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Love is in the air

Curtis, 9/29/07

I’ve perversely pleased that Curtis has chosen to take on a topic so very rarely tackled in the comics: that moment in a young man’s life when his raging hormones completely overwhelm his capacity to act in a socially appropriate fashion. In Curtis’ case, he’s taken to “watching” (just watching, sure) degrading reality quasiporn right before dinner time. It’s nothing to be proud of, but we’ve all been there, right fellas? (And probably the ladies too, though I’ll let them speak for themselves.) Anyway, part of every person’s self-pleasuring education involves learning the whens and wheres, and Curtis is quickly finding out that where should probably not be “in the bedroom that you share with your brother in what is probably a none-too-large apartment” and when should definitely not be “in the early evening, when your family is in the next room and could wander in at any moment.” Patience and cunning are required while you still live at home, Curtis. You don’t want to be too obvious about it in such close proximity to your mom, lest you enter Francis territory.

If “family matters” is my new favorite euphemism for sex, then “the ‘times’” is clearly my new favorite euphemism for puberty. And I do wonder if Curtis has finally gotten his hands on the fabled “syrup chapter.”

Gil Thorp, 9/30/07

The Mudlarks have started the season 0-2 behind quarterback Tony Casey’s consistently dismal play. Some might say that he just doesn’t have the talent, but I think he’s a bit distracted … distracted by left guard Howard Gourwitz and his wholesome, aw-shucks good looks! While Tony’s the quarterback, in the aftermath of Milford’s defeat it’s Howard who’s making passes. Tony might be disappointed to “forget the Bucket”, at least this week, but I’ll be he’s looking forward to finding out exactly what act of delightful perversity “empty your mom’s fridge” might be code for.

While this romantic drama is going on the foreground, I have to wonder about football player number three in the second panel, who can’t seem to get his helmet off. Did a particularly powerful hit jam it onto his skull so tightly that he’ll be forced to wear it around school indefinitely? Meanwhile, after the inevitable disorienting jump cut, we get the promise of more vandalism-based hijinks to come. Backwards black hat dude is a master of the school-rivalry prank; he’s had a long time to acquire that mastery, since he appears to be 35 or so.

Momma, 9/29/07

It probably shouldn’t come as a surprise that Momma plans to go out like a monarch from ancient Egypt or Sumer. When she dies, her faithful servants will kill and entomb her children with her in her enormous ziggurat so they can wait on her hand and foot in the afterlife. Good God, that smile on her sleeping face creeps the hell out of me.

Archie, 9/29/07

You can when you spend as much time huffing paint as you do, Archie!

Man, the nameless guy at the bottom center of the second panel is the saddest dude in the world. There’s someone who actually cares about his test scores and his academic future. Archie is just idly musing on his incipient dementia to pass the time until he sees something shiny.

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 9/29/07

Yeah, and the younger one kind of looks like he’s on fire. That could explain the odor.

Pluggers, 9/29/07

A plugger’s erectile dysfunction is kind of besides the point, since the rest of his body is in such an advanced state of decay that attempting any kind of sexual encounter would be excruciatingly painful. Plus nobody really wants to have sex with him anyway.

This entry was posted on Sunday, September 30, 2007 at 06:51 pm and is filed under Archie, Barney Google & Snuffy Smith, Curtis, Gil Thorp, Momma, Pluggers.

82 responses to “Love is in the air”

Uncle Lumpy
September 30th, 2007 at 6:58 pm [Reply]

BGSS The little one’s “Tater”, isn’t he? Apt.
Anonymous
September 30th, 2007 at 7:03 pm [Reply]

#1, I think a more accurate name would be “Mini Me.”
Inspector Dim
September 30th, 2007 at 7:03 pm [Reply]

I’m actually surprised that Momma’s idea of heaven isn’t seeing at least one of her children (Francis, probably) roasting in the everlasting fires of hell. When his skin starts to blacken and crack from the fierce heat of the magma pits, THEN he’ll be sorry he borrowed all that money from her, and was a lousy son!
Weaselboy
September 30th, 2007 at 7:04 pm [Reply]

Nuts. That was me.
SecretMargo
September 30th, 2007 at 7:05 pm [Reply]

Thought experiment: where would it be most disquieting to find the above “Snuffy Smith” cartoon laminated and lovingly displayed?

a) Your child’s daycare service
b) Your dry cleaner’s
c) Your deli
d) Your butcher
e) Your pediatrician’s office
f) Your ear-nose-and-throat specialist’s office
g) Your OB-GYN’s office
h) The confessional
cymek_nine
September 30th, 2007 at 7:06 pm [Reply]

While it appears that everyone in Archie is leaning over in an attempt to regard some unguarded answers, it would help if they all had their eyes open. I never thought Archie would be a good role model, but here it is.
bats :[
September 30th, 2007 at 7:18 pm [Reply]

I will not stand for crustacean ambivalence! for invertebrate intolerance! for big bug brush-offs!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9545446@N07/1464798767/
digamma
September 30th, 2007 at 7:19 pm [Reply]

Have you forgotten the shower masturbation storyline in Baldo last year?
Buck Ripsnort
September 30th, 2007 at 7:20 pm [Reply]

Did a particularly powerful hit jam it onto his skull so tightly that he’ll be forced to wear it around school indefinitely? Hell, it worked for that guy in Doonsbury.
That's The Spirit
September 30th, 2007 at 7:21 pm [Reply]

Aw, that’s sweet. It really is every mother’s dream to have her children die early.
Rusty
September 30th, 2007 at 7:22 pm [Reply]

Snuffy: I always wondered if the two boys were Maw and Paw’s spawn, or grandchildren of some type? Commence imagining Maw and Paw copulating, yeesh.

Pluggers: Plugger’s morbid obesity makes the use of Viagra moot, as they cannot physically have sexual relations due to the fat barrier all the male Pluggers sport around their waists.
commodorejohn
September 30th, 2007 at 7:22 pm [Reply]

#7 bats :[ – Brilliant. The only thing it’s missing is Elrod’s lovingly detailed animal artwork. Alas, I don’t think anybody but Elrod could pull that off.
Foolster41
September 30th, 2007 at 7:22 pm [Reply]

Archie: But goodness this strip actually it makes an ounce of sense! And I thought it was even mildly funny! Perhaps the machine is learning…

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith: What ma’ is trying to say is, there’s three different sources of poop in the room. they don’t bother about new’ fang’led bathr’ms or nothing.

Pluggers: I am disturbed by this comic.
Buck Ripsnort
September 30th, 2007 at 7:23 pm [Reply]

Thoughts of Sad Guy in Archie 2nd panel: “Algebra? But I studied PHYSICS!”
Maughta
September 30th, 2007 at 7:23 pm [Reply]

Did they really just say “Viagra” in the funnies? *sigh* I’m gettin’ old.
Harry Paratestes
September 30th, 2007 at 7:25 pm [Reply]

BGSS: I like the way that flames are sprouting from Tater’s head; those and the stench of evil presage a bloody visit from Satan in the near future.
SecretMargo
September 30th, 2007 at 7:26 pm [Reply]

7: bats :[ — AND I AM TELLIN’ YOU!

That’s a thing of beauty you’ve done there, bats :[.

(ooh, there’s that spot on your chin again….it’s time to put a full stop to it).
Frank Parsnip
September 30th, 2007 at 7:29 pm [Reply]

Archie: I want to know what sort of scenario led to Archie and Veronica to take an exam while being proctored by one teacher and three students in panel 1. Jughead appears to be taking notes on every twitch Archie makes.
Wanders
September 30th, 2007 at 7:29 pm [Reply]

MW: How long before Jeff just says, “Shut the hell up! Both of you!”
SecretMargo
September 30th, 2007 at 7:32 pm [Reply]

15: I know, it’s like when they relax the rules on the news so we can hear Bush say “shit.” Or when you get up the courage to rent that porn you’ve been eyeing for weeks only to get it home and realize it stars David Souter. Again.
Brown-eyed Girl
September 30th, 2007 at 7:33 pm [Reply]

7. bats :[ I laughed so hard I cried.
Artist formerly known as Ben
September 30th, 2007 at 7:35 pm [Reply]

Oh man, I missed that “Pluggers” when it first came out. Tell you what, I do not need to think about that dog finding a place to bury his “bone.”
Squeak
September 30th, 2007 at 7:36 pm [Reply]

I thought Curtis’ shirt was untucked in panel 1, but panel three makes it obvious that his pants are unzipped.
Artist formerly known as Ben
September 30th, 2007 at 7:39 pm [Reply]

#9, Buck Ripsnort,
Well, until recently.
Three or Four
September 30th, 2007 at 7:40 pm [Reply]

11. – Yes those are their real procreated kids. Worse, I remember when Tater was born, though not exactly when, early 70s I think. Whole pregnancy story arc, Weezy giggling about telling Snuffy, food cravings, the whole thing. It was just so way gross.
That Restless Mouse
September 30th, 2007 at 7:41 pm [Reply]

Squeak, I could have done without noticing Curtis and his unzipped trousers.
Gabe
September 30th, 2007 at 7:44 pm [Reply]

Dear gang:

Your favorite luchadores are at it again! This time, we crash the Trekkies vs. Furries bowling game in Atlanta.

Cause, why the hell not?
Ukulele Ike
September 30th, 2007 at 7:44 pm [Reply]

What’s Veronica up to in panel 1? She’s not working; her pencil’s lying to her left. She seems to be stroking the test sheet.

Maybe her eyes have been gouged out somehow and she’s been given a Braille copy.
Rusty
September 30th, 2007 at 7:47 pm [Reply]

#25: Isn’t Snuffy about half her height? Must have been the classic “roll her in flour and look for the wet spot” technique.
Old Man Muffaroo [Old Man Kip W]
September 30th, 2007 at 7:48 pm [Reply]

Curtis – Well, Curtis certainly has been doing his groundwork. By going around with his shirt constantly sticking out over his pants, he’s bought several seconds he’d otherwise have had to spend tidying up in the trouseral area after some heavy ‘watching.’

Momma – What’s almost as creepy is the smile her dream-self wears in her cloud throne. It says, “For me? Aw, you shouldn’t have. Hey, hold the candy box flat, bitch.”
Old Man Muffaroo [Ahhhh! Kip W]
September 30th, 2007 at 7:53 pm [Reply]

Blondie – This happens to me, too. Somebody’ll be holding the ladder I’m on, and his phone rings, and he just has to throw the ladder to the ground. TDIET!

Crankshaft – ‘Shaft thinks he’ll get wireless internet once the leaves fall. Does he think Lisa’s continued existence is what’s keeping him from getting ‘net porn in the city park?

FW – “I guess that’s why they’re called The Funnies.” Yeah, because they make us laugh. Good one, Batiuk. Irony is now officially deader than one of your characters.

Garfield – How sweet. Odie has a framed picture of his ball. I wonder if he sits in the driveway and licks it.
Mooncattie
September 30th, 2007 at 7:58 pm [Reply]

Pluggers! My Sweet Lord….I took THREE Aleves last night to fight off a nagging backache. You can’t get them in Canada, it’s a must-buy every time I visit the States, along with Chicago Hot Dogs. And the dog is wearing MY glasses.
I’d kill myself, only I couldn’t stand the shame of Lisa Moore outliving me.
Old Man Muffaroo [Ahhhh! Kip W]
September 30th, 2007 at 8:00 pm [Reply]

Archie – I’m glad they censored themselves, but I thought the expression was “I ~~blanked~~ off,” or “I ~~blanked~~ up,” not “I ~~blanked~~ out.” I like the Greek chorus in the first panel, though. I imagine them humming quietly — something like “Battle Hymn of the Republic.”

Rusty @29 – There’s a punchline to an old joke about a midget raping the circus fat lady. She tells the court he used a bucket, but the defense attorney shows that even standing on the bucket, he’s not tall enough. After he’s acquitted, somebody asks the midget what really happened, and he tells him that he threw the bucket over her head and held onto the bale. [Thanx and a lurch of the stomach to Dr. Gershon Legman, author of Rationale of the Dirty Joke!]
Harry Paratestes
September 30th, 2007 at 8:17 pm [Reply]

Gabe #27
You guys are awesome. Who won the tourney?
alamo
September 30th, 2007 at 8:24 pm [Reply]

there oughta be a law!! the idea of that old plugger pluggin’ away doggie style is too hurtful to contemplate.

the only blue i want to see in this strip is code blue!
White Courtesy Phone
September 30th, 2007 at 8:25 pm [Reply]

All our representatives are busy snarking just now, but please stay on the line, your call is important to us.

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Meetups are currently be scheduled in the following areas; Toronto, Northern California, Portland OR, The Carolinas, Boise and Florida. Proceed to the forum for updates. For all other locations, please stay on the line…..

? ? By the time I get to Phoenix…?
White Courtesy Phone
September 30th, 2007 at 8:26 pm [Reply]

All our representatives are busy snarking just now, but please stay on the line, your call is important to us.

Please listen to the whole menu as it has recently been changed.

Meetups are currently be scheduled in the following areas; Toronto, Northern California, Portland OR, The Carolinas, Boise and Florida. Proceed to the forum for updates. For all other locations, please stay on the line…..

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ralph
September 30th, 2007 at 8:30 pm [Reply]

MT blue ducklings: I just happened across some Natl. Geos from the 1950s, and read an article about scientists who injected duck or goose eggs with different colors of dye. The baby birds hatched in their dyed colors of green, red, and light blue. The biologists then tracked them. Seriously.
ralph
September 30th, 2007 at 8:32 pm [Reply]

Addendum to 38 (me)
Ahhh! Quack!! RGB!!
Hysterical Woman
September 30th, 2007 at 8:35 pm [Reply]

I’d be embarrass getting caught watching “Girls Gone Wild”. Being caught watching the most filthiest hardcore pornography is one thing, but at least it isn’t dorky.
Harry Paratestes
September 30th, 2007 at 8:36 pm [Reply]

#39
You know why they did it in the egg? Because only the good dye young.
Aredvark
September 30th, 2007 at 8:40 pm [Reply]

Oh, come on! Everyday at work now I reach for the newspaper so that I can hunt out Rex Morgan panels that sound dirty. It’s been delightful to come home and see them immortalized on the Intrawebs, as well.

So I must ask you, Josh.

Where’s yesterday’s beautiful example of forbidden man-boy love? “Niki wants to learn, and I can pass along my techniques!” That’s golden, man!
White Courtesy Phone
September 30th, 2007 at 8:40 pm [Reply]

All our representatives are busy snarking just now, but please stay on the line, your call is important to us.

Please listen to the whole menu as it has recently been changed.

Meetups are currently be scheduled in the following areas; Toronto, Northern California, Portland OR, The Carolinas, Boise and Florida. Proceed to the forum for updates. For all other locations, please stay on the line….

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commodorejohn
September 30th, 2007 at 8:41 pm [Reply]

#41 Harry Paratestes – “Only the young dye good,” rather.
Poteet
September 30th, 2007 at 8:41 pm [Reply]

# 7 — Bats, that is intensely wonderful. Thank you.

SNUFFY — Now I think of Hell as having a number of rooms, instead of Dante’s circles. One of the rooms is the interior of the Bum Boat with Mary, Jeff, and (shudder) Drew. Another room is the Snuffy Smith cabin and all the human and canine denizens thereof, a few hours after a hearty dinner of baked beans, fried chicken, and corn pone.
Inspector Dim
September 30th, 2007 at 8:42 pm [Reply]

One thing we’ve missed here is that Curtis is watching “Grrls Gone Wild,” which may seem like a cheap knock-off but actually features female punk rockers doing everyday tasks.
White Courtesy Phone
September 30th, 2007 at 8:43 pm [Reply]

All our representatives are busy snarking just now, but please stay on the line, your call is important to us.

Please listen to the whole menu as it has recently been changed.

Meetups are currently be scheduled in the following areas; Toronto, Northern California, Portland OR, The Carolinas, Boise and Florida. Proceed to the forum for updates. For all other locations, please stay on the line….

By the time I get to Phoenix…
ltrftp(not so first time)
September 30th, 2007 at 8:48 pm [Reply]

33
Ol Man Muffaroo
One of the few dirty jokes my mother ever told me:
Circus midget explaining to the Judge why he wants a divorce from the circus tall lady -
“When we’re nose to nose my toes is in it and when we’re toes to toes my nose is in it.”
Poteet
September 30th, 2007 at 8:48 pm [Reply]

SNUFFY — Though I’m impressed that Snuffy’s scion Jughaid can apparently read and write, which puts him well ahead of Archie the Blankout.
Brown-eyed Girl
September 30th, 2007 at 8:57 pm [Reply]

45. Poteet. This version of hell will also have a room with Dean Booth’s tongue eating isopod in it. GAH! GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!

(447 Yesterthread, for those of you who just have to look. I don’t advise it).
BigTed
September 30th, 2007 at 8:58 pm [Reply]

You’re a Plugger if, instead of a drug that could conceivably bring you pleasure, you take one associated with a higher risk of heart attack and stroke — which, when combined with your massive amount of belly fat, will pretty much guarantee you’ll be seeing Plugger heaven soon. (You know you’re in Plugger heaven if there’s an Applebee’s where the early-bird special is all day long.)
Plaid Phantom
September 30th, 2007 at 9:09 pm [Reply]

What’s with the surprise on the Plugger’s face? Is a Plugger too poor to be sure that he even *has* medicine in the dozens of Aleve bottles around the house? Is he shocked to find only one pill, which is not nearly enough to end his pathetic existence? Is he terrified to find that his Aleve is approximately the size of a grape? What?
Jeremy
September 30th, 2007 at 9:16 pm [Reply]

Josh I just want say thank you letting me now that I will one day be using my Ancient civilzation history after I am done with college. Showing you can use in every day ut downs, such as Momma, makes me feel better about learning this stuff and passing my test next Tuesday.
You’re changing lives and you dont know it, keep on keepin’ on.
Rusty
September 30th, 2007 at 9:17 pm [Reply]

FW: A breast cancer survivor does a nice job hammering Batiuk in today’s Hartford Courant.

http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/commentary/hc-commentarytoon0930.artsep30,0,4377422.story

It kind of puts a lie to his pronouncement that he is getting accolades from cancer survivors for his “incites” and ability to give the readers what they really want/
Gabe
September 30th, 2007 at 9:21 pm [Reply]

Harry: The internets.
the boy
September 30th, 2007 at 9:22 pm [Reply]

@ 46 – The “Grrls” is definitely significant. Not only does Curtis get cockblocked by his mom walking in on him, he got cockblocked by a video in which the hardcore wymin of punk refuse to get nekkid unless they can verify he has double XX’s. Which, being death in comic land, leaves Curtis thrice screwed and not once satisfied
Uncle Lumpy
September 30th, 2007 at 9:24 pm [Reply]

#54 Rusty –

Named her son Yoni? Gotta be some backstory there!
Todd Alcott
September 30th, 2007 at 9:25 pm [Reply]

Regarding Curtis, I think by “the times” Curtis’s father is not talking about about Curtis’s “time” of sexual awakening, but the modern “times” we’re living in. In his time, it was sneaking a peek at Playboy. In our time, it’s watching Girls Gone Wild videos.
Rusty
September 30th, 2007 at 9:30 pm [Reply]

57: Unc Lump: I had to google Yoni because I didn’t follow you. She isn’t doing the boy many favors, should he be asked to explain the origins of his name by curious classmates.
TheMarc
September 30th, 2007 at 9:33 pm [Reply]

In Saturday’s Beetle Bailey, in the second panel, General Halftrack attempts to cast the imperious curse on his wife. Unfortunately, she counters with a devastating domesticus abusae.
AhClem
September 30th, 2007 at 9:36 pm [Reply]

I wonder if Curtis’ “Grrls…” is simply a way of avoiding problems with copyright infringement.

The fact that “Girls Gone Wild” may be copyrighted is another issue entirely.
Dingo
September 30th, 2007 at 9:38 pm [Reply]

So, um… I hate to bring something over from a former thread but…

Britney + Oliver! = More!

and…

Bum Boat biddy burrows boy’s brain
maryc
September 30th, 2007 at 9:42 pm [Reply]

Maybe this has been asked and answered, but I’m too lazy to look it up–Can someone tell me why in the world Archie has a grid pattern on the side of his head? He’s always had it and I’ve always wondered what it was supposed to be!
ltrftp(not so first time)
September 30th, 2007 at 9:44 pm [Reply]

57 and 59

She might as well as named him “Woodeye”.
Johnny Cat
September 30th, 2007 at 9:51 pm [Reply]

With regard to LG Howard Gourwitz’s mischeivious look, I’m almost positive “Emptying your Mom’s fridge” is going to mutate into “Empty your Mom’s liquor cabinet.”
Spotted HØrse
September 30th, 2007 at 9:53 pm [Reply]

#7 bats :[ Awesome work! Thanks for picking up Elrod’s slack on isopod awareness. A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

#62 Dingo: Your Britney+Oliver mashup is deeply, marvellously weird. Great job! I was riveted.

Dean Booth #447 yesterthread: Thanks for showing me what love really looks like!
Cheeky Wee Monkeys
September 30th, 2007 at 9:54 pm [Reply]

Ah, but what if you’re such a hardcore stud that you hurt yourself from lots of sex, and as a result need the Aleve?

Of course, the idea of hardcore Plugger studs makes me feel so violently ill, I think I’ll need to beat my head with a lamp until I get amnesia.
Poteet
September 30th, 2007 at 9:54 pm [Reply]

# 50 — I agree, B-e Girl. There are undoubtedly other Hell rooms as well, rooms that may come to us in nightmares as time goes by. In Heaven, on the other hand, there will be one dimension where CALVIN AND HOBBES goes on forever, in top form.

PLUGGERS — Does anyone else use this strip and the shudders it inspires as incentives to try to eat less and exercise more?

*crickets chirping*

Never mind, I was just joking. Ha ha! *tiptoes quietly away*
evie oh oh
September 30th, 2007 at 9:55 pm [Reply]

momma’s smiling face really makes me think of my old italian grandmother-in-law who often says “i’ll see you later, or maybe i be dead.”
ah momma…sweet sweet death.

See, lisa moore would probably be enjoying her time far more if she was imagining her own private heaven while she still gets to inconvenience others.
Poteet
September 30th, 2007 at 9:59 pm [Reply]

# 50 — B-e Girl, I agree. And there are undoubtedly other rooms, but I can only stand to think of one or two at a time.
Poteet
September 30th, 2007 at 10:00 pm [Reply]

I swear it seemed as if my first comment hadn’t gone through. Sorry.
Frank Parsnip
September 30th, 2007 at 10:01 pm [Reply]

Curtis’ dad is beating a swift exit from this scene precisely because Curtis got the video from the same basic place Curtis’ dad used to get his Playboys. In an age-old tradition for American youth, one’s first porn is likely to be taken from one’s dad’s own hiding place.
Joshua
September 30th, 2007 at 10:02 pm [Reply]

#57 Uncle Lumpy: “Yoni” is not an unusual Hebrew name, and the writer clearly is Jewish judging from her use of “G-d” to spell “God.”
Spotted HØrse
September 30th, 2007 at 10:13 pm [Reply]

#68 Poteet:

PLUGGERS — Does anyone else use this strip and the shudders it inspires as incentives to try to eat less and exercise more?

*crickets chirping*

Poteet, any Patterson male, especially shirtless, puts the fire in my belly to take the single slice of whole wheat rather than the double help of mac n’ cheese. As of late, they’ll do it every time.
Loopina
October 1st, 2007 at 12:51 am [Reply]

RMMD: I’m a lumberjack and I’m ok… Maybe Rex will end up romancing Mark Trail?
flodnak
October 1st, 2007 at 1:41 am [Reply]

Okay, so here’s the thing: I work at a daycare which occupies the first floor of a 19th century log farmhouse. (Really.) Last week, some of the parents started mentioning that they noticed a “funny smell” when they walked in. And we joked among ourselves that, well, this is a daycare, in an old log house – after a while we start noticing when nothing smells “funny”. So my question is, exactly how much should I start worrying when my life starts imitating Snuffy Smith strips?

(Those of you with kids in daycare, especially in daycares in 19th century farmhouses, may be relieved to hear that the source of the smell was traced and corrected.)
Dono
October 1st, 2007 at 7:16 am [Reply]

Uh, Maw, if you haven’t noticed, you’ve got two kids, a dog, and a hillbilly with his shoes off.
Trouser Tent
October 1st, 2007 at 9:07 am [Reply]

Does Barney and Snuffy’s baby have progeria? If they would wise up and take that baby to a dok-ter, they would probably get deals up the wazoo from TLC to do specials about their family. If their fellow hillbilly Arkansian neighbors the Duggars could do it, why couldn’t Barney’s family too?
Gold-Digging Nanny
October 1st, 2007 at 11:56 am [Reply]

Was I the only one who thought Curtis’ father was blaming everything on the New York Times, since it was in the same quotation marks as Playboy? I thought it was bad enough that the strip was breaching the topic of masturbation without also venturing into Mallard Fillmore territory.
Gold-Digging Nanny
October 1st, 2007 at 11:58 am [Reply]

BTW, Bats, loved the isopod-themed Mark Trail (and the bathysphere reference).
SmartPeopleOnIce
October 1st, 2007 at 12:21 pm [Reply]

Heh heh. Nature’s Roomba.
100indecisions
October 1st, 2007 at 2:46 pm [Reply]

So what exactly was the “syrup chapter”? I checked the days after the strip you linked to but didn’t see any mention of the punchline…although yeah, I can’t see how it could have improved things much.

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