECTIONAL sofa for her living room:
http://www.gocomics.com/rabbitsagainstmagic
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMarch 26th, 2011 at 10:41 pm [Reply]
@Aviatrix (#215): Hypothesis 3: o MY!
Frank Lee MeidereMarch 26th, 2011 at 10:43 pm [Reply]
@[Old Man] Muffaroo (#104):
Tragedy Strikes Parade
Tragedy struck today at the weekly Comics Curmudgeon float parade when one of the award winners, Muffaroo, was inadvertently bisected.
“It was awful,” said one eyewitness, “but he was an old man anyway, so we pretty much just carried on with the parade. The clean-up crew wasn’t too happy, though.”
Most of those on the scene seemed to believe the fault lay with one of the float drivers, Frank Lee MeiDere.
“It was a simple mistake,” said MeiDere. “Despite having special shoes given to me by Batiuk, I never could distinguish my left from my white.”
Here Come ole FlattopMarch 26th, 2011 at 11:23 pm [Reply]
Ok, that’s just painful. A real groaner. If we hadn’t sat through the whole band director “thing”, I would’ve thought that I’d lost my mind and just went back to the single malt. As it is, I’ll just have to go back to the single malt. . .
PoteetMarch 26th, 2011 at 11:58 pm [Reply]
Yay bartcow! Yay float-riders! And yay for being able to enjoy several floats! This is so cool! Woot woot! And thank you, kind Aviatrix, for putting me on one of your floats, where I can wave while wearing my momjeans! Facial hair, not so much, but my airplane key is twirling.
[Old Man] MuffarooMarch 27th, 2011 at 12:04 am [Reply]
Yay me, for being able to enjoy two floats on… two different streets… though I do confess to feeling a bit torn here…
John C FremontMarch 27th, 2011 at 12:21 am [Reply]
On the whole tipping thing, I’d just like to point out that my son was just going through a Buscemi phase, but that’s all in the past. He tips the waitstaff now. Honest. Now he’s more like Buscemi Coffee and Cigarettes. No. Like Buscemi in that one Pete and Pete episode. Yeah. Like that.
bats :[March 27th, 2011 at 1:03 am [Reply]
@Rocky Stoneaxe (#209): shine on, you crazy diamond!
Jim NorthMarch 27th, 2011 at 1:33 am [Reply]
New comics for Sunday! Hooray!
BB: This is the strangest retelling of The Tell-Tale Heart I’ve ever read.
Crock: Y’know, if you can’t remember from one day to the next that the world Crock and his hapless troops inhabit is a limitless expanse of sandy desert and not the lush green golf course you’re constantly daydreaming about while on the job, then maybe the fast paced life of a newspaper comic colorist just isn’t for you.
Curtis: I think this is Billingsley’s way of telling us that his son owns half the newspaper syndicate. It would certainly explain why Curtis is still in circulation.
JP: Now Sophie, I know you’re still a little young and don’t quite understand this yet, but life . . . well, life is easy. When you grow up, you’ll find that everything is going to be handed to you with little to no effort on your own part. Sure, you’ll find yourself embroiled in adventures and escapades that may make it seem like you’re going to have to make some hard decisions at some point, but don’t worry. You won’t! All you have to do is stand around until the secondary chara- I mean, uh, other people do things so you don’t have to, and then you can just sit back with a glass of wine while those sweet, sweet duckets start to roll in for no readily apparent reason.
It’s how Abbey and Sam do it, so that’s how you’re gonna do it too, young lady! Just give it time!
PoteetMarch 27th, 2011 at 1:35 am [Reply]
@bats :[ (#224): Ooh, good one!
CanuckDownSouthMarch 27th, 2011 at 1:41 am [Reply]
A3G You can tell this play is a high-class affair, as Blaze has brought out his dress black neckerchief AKA “Dakotas black tie”
MW When oh when will this strip quit handing out fetish-fuel to the guys old enough to be my dad who keep on asking me out on dates?
S4th See, I don’t mind a wall ‘o text if it’s In Service To The Funny. The only trouble with them is that they *can* set off FOOB flashbacks…
PoteetMarch 27th, 2011 at 1:43 am [Reply]
3/27 PV — See, this is why I have a hard time understanding witchcraft. I’ve never read the HARRY POTTER books — maybe that would help. Meanwhile, what the heck is a “personal item”? Would I have to save and burn all my toenail clippings, for example, and also be sure to bury all my…uh…okay, quickly changing the subject, would I have to carry everything I own around with me all the time, or could I trust really strong door bolts, or would the door bolts be personal items? Would they become personal items if I installed them? If someone managed to chisel off a piece of a door bolt that I installed, would that be a personal item? Would an apple become a personal item if I bought it and carried it home? Does that mean I might be mugged for my groceries? I can easily see how just the prospect of getting involved in a witchcraft war would land me in a padded cell looong before I ever got turned into a toad.
jayjaybearMarch 27th, 2011 at 1:45 am [Reply]
I know nobody is going to read this at this time of night, and we don’t usually do Doonesbury here, but isn’t the current plotline with Bernie pitching celebrity GPS voices kind of moot, since Leo was recording celebrity GPS voices (and some of the same ones that Bernie pitched with) back in 2009?
CanuckDownSouthMarch 27th, 2011 at 1:48 am [Reply]
@jayjaybear (#229): Yeah, the newspaper out here has been tagging it as reruns.
jayjaybearMarch 27th, 2011 at 1:53 am [Reply]
@CanuckDownSouth (#230):
Huh. And a little research shows that the Leo plotline started about two weeks later. Well, never mind then…
March 27th, 2011 at 1:59 am [Reply]
@Poteet (#228):
Protip: carry a toad as a personal item. I recommend this one.
PoteetMarch 27th, 2011 at 2:04 am [Reply]
2/27 MT — As nice as it is to see something complimentary written about spiders, it’s not so nice to see it being done by basically throwing all insects under the bus. The vast majority of insect species range from neutral to beneficial as far as humans are concerned, even by conservative standards. And insects are also, to some of us, fascinating. If there really is a general human war against all insects, some of us are conscientious objectors. Insects are essential to earth’s life support systems. Rant over.
PoteetMarch 27th, 2011 at 2:09 am [Reply]
@Uncle Lumpy (#232): Ooh, thanks!
Frank Lee MeidereMarch 27th, 2011 at 2:09 am [Reply]
@Poteet (#233): The More You Know.
This GuyMarch 27th, 2011 at 2:15 am [Reply]
@Poteet (#228): Well, I don’t read Prince Valiant, but generally when you’re talking about sympathetic magic, items will vary in the magical connection they provide according to how closely they’re connected with you. Nail and hair clippings, or lost teeth, are bad news. In a Discworld novel (Hogfather), it’s established that a wizard’s shower has a receptacle for storing nail clippings because the wizards don’t dare let anyone get ahold of them. Stuff you only occasionally come into contact with, like an article of clothing worn rarely, would tend to be a lot less potent. If you lived in a world of functioning magic (I don’t), it’d depend on a) the rules of said world and b) how paranoid you are to say how you ought to respond to the situation.
PoteetMarch 27th, 2011 at 2:16 am [Reply]
3/27 MW — There’s a word for that last panel, and the word is “eww.”
Jim NorthMarch 27th, 2011 at 2:17 am [Reply]
@Poteet (#228): Though it differs somewhat from one fictional source to another, a personal item – when it comes to casting ritual spells to control or scry – is anything that the subject or victim has had prolonged contact with. The basic idea behind this is that people leave behind something of a psychic imprint on things that they touch, and a magician can lock onto that imprint and follow it back to its source. So the more contact a person has with an object and the more recently they had contact with it, the stronger the imprint and therefore the better it can serve as a tool for the ritual.
Door bolts, though possibly touched every time you leave or enter your house, probably won’t have much of an imprint since the contact is usually brief. Items that you may use occasionally or only daily might be usable but not preferable. In order to truly get at you for whatever their nefarious purposes, a magician would prefer to go for something you keep almost constant contact with, such as your watch, your favorite shirt, a piece of commonly worn jewelry, or yes, your toenail clippings. In fact, in many cases, some recently removed part of your body such as nail clippings, a lock of hair, or a vial of blood would be the ideal item to procure, as long as it’s fresh.
In more modern settings than Prince Valiant, magicians may be limited by things of human manufacture. The hair left behind in your brush or comb might be safe from theft and use by mages if you use a lot of hair care products, for instance, as the chemicals would dilute the signal. Possessions made of plastic, rubber, and other man-made materials might also be less likely to keep an adequate imprint.
PoteetMarch 27th, 2011 at 2:22 am [Reply]
@This Guy (#236): @Jim North (#238): Thank you both. Very educational.
And good luck, Val and Aleta and Arn! I’m not as pretty as you, but I sure wouldn’t trade places with you right now. I like being able to discard my clippings in a carefree manner.
Alfred E. NeumanMarch 27th, 2011 at 2:28 am [Reply]
Sunday
BB— Lt. Fuzz had better get used to squeaking chairs, because Beetle and Sarge have used up all of Camp Swampy’s lubricants.
Alfred E. NeumanMarch 27th, 2011 at 2:37 am [Reply]
@Uncle Lumpy (#232) said: “@Poteet (#228): Protip: carry a toad as a personal item. I recommend this one.”
I think Uncle Lumpy is ‘phibin.
Frank Lee MeidereMarch 27th, 2011 at 2:40 am [Reply]
@This Guy (#236): Yay, Discworld!
ElkMeadowMarch 27th, 2011 at 3:48 am [Reply]
@Poteet (#239): @Jim North (#238): @This Guy (#236): @Uncle Lumpy (#232):
Great job on the Prince Valiant conversation, re. personal items. One that comes to my mind (other than toenails and hair samples) would be the kohl eyeliner stick that Valiant’s been over-using and whatever the crap is that Arn is using to deaden his hair with. And a couple of other people Aleta should be concerned with are Arn’s wife and his daughter. By the way, any word on where Nathan is?
Aw, crap. Malduhb Mauldbh Maldab MudhenMaldubh has Pandora’s hope-less chest.
And as for Harry Potter,
SPOILERS! For crying out loud, if you haven’t read the books by now, quit whining when the rest of us are discussing them. You know who you are! Now stop it!
SPOILERS
SPOILERS
SPOILERS
SPOILERS
SPOILERS
SPOILERS
the Polyjuice Potion was the only thing I remember that required a “personal item,” which was usually a single strand of hair or a toenail clipping. However, Fleur’s wand had a single strand of her grandmother’s hair. And, of course, Harry’s mother’s blood, Harry’s blood, Voldy’s dad’s femur and Peter Pettigrew’s arm to remake Voldy’s body. Dainty or stinky jewelry-like charms of the sort Aleta’s handing out were not in use in the Harry Potter world, which was why the Weasley twins claiming that Quirrel’s turban had garlic in it to ward off vampires was a silly statement.
(For more about Prof. Quirrel’s turban, please see my fanfic, “Lucius Malfoy’s Favorite Charity,” starting at chapter four, “Rumors”.)
Rocky StoneaxeMarch 27th, 2011 at 3:50 am [Reply]
@bats :[ (#224): You must be confusing me with my cousin, Syd Stoneaxe!
ElkMeadowMarch 27th, 2011 at 3:52 am [Reply]
Continuing the Harry Potter lecture: Dumbledore made it clear that Tom Riddle chose the six items out of some sentimental idea. He could have just as easily stored those pieces of his soul in six items of whatever he found in the rubbish bin.
Rocky StoneaxeMarch 27th, 2011 at 4:44 am [Reply]
Bizarro — Today’s bucket o’ horse manure is brought to you by Judge Parker!
Curtis — Billingsley exacts revenge against Fashion Police by outing him/her as Teacup Schmeer!
Judge Parker — Ballenger and Wilcox… what’s one naughty bit without the other? (Probably the most we can expect from a writer whose first name is synonymous with “erection”!)
Rocky StoneaxeMarch 27th, 2011 at 5:00 am [Reply]
Spidermark, Spidermark,
Friendly neighborhood Spidermark.
Wealth and fame, he’s ignored—
Action is his reward.
To him,
Life is a great big bang-up—
Wherever there’s a hang-up,
You’ll find the Spidermark!
March 27th, 2011 at 5:35 am [Reply]
Phantom — Just think… if Gone With the Wind’s Scarlett O’Hara married Eric Sahara, she’d be Scarlett O’Hara-Sahara!
Lockhorns 0.2 — Leroy’s newest acquisition from the Mills Gallery is called “I Guess You Must Think I’m a Hobo Tramp Trying to Get Out of the Rain”!
Écureuil ÉcumantMarch 27th, 2011 at 6:35 am [Reply]
@Jim North (#238): Oh, and yeah, your Facebook page.
Baka GaijinMarch 27th, 2011 at 6:51 am [Reply]
The Lockhorns: Loretta, unlike angling, when you’re through dressing, he’s not going to be eating what smells like fish.
Baka GaijinMarch 27th, 2011 at 6:57 am [Reply]
Pluggers: His shimmying pickup truck is a plugger’s marital aid.
Baka GaijinMarch 27th, 2011 at 7:06 am [Reply]
Curtis: Today’s breaking news brought to you by E! Entertainment TV.
Doonesbury: Alex was wise to pounce on Toggle. No one else would put up with her whiny insecurity. Even Mary Worth would be slappin’ a bitch. Because he’ll keep her emotions in check, she’ll be able to do the Nobel-prize winning work her studies at MIT have prepared her for.
Baka GaijinMarch 27th, 2011 at 7:07 am [Reply]
Damn, I forgot to add: Wee Pals. Why? Just why? Why is this pre-PC definition of politically correct still running?
FlummoxicatedMarch 27th, 2011 at 7:51 am [Reply]
This week on a very special Mary Worth, Wilbur and Dawn decide to get married.
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMarch 27th, 2011 at 8:00 am [Reply]
9CL: fan service, and a reasonably well-done aversion of one of his usual tropes. [*]
Doons: d’awwwwwwww.
HotC: nicely done, visual slapstick and a punny punchline.
Lio: art history win. *very* well done. *applaz*
IP: meta-pages win! Folks, check this one out, it’s worth a giggle.
NS: /fail. both in-strip and out.
OtH: I ROFL’d. Hammy’s punchline was the final straw. (also some slight fanservice for the ladies.)
PBS: ooooooooooo, he’s gonna get LETTERS on this one!
rMC: d’awwwwwwwwwww.
Bizarro: /facepalm. o lordy, that was bad. Price/Peters level bad.
MG&G: o dear. that’s funny!
PV: oooo, pissyface Val!
SF: wow. That is ten different kinds of awesome.
SFx: good dog. Saving your kid from reading Heathcliff is worth the collateral damage.
Zits: I love it, and I’m still giggling.
standard snarpologies.
Bill ThompsonMarch 27th, 2011 at 8:00 am [Reply]
Spiderschlemiel: Okay, so “spider-sense” is not some psychic warning system. “Spider-sense” is the sense of embarrassment an arachnid feels at getting mugged by a housefly, which is perhaps the only humiliation he hasn’t suffered yet. Those jiggly lines around his head must represent the way he blushes when swatted down again.
KarMannMarch 27th, 2011 at 8:12 am [Reply]
3/27 MG&G: Ah, yes, the infamous Air Quotin’ Tonto. More silver bullets, mule!
Baka GaijinMarch 27th, 2011 at 8:18 am [Reply]
@KarMann (#257): Was there a Lone Ranger/Tonto gay meme going on somewhere? I always got the vibe that the Lone Ranger and Silver were, well, you know.
gleebMarch 27th, 2011 at 8:38 am [Reply]
Phantom: Eric Sahara! Women want him. Men want to be him. His mother just wants him to pull a comb through that rat’s nest on his head. Is that what they call a haircut nowadays?
‘bean: Hey, cheer up, Weepy Cody. You wanna be a comic book store owner, you have to learn how to seduce other people’s wives.
ArchieNemesisMarch 27th, 2011 at 8:42 am [Reply]
It’s a bold move on the part of the guy who draws Pluggers today, implying that his core readership is neglectful to the point of endangering themselves, their loved ones, and all other drivers. Well played, sir!
EarthgirlMarch 27th, 2011 at 9:06 am [Reply]
@Frank Lee Meidere (#149):
I am completely in favor of tipping, but I’m never sure what to do at the eat-in pizza places where they bring you your pizza and drinks and that’s it. Is it fast food? There’s a place for a tip on the bill.
Baka GaijinMarch 27th, 2011 at 9:08 am [Reply]
@Earthgirl (#261): I don’t tip at pizza places. Then again, around here they put an extra euro fifty on the bill just for putting silverware on the table.
EarthgirlMarch 27th, 2011 at 9:12 am [Reply]
@Poteet (#233): For real. Some nature comic, if it’s rerunning anti-insect rants from the DDT era. This is just bordering on irresponsible.
Rocky StoneaxeMarch 27th, 2011 at 9:15 am [Reply]
@Baka Gaijin (#258):
Won’t you please help a poor homeless nomad?
http://www.sodahead.com/entertainment/tonto-and-obama/blog-264827/?link=ibaf&imgurl=http://www.freakingnews.com/pictures/7500/Poor-Tonto-7944.jpg&q=%2522what%2Bdo%2Byou%2Bmean%2522%2522Tonto%2522
Baka GaijinMarch 27th, 2011 at 9:16 am [Reply]
Now that you mention Mark Trail, Cherry does look a little crazed with that spray can.
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMarch 27th, 2011 at 9:31 am [Reply]
otterly squee!
In soviet russia, puppy squees you!
do want!.
struttin’ better than Leo.
the power of puppehbellies compels you!
Professor FateMarch 27th, 2011 at 9:43 am [Reply]
MW: So Dawn and her creepy dad are spending the day in the village of tiny houses. That’s the big day? The one that fills her with happiness? Child needs to get out more.
FW: Nope a) not funny and b) don’t feel sorry for him.
Rocky StoneaxeMarch 27th, 2011 at 9:44 am [Reply]
PLUGGERS should leave shimmying to the experts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Wish_I_Could_Shimmy_Like_My_Sister_Kate
wossnameMarch 27th, 2011 at 10:10 am [Reply]
BG&SS – No wonder Li’l Tater won’t eat his dinner. That orange mush was obviously sent over from Charterstone.
Curtis – Dammit, Curtis, why’d you change the channel? I wanted to hear about the supersquirrel punching the bank robber.
RMMD – that is one teeny tiny beer bottle in the final panel.
Sly – I’d pay several internets to see Slylock and Max land on Drug Smuggler Island and be rescued by the Momjeans family.
PV – “Val turns grim” doesn’t begin to describe that face.
John C FremontMarch 27th, 2011 at 10:18 am [Reply]
@Poteet (#233): Okay, spiders and insects are beneficial and stuff, but if you’re in Wisconsin when the giant spiders invade, it’s gonna take more than The Skipper, Barbara Hale and that guy from Bowery Bugs to bail you out. Have we learned nothing from The Horrors of Spider Island and The Deadly Mantis?
Also, regarding the issue of witchcraft, and I’m quotin’ from a guy named Delmar here, “We – thought – you – was – a – toooaaad!”
@Baka Gaijin (#251): I don’t know about the marital aid, but when my wife and I were first married I was driving a ‘72 Beetle. By the time our first born came along, the car had started doing that same shimmying thing, which lulled our son to sleep… so whenever we couldn’t get him to stop crying, we’d go for a ride. BTW, when I bought the Beetle, I traded in my ‘72 Dodge Dart which had the wing vents. And yes, my wife is a kangaroo, but thank you very much for your concern, Aviatrix.
Phantom – “That has to be him.
That has to be him.
I’ve wandered around,
and finally found sombody who,
Could make Val turn grim.
Wow, Sahara wins again!
And he must be glad, looks like he had just gone to the gym…”
Sorry. I should really think this stuff through before I hit “post.” But then, I’m a maverick. A maverick with issues. And, like Tommy Shaw, “I’ve got too-oo much (clap-clap) time on my hands.”
Again, so very sorry.
tb4000March 27th, 2011 at 10:41 am [Reply]
S-M: He’s got a lot of nerve making a Twilight crack regarding Morbius when his spider-sense barely picked up a fucking human person sneaking up behind him.
TheDivaMarch 27th, 2011 at 10:45 am [Reply]
C’shaft: True story: my paternal grandmother was once cold called by a funeral home offering pre-planning services. “No thank you,” she said, “I’m not planning on dying.” I mention this in the hopes that it will be mildly more amusing than today’s Plugger-esque “Ha-ha, old people are old and they like old things cause they’re old like them” strip.
FW: Ha-ha, parental abandonment! (I thought they were taking care of eggs…?)
Marvin: Well Marvin, are you familiar with the origin of the phrase “speak of the devil”?
MW: Please, please for the love of all that’s good and holy, tell me Wilbur’s eyes aren’t looking at what I think they’re looking at.
SM: I’d have to think that if vampires did exist, Twilight would be one of those things they’d roll their eyes at in disgust. Either that or appreciate only for the fact that they now have an endless supply of dumb teenagers and bored housewives lining up to bare neck for them.
Maggie the CatMarch 27th, 2011 at 10:47 am [Reply]
@Earthgirl (#261): @Baka Gaijin (#262):
I used to work at a pizza place and the other employees acted like we should be tipped for taking out the pizzas, but I disagreed. #1, the customers ordered at the counter and we gave them their drinks there. #2, we rarely went around to see about refills, etc, like a normal server. #3, we were paid regular wages, not server wages. If a tip was left, great, but I never expected it.
Maggie the CatMarch 27th, 2011 at 11:00 am [Reply]
A3G- So is Dan a long lost mentor of Flame’s??
Baka GaijinMarch 27th, 2011 at 11:10 am [Reply]
@Maggie the Cat (#273): Mags, I’m not in America. No one tips except American tourists.
Jim NorthMarch 27th, 2011 at 11:13 am [Reply]
@Earthgirl (#261): I figure it depends on how they treat you. If, yah, they only get you your pizza and drinks and then you never see them again, then I figure no tip. But if they do come back around and refill your drinks from time to time, ask if you need anything else like extra napkins, etc., which some pizza places do, well that’s worth a little somethin’ in my book.
9CL: Oh, so McEldowney can draw feet, eh? So what were those potato lumps on the ends of Seth and Fern’s ankles yesterday, hmm?
BC: Wow, the downgrade in quality was so harsh, the maitre d was forcibly transmorphed into a completely different character!
Luann: Here’s something I’ve always wondered: Does being the main character of a comic strip give you license to be a complete bitch to everyone? Apparently the answer is “yes”.
SideshowJonMarch 27th, 2011 at 11:33 am [Reply]
I stopped reading Scott Adams’ blog a long time ago. He’s an economist who worked with engineers.
Neither profession is able to think like a real human, so it hurts the head trying to read his opinions too often.
[Old Man] MuffarooMarch 27th, 2011 at 11:36 am [Reply]
Dick – (Serious question: is it “Weatherlimmp” or “Weatherummp”? The keming is too tight for me to be certain.)
9 – Along with many other strips, I can’t seem to get this to come in at Dean’s Booth, so I’ll fall back on my standard Sunday comment: Cats and/or dames, eh? Am I right, or what?
@TheDiva (#272): I picked up a used Jack Handey book that came fairly late, to judge by the low strength of many of the thoughts. I did like the one you’ve just reminded me of, though (probably paraphrased): “The thing vampires hate to hear more than anything else: “Oh, do you know Dracula?”
[Old Man] MuffarooMarch 27th, 2011 at 11:37 am [Reply]
Fred – Now that Fred Basset has stopped showing up in my daily comic line-up, I’ve recaptured the experience by reading the Sunday strip and dividing the excitement by six.
Slylock disagrees with Max because sharks, like other animals, can talk, and the one by the raft is speaking with a distinct South American accent.
[Old Man] MuffarooMarch 27th, 2011 at 11:39 am [Reply]
6 – A cartoonist named Dix offered to draw the Sunday strip every week, but they decided against it, because they’d have had to give him a “with” credit. True story. Happened to my cousin’s friend’s hairdresser.
Li’l Excremite – As long as we’re nicknaming.
Mary – I don’t think I have time to mock today’s strip. I’m going out to have some time with my daughter, and I’ll be away from the computer.
I don’t even have time to try and wait Josh out. I keep posting and then looking to see if the new thread’s started yet. Woe.
Jim NorthMarch 27th, 2011 at 11:45 am [Reply]
@[Old Man] Muffaroo (#278): It’s dames this time! And yes, you are right. Dames. Butwhaddayagonnado?
AviatrixMarch 27th, 2011 at 11:51 am [Reply]
@John C Fremont (#270): Yeah I didn’t really think that through did I? I should have realized that people who could proudly recite the model makes and years of their defective mid-20th century Dodge cars were in all likelihood already married to kangaroos.
Baka GaijinMarch 27th, 2011 at 11:57 am [Reply]
@[Old Man] Muffaroo (#279) on Fred Bassett: You’re incredible! We ordinary humans find division by zero to be impossible.
AviatrixMarch 27th, 2011 at 12:02 pm [Reply]
@[Old Man] Muffaroo (#278): It’s LIMMP. The bottom stroke of their U slopes up slightly.
Rocky StoneaxeMarch 27th, 2011 at 12:18 pm [Reply]
@Maggie the Cat (#274):
Actually, his name is “Blaze” — which I consider to be more of a stripper name than the name of a comic strip character:
http://clevelandsgs.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/887139960_bef75a43f2.jpg
vanyaMarch 27th, 2011 at 12:18 pm [Reply]
Zits: Just how old are the parents supposed to be in this strip? If you’re listening to Jim Croce, you would have to be in your 60s, right? Or older. Croce’s stuff was music for people who were in their 30s at the time, which would put them in their late 60s-early 70s now.
AviatrixMarch 27th, 2011 at 12:19 pm [Reply]
FW: An interesting choice for childcare. Some spiders do care for their young, but I sense that Spider-Man has the proportionate diaper changing ability of Elly Patterson. Wasn’t G.I. Joe available?
HairheadMarch 27th, 2011 at 12:24 pm [Reply]
Luann – Okay, just to warn everyone up front, Greg Evans is going to get EXTRA-squicky in the next couple of weeks. Why? It’s a natural consequence of Gunther’s insertion into (not Luann) the plotline.
What “I will make you a stunning gown” means is the following scene.
GUNTHER: Now Luann, I’ve made the gown from the measurements I got from making your sexy witch costume last Hallowe’en, but we have to fit the gown and make the adjustments.
LUANN: What do I have to do?
GUNTHER: Um, ah, er, s-s-s-s-strip down to y-y-y-your underwear and put the gown on, and then I’ll go over it several times, adjusting the f-f-f-fit and marking where I have let it out or . . or . . or . . p-p-p-put it i-i-i-in (Gunther is stammering and perspiring profusely.) I’ll turn my head away until you’ve got it on.
LUANN: Oh Gunther, no worries, after all my underwear covers more than a bikini will, and I’ll be in a bikini for the whole school to look at in the beauty pageant. (Whips off her shirt and pants.) What’s the funny look on your face, Gunther? Oh, I forgot I’m wearing my lace panties. They’re almost see-through. Will that effect how the gown looks? Gunther? Gunther? Take a breath, Gunther. Now I’ll step into the gown and you pull it up for me. Yes, from the front.
(Gunther is now shaking like a leaf, sweating like a sandhog, snot is dripping from his nose and his teeth are chattering. Luann is smirking.)
LUANN: Okay Gunther, you’ve got it up to my waist, now pull hard to get it over my bust — I mean (Luann bats her eyes) my breasts. After all, we’ve adults, Gunther, aren’t we, almost? Now I’ll lift my arms over my head so you can fit the bodice into place and get my — breasts into it Oooo! You made it very tight, Gunther (Luann smiles and licks her lips). I must be growing up. Gunther, you’re such a, a, a . . . Nice Guy.
GUNTHER: G-g-g-g-g a-a-a-ack! (Gunther falls over into a dead faint from his hyperventilating.)
LUANN: Awwww. Poor boy. (Admires herself in the mirror.) Good enough for now. I’ll just take and leave him to recover. Too bad he isn’t a judge. (Smirks again.)
GUNTHER: (From the floor, his spastic eyes follow Luann’s ankles as she walks away; a stain appears at his crotch.)
Can Luann be a bigger bitch than Evans has ever shown before? Why, yes she can!
AviatrixMarch 27th, 2011 at 12:25 pm [Reply]
So we see how the Phantom summons that skull-shaped smoke effect: his alternate-dimension Sunday strip persona sneaks into the prison at the same time as his weekday self.
Rocky StoneaxeMarch 27th, 2011 at 12:25 pm [Reply]
@vanya (#286):
Your logic is flawed. I like listening to Strauss Waltzes, but I’m not old enough to be Walt Wallet’s grandfather.
MustangMarch 27th, 2011 at 12:35 pm [Reply]
@Scott Bot (#144): Not big eyed kitties, but foliage. Lots and lots of foliage.
Jim NorthMarch 27th, 2011 at 12:36 pm [Reply]
@vanya (#286) & @Rocky Stoneaxe (#290): And I’m only in my early 30’s and I listen to Jim Croce. Thanks to my parents’ influence (and they’re only in their early 50’s), I not only listened to Croce and a lot of other older music when I was a kid, I enjoyed the heck out of it. I love Big Bad Leroy Brown!
BADDEST MAN IN THE WHOLE DAMN TOWN!
BADDER THAN OL’ KING KAW-HAWNG!
MEANER THAN A JUNKYARD DAWG!
bats :[March 27th, 2011 at 12:40 pm [Reply]
@vanya (#286): the guy’s a dentist. You know the kind of Muzak that infiltrates dentists’ offices, don’t you?
Frank Lee MeidereMarch 27th, 2011 at 12:40 pm [Reply]
If someone has already mentioned this, my apologies.
Anyway, while perusing the Comic Curmudgeon archives, I discovered that Otto has been in Mark Trail before!
His first appearance was in Aug. 28, 2004, in which he is described by the captain of a ship as being “the best cook on the high seas.” Josh, however, describes him as “a cravat-wearing, contraction-eschewing, possibly European cook.”
Even back then Otto sported a moustache, but it was far smaller. On the other hand, he also had a significant amount of hair. Perhaps as he lost his hair (due to drugs?), he overcompensated by growing his moustache to increasingly ludicrous lengths.
When he first appeared, he also had a small animal, Primrose, which Josh says at first “looks like a lemur, or maybe a marmoset,” but by the third panel “takes on the appearance of an ordinary house cat.”
So I’m hoping for some insight into this fascinating back-story. Unless, of course, despite having a cast of characters that numbers in the teens, Elrod is simply re-using the name Otto.
Frank Lee MeidereMarch 27th, 2011 at 12:55 pm [Reply]
@vanya (#286): I was a Jim Croce fan back when he was alive. I had young children, and I wasn’t in my 30s. I don’t know why you think Croce was for those in their 30s. He was a regular pop-music guy. Not for tweens, for sure. Anyway, I’m 58, not yet into my 60s.
But you know what? Even 58 is still way to old to have a frakin’ teenager for a son!
Rocky StoneaxeMarch 27th, 2011 at 1:00 pm [Reply]
@Frank Lee Meidere (#294):
Josh described 2004’s Otto as “a cravat-wearing, contraction-eschewing, possibly European cook (though ‘chef’ would no doubt be a better term for such an obvious aesthete)…”
However, he looks more like a Slav or a Mongolian to me. And I think the similarity in names can be attributed to Jack Elrod constantly recycling old artwork and storylines. (Or maybe “Otto” is Elrod’s Rosebud!)
honeypotMarch 27th, 2011 at 1:02 pm [Reply]
@Jim North (#238):
On the personal items thing, by your list (except for the plastic part), probably the thing I fondle most often with the greatest contact time is my mouse.
Joe BlevinsMarch 27th, 2011 at 1:03 pm [Reply]
Zomby: I scream, you scream…
And a special 100th anniversary report: Just how often does Ziggy wear pants, anyway?
Mark BMarch 27th, 2011 at 1:05 pm [Reply]
Otto makes me think of Kraftwerk. Every time I see him I hum to myself ‘Otto otto otto bahn bahn bahn …”
It’s kind of odd to me that the plane is guarded by two men, but the key to the plane is hanging on a rack next to the outside door in plain sight. One thinks the pilot might keep it on his person. Although I’m not even sure planes have ignition keys. The one time I went flying on a single engine plane, I dont’ remember seeing one.
Mark BMarch 27th, 2011 at 1:08 pm [Reply]
58 isn’t really too old to have a teenager son. I know a few people who had kids in their early 40s, as they married late.
Rocky StoneaxeMarch 27th, 2011 at 1:10 pm [Reply]
@vanya (#286), @Jim North (#292), @Frank Lee Meidere (#295):
How many people have listened to War’s “Cisco Kid” without knowing (or caring) that he was a character created by writer O. Henry?
Jim NorthMarch 27th, 2011 at 1:11 pm [Reply]
@honeypot (#297):
On the personal items thing, by your list (except for the plastic part), probably the thing I fondle most often with the greatest contact time is my
hur hur hur
mouse.
. . . oh.
Jim NorthMarch 27th, 2011 at 1:12 pm [Reply]
@Rocky Stoneaxe (#301): The chocolate bar guy? I didn’t know he was a writer!
Rocky StoneaxeMarch 27th, 2011 at 1:20 pm [Reply]
@Jim North (#303):
“William Sydney Porter… this is your life!”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._Henry
Baka GaijinMarch 27th, 2011 at 1:20 pm [Reply]
@Rocky Stoneaxe (#301): I’ve listened to the radio program many times and didn’t know that. Thanks, Rocky!
Frank Lee MeidereMarch 27th, 2011 at 1:23 pm [Reply]
Crank: Right. That’s the reason you shouldn’t have joined the Lawrence Welk fan club.
JP: Are they working at these stables, or do they own these stables? Because if they own these stables then they are remarkably rich. And if they’ve remarkably rich, I think I know what Sophie can do about her little problem. She can bloody well fuck off and die! That’s what she can do about her stinking little rich-girl problem!
Just a suggestion, of course. But it comes from the heart.
MW: This went past being creepy a couple of weeks ago, and now they’re just rubbing our noses in it. I really think it’s time to report this strip to some kind of media morals group.
Frank Lee MeidereMarch 27th, 2011 at 1:24 pm [Reply]
@Jim North (#276):
BC: Wow, the downgrade in quality was so harsh, the maitre d was forcibly transmorphed into a completely different character!
Holy crap! You’re right. How the hell did that happen?
Frank Lee MeidereMarch 27th, 2011 at 1:26 pm [Reply]
@Jim North (#303): He was, until he got too nutty.
TomMarch 27th, 2011 at 1:47 pm [Reply]
What’s kind of strange about 9CL is — doesn’t Seth have a live-in boyfriend who shares the apartment with them? I mean, sure, said live-in boyfriend stormed out in a huff shortly beforehand, but how did Seth know that the young lady he brought home and bedded not 30 minutes afterward wouldn’t accidentally run into said live-in boyfriend on the way to the shower? Besides, is it still February 15th, in 9CL-land? (This whole scene-by-scene plot line began on Valentines’ Day, remember…) And — eesh, Edda sure creeps me out. If I were Seth, I’d get myself a new roommate, pronto, if my roommate started sharing graphic sexual fantasies about me with her mother, loudly, over the telephone!
What bugs me about Gil Thorp is that the gay man depicted conforms to nearly every stereotype of gay men: flippant, effeminate, flaky, flamboyant, dramatic, fashion-obsessed, pop-culture obsessed, unflappable, hangs out with girls all the time… (Other than that, after being so daring as to attempt to organize a “pink-out” they retreated by saying, “You know, pink — like — uh — Breast Cancer!” and then saying, “No, this is about bullying, not… Pinkness!” Look, can’t you just come out and say it? Pink: like the color triangle that Hitler tattooed on the arms of suspected gay men and gender-variant people who were subsequently tortured and murdered in the concentration camps. How hard is it to say the word “gay”? How much history do you have to erase for the sake of the syndicate?) Sure, they’ve shown some personal growth, but to end the story arc with, “Sure I’ll keep working on being a good basketball player for the team… unless ‘Project Runway’ is on! High five!” is just so pat and disheartening.
black butterflyMarch 27th, 2011 at 1:54 pm [Reply]
@Tom (#309): It was established before that Mark and Seth don’t live together because it works out better when both have some private space. Naturally, Edda as a roommate destroys the idea of private space in five seconds. And, no, it doesn’t make the storyline better in any way. Edda is too fond of gossip, so we can expect a lot of insensitive and unpleasant emotional drama.
black butterflyMarch 27th, 2011 at 1:57 pm [Reply]
@Tom (#309): And honestly, I cannot choose what is worse – the Gil Thorp “fill-in-the-blanks” approach or the 9CL “those gay people sure don’t really know what they want” story.
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii CommandoMarch 27th, 2011 at 2:00 pm [Reply]
new thread.
LAST!
Écureuil ÉcumantMarch 27th, 2011 at 2:23 pm [Reply]
@Aviatrix (#284): Aw, I really wanted it to be “Weatherummp”. I figured that was a clever way of saying Flyface is in the habit of tooting his tornado trumpet, which would explain why he’s plagued with flies. Ah well, more fool I, looking for meaning where none exists. Rats!
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