The Comics Curmudgeon

111 responses to “Metapost: Autumnal comments of the week”

1. Erik
   November 10th, 2008 at 9:52 pm [Reply]

   Congratulations One-Eyed Wolfdog! Personally I thought my comments were clever, but ah well…. next week!

2. Skullturf Q. Beavispants
   November 10th, 2008 at 9:53 pm [Reply]

   Congrats to fellow mathematician One-eyed Wolfdog.

3. bats :[
   November 10th, 2008 at 9:57 pm [Reply]

   Ooohhh, the funny stuff…congrats to the Floaters this week!
   While you’re all so clever, I have to admit I’m snorting at the video clip of the very high Rex Morgan and his incredibly deformed face — it’s as if he’s had sex with June, and Brooke sketched the aftermath.

4. Paperback Rifler
   November 10th, 2008 at 10:10 pm [Reply]

   Congratulations to One-Eyed Wolfdog and all the CotW honorees! There are just too many witty people who frequent this site; and that is not at all a bad thing.

   So I’m never sure if the CotW metapost is the appropriate place to put snark that has absolutely no shot at Comment of the Week, but here I go anyway:

   Archie: Well! Maybe I’m just old-fashioned or whatever; but if Archie’s idea of appropriate behavior with Betty is to grope her bosom publicly while they’re “chat yakking,” then maybe the pig DESERVES to have his food taken away from him!

   Spider-Man: The one thing that I like about this storyline is that this is exactly the sort of meandering, nonsensical, ADHD-tinged story that my brother and I would have concocted with our toys when we were kids. Jeez, if I had known that I could’ve gotten money for such idiotic plots, I would’ve written some of them down; and if Spider-Man’s escape and eventual exoneration involves battles between Matchbox cars and Lego spaceships (as well as a helping hand from Spider-Man’s good friends G.I. Joe, Chewbacca, and the Micronauts), then I’ll be doubly sorry that I didn’t write any of it down.

   Funky Winkerbean: I suspect that they hear songs differently in Westview, sort of in the same way that they see everything through whatever the exact opposite of “rose-colored glasses” is. For instance, what the Funkyverse knows as The Fifth Dimension’s “Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In” probably goes a little something like this:

   When that lump spreads cancer to your bones,
   And woes pour out over the brim,
   You hope with all your heart that
   With fishes soon you’ll swim

   This is the dawning of the age of Aquariums,
   The age of Aquariums . . .
   Aquariums!
   Aquariums . . .

   All are smirking, or they’re frowning
   That their dreams are slowly drowning.
   Failure is their expectation;
   They should be on medication.
   Everybody feels they oughtta
   Sink into the nearest water — Aquariums!
   Aquariums . . .

   When that lump spreads cancer to your bones,
   And woes pour out over the brim,
   You hope with all your heart that
   With fishes soon you’ll swim

   This is the dawning of the age of Aquariums,
   The age of Aquariums . . .
   Aquariums!
   Aquariums . . .

   “Cancer always . . .
   “Cancer always wins;
   “It always wins . . .”

5. Jamus The Bartender
   November 10th, 2008 at 10:30 pm [Reply]

   68, et al yesterthread: Well….it’s not a catfight without cat scratch fever…

6. Jamus The Bartender
   November 10th, 2008 at 10:40 pm [Reply]

   Some observations on the funnies since I got back.
   Dick Tracy. Okay. Alan Moore made two guys with robots that resemble their operators look pretty cool in Tom Strong. Here it just looks kinda sad. Also, the text speak doesn’t work too well, even though Alan Moore used to do the same sort of thing with made-up alien languages in the DC Universe.
   Luann. Okay again. In the Invisibles, Grant Morrison made the brother/sister thing between his Jerry Cornelius analouge and sister cool at best, another bit of incomprehensible business at worst. Here, in Luann, it seems….well, kinda squicky.
   Liked that witch outfit Gunther made for her, though.

7. Naked Bunny with a Whip
   November 10th, 2008 at 11:06 pm [Reply]

   Congrats to everyone making with the funny.

8. Grandstanding Oddball
   November 10th, 2008 at 11:14 pm [Reply]

   Red Greenback – you have made my entire week.

9. Artist formerly known as Ben
   November 10th, 2008 at 11:42 pm [Reply]

   #3 bats:[
   I second both the applause for the Floaters and the love of the Protectors video. I especially dug Dennis Mitchell’s creepy smile and Unabomber poster. Now that’s menacing.

10. Poteet
    November 10th, 2008 at 11:53 pm [Reply]

    All hail, One-eyed Wolfdog, and huzzahs for the other riders of the float! An excellent lineup of funny.

11. Deena in OR
    November 11th, 2008 at 12:14 am [Reply]

    Maybe this guy needs special treatment from Edda:

    http://www.wlky.com/health/17950157/detail.html

12. Lisa
    November 11th, 2008 at 12:32 am [Reply]

    My brother had a science teacher in junior high who got hiccups and couldn’t get rid of them for days at a time.

13. boojum
    November 11th, 2008 at 12:59 am [Reply]

    The float! It’s so beautifullllll!

    Congratulations, One-eyed Wolfdog and all the other funny folks! You’re an inspiration to us all.

14. boojum
    November 11th, 2008 at 1:03 am [Reply]

    I would have been funny this week, too… but the sun was in my eyes! And I had a headache. And… and I think someone stole my lunchbox that had my reallt funny stuff in it!

15. Joe Btfsplk
    November 11th, 2008 at 1:11 am [Reply]

    Thanks to all here, for always making me laugh when I really need to. I do hope that the float is rolling along someplace warm.

    Dick Tracy – These frickin’ robots have been standing there trading brly inteligbl brbs with each other since Halloween. I’m beginning to think that they’re actually old pals from way back, and any second now they’re both going to pause meaningfully, and then laugh and throw their arms around each other like Han Solo and Lando Calrissian at Cloud City. “Ha ha, u old suped-up thrmos bttle u! U hvn’t chnged a bit! Cmon, lez dmp these losrs n go hav a byte! Ha ha ha!”

    And why is Reanimated Gary Cooper In Drag calling the shots here? I thought Insane Zombie Richard Nixon was the one in charge.

    Redeye – The strip has been (literally) dead for months now, but the Chron site still has a link to its empty page. Part of me wishes they would wipe that, and another part of me likes to click on it every now and again, just to reassure myself that it’s really gone.

    Apartment 3-G – I’m crushing your head! I’m crushing your head! Though, she’s aiming a bit low, I think. Best not to think too much about this, probably.

16. Poteet
    November 11th, 2008 at 1:49 am [Reply]

    MT — So Pop knows all about this charming local custom and has been content to let it continue, even though a couple of calls to animal welfare organizations and/or law enforcement and/or the media in the nearest Big City just might have stopped it years ago. Way to go, Pop! Enjoy your coffee!

17. Jana C.H.
    November 11th, 2008 at 1:49 am [Reply]

    #6 Jamus wrote: “In the Invisibles, Grant Morrison made the brother/sister thing between his Jerry Cornelius analogue and sister cool at best, another bit of incomprehensible business at worst.”

    Are you sure you’re not discussing Die Walküre?

    Jana C.H.
    Seattle
    Saith Anna Russell: That’s the beauty of grand opera, you can do anything so long as you sing it.

18. "Funny" Uncle Charlie
    November 11th, 2008 at 1:50 am [Reply]

    Luann: “If you can’t keep it in your pants, keep it in the family.”

19. Poteet
    November 11th, 2008 at 1:52 am [Reply]

    FW — Wow. Is this the absolute boiled-down essence of the spirit of FW, or what?

20. Poteet
    November 11th, 2008 at 1:55 am [Reply]

    # 17 Jana — Yay Anna Russell! I’d like to think even Wagner would have liked her analysis. But probably not.

21. BigDave
    November 11th, 2008 at 2:16 am [Reply]

    FW 11/11 – It would appear that the Great Cancer-O-Cloud is descending on Old Man Montoni…

22. Donkey Hotey
    November 11th, 2008 at 2:59 am [Reply]

    What, no COTW runners-up from the Political Thread from Hell?

23. Jana C.H.
    November 11th, 2008 at 3:01 am [Reply]

    #20 — Poteet: Ever seen the musical Das Barbecü? The barbecue in question is for a big double wedding being held at Rancho Gebich on the Rio Grande. The bridegroom in one couple appears to be badly hungover, and the bride in the other is in handcuffs.

    It was commissioned by Seattle Opera a few Ring Cycles ago, and I think it’s being revived in 2009. It’s a hoot.

    I’m not making this up, you know.

    Jana C.H.
    Seattle
    “There’s a Ring of gold in Texas, / There’d a Ring of magic Gold. / There’s a Ring of gold in Texas / That’s been hot since Hell was cold.”

24. Uncle Lumpy
    November 11th, 2008 at 3:31 am [Reply]

    #23 Jana –

    Yes, but don’t forget it was their bratwurst!

25. Baka Gaijin
    November 11th, 2008 at 4:55 am [Reply]

    #23 Jana: An opera about a barbecue? You’re kidding…

    COTW: I guess you need sharp ears and cheek tufts to win.

26. He Brought Queenie Baby Jesus
    November 11th, 2008 at 5:06 am [Reply]

    NPR has a mini-article on a new collection of Art Spiegelman’s old comics, and mentions an intriguing included title, Nervous Rex, the Malpractice Suit, which is apparently a Rex Morgan spoof. It might be a while before I can get to the book store to check it out, so maybe someone else can do this and share with the class how it is.

27. Alfred E. Neuman
    November 11th, 2008 at 5:12 am [Reply]

    Tuesday stuff

    #21 BigDave Re: FW— I think he sees Suicidal Susan who has jumped from the top of the building. Thus, we will have a very special Batiuk twofer — she will land on Tony, killing them both.

    9CL— From the looks of panel 3, I’d say they’re playing the Kreutzer Sonata.

    Luann— For once, I’ve got nothing to say. Today’s strip comes pre-snarked.

28. Mr. O'Malley
    November 11th, 2008 at 5:13 am [Reply]

    FW: A 20 ton safe descending?

    JP: …because while I was in Afghanistan I learned the mystic powers of the East!

    EC: He bought a 2-transistor radio that only gets AM. He’s either going to a.) convert to Christianity b.) become a Rush Limbaugh fan c.) learn to speak Spanish, Mandarin or Vietnamese. But the most interesting outcome would be d.) becomes addicted to Coast to Coast AM.

29. dreadedcandiru2
    November 11th, 2008 at 5:35 am [Reply]

    ReFOOB: Elly is too stupid to be able to distinguish juice from urine LOL.

30. Baka Gaijin
    November 11th, 2008 at 5:42 am [Reply]

    One Big Happy: Today we meet James the Crook heading to school to fence his stolen toy. In his senior yearbook he’s voted most likely to use up his “3 strikes” by age 19. Add him to the cast of characters:

    Earl: Obitiuary appears in the “News of the Odd” due to death involving a honey truck.

    Joe: Wins Ocsar in the category of “Bigger Ham than William Shatner” 12 years running.

    Cylene: In 10 years, her grainy homemade video a #1 hit on XTube followed by decades of fame for no known reason and blow job jokes. Google confuses her with car fuel.

    Ruthie: Paranoid or criminally insane, it’s the court’s decision in 2018.

    Margo: “More zippers, mule!”

31. Sheila Sternwell
    November 11th, 2008 at 5:58 am [Reply]

    JP: I’d gladly welcome back the third panels of smirkdom if they’d just get rid of the guy with black holes of grim despair where his eyes should be.

    RMMD: Oh good lord no, man, don’t tell me about the heterosex! I didn’t bring the Imodium with me and I just don’t think I could handle it.

    Sally Forth: My god, the female friend at work storyline ended over a month ago and I just now realized I never saw the resolution to it. I flipped through the archives and discovered there was no resolution. That may say something about my memory, but it says even more about that storyline.

32. True Fable
    November 11th, 2008 at 6:13 am [Reply]

    Congratulations to One-Eyed Wolfdog, Uncle Lumpy, Red Greenback, Hogenmogen and all the rest of the Float Riders! W00t! Although I must admit, Patrick’s “Lazy, lazy raccoon-chaining bastards” really won the day for me!

    9CL Now we’ll just throw water on them!
    A3G You know, I thought she had the hots for Dr. Kelly this whole time, but apparently it was Gary from the theater group. Hard to tell one marshmallow from another without a scorecard.
    (WT)DT Nothing like a little robotic cussin’!
    Canadian Zombie Nothing says A Zombie’ Life Sucks more than watching Farley endure Elly’s unfair practices over and over again. It’s like Groundhog Day meets Pet Cemetery.
    FW You know, this built no suspense for me. I looked at it and said “ehh, I really don’t care what he’s looking at” and moved on.
    MT Raccoons and dogs – oh, there will be LOTS of hairy faces to punch out, Mark!
    MW Are you sorry you invited her up for a visit, Frank? Huh? HUH?
    RMMW That’s not Rex in that final panel. I dunno who it is – Peter Parker or someone, but it’s not Rex. It’s the eyes. They’re not his. Damn those eyeball transplants!
    S-M Pardon me, but my Bullshit Meter is pegging out.

33. One-eyed Wolfdog
    November 11th, 2008 at 6:48 am [Reply]

    Woof, woof! ???!

34. One-eyed Wolfdog
    November 11th, 2008 at 6:51 am [Reply]

    I mean, “Ура!” I always forget Wordpress hates me.

35. Mr. O'Malley
    November 11th, 2008 at 6:51 am [Reply]

    #44, thread *-1. zenvelo

    and I’m surprised that the train yard is right across the street from the Clock Museum…..and if the chain IS long enough for the train to run over it without running over Spidey, he’ll still have the cuffs on his wrists.

    Well, he’s already ahead of Richard Hannay in The Thirty-Nine Steps.

    The Glass Museum in Tacoma is right across the street from the train yard. Probably the case is similar in a lot of cities that are trying to revitalize their old downtowns.

36. Muddtallica
    November 11th, 2008 at 6:52 am [Reply]

    The usual congratulations to this week’s snark gods, leading the way for all us lesser snarkers. :)

    Monday offerings:
    Cathy: I don’t actually get the joke in today’s Cathy, but that might be because my eyes were burned out by the sight of the two-headed Cathy in the second panel. Isn’t there a reference in Revelations to something like that?
    Luann: “Female ogling is different: whereas you ogle our son’s partner, which is hurtful and wrong, I am ogling our son himself, thus keeping up the proud DeGroot tradition of incest that appears to be flourising this week.”
    Mark Trail: Oh, boy. See that last panel there: the furrowed brow, the aggressive text emboldening, the vacant, glassy-eyed stare. Mark’s goin’ a-punchin’, folks, and no man will stand in his way.
    Marmaduke: No, I’m pretty sure that’s rabies.
    Rex Morgan: From the angle of his head and the odd way his eyeballs are protruding in the last panel, I suspect that Rex is actually trying to twist his own head off his neck rather than be subject himself to any more implication that a man and a woman might be about to have sex.

37. John C Fremont
    November 11th, 2008 at 7:46 am [Reply]

    Congrats, One-eyed Wolfdog! And everyone else who vas kidding und making mit de funny shtuff!

    Now I’m gonna go watch me some more Protectors of the Earth. Good stuff, Maynard.

38. gleeb
    November 11th, 2008 at 7:55 am [Reply]

    Between Friends: Wool? Not even a broken limb? I don’t want to seem ghoulish, but this is a fiction being deliberately created for people to read. I want to see some result of violence by which to be horrified.

    Drabble: As dull and ordinary as this is, and it’s Drabble so that’s a lot, I like the ties fluttering over their shoulders.

    ‘bean: Has Nyarlathotep come to extract vengeance? ICBM, perhaps? Maybe just a free-floating tumor? What could still rouse an “uh-oh” from a long-time resident of the most troubled place in Ohio?

    Zippy: If Zippy has no pre-2003 memories, how come he knows what all the outdated roadside advertising crap is?

39. Lake Eerie Log Chains
    November 11th, 2008 at 8:56 am [Reply]

    Awesome comment, One-eyed Wolfdog – I laughed the first time I read.
    Congrats to the other float riders, including …me?? Looks like Hogenmogen & I are competing to become the new writer of the snarky Apt. 3G.
    Seriously, people, funny stuff – this is why I keep coming back here.

40. Calico
    November 11th, 2008 at 9:24 am [Reply]

    I really think that the “GA” on the back of Slim’s shirt actually stands for “Gargantuan Arse.”

41. Angry Kem
    November 11th, 2008 at 9:38 am [Reply]

    Congratulations, funny snarkers!

    Er…okay. The colouring monkeys have made the humanified Ernest in Sherman’s Lagoon black. Fine…fine…but you’ve got to wonder if that’s what the cartoonist wanted…because when you look at yesterday’s comic…and, in particular, at how a certain word is used…you start kind of wondering…between cringes, of course…and then you read the last panel…and you begin thinking maybe it was on purpose after all…ouch…my brain…

    ReFoob: Yes, Elly. Puppies do actually pee on the floor. They are puppies. They haven’t been trained. That’s why most sane people put down newspaper before they find the first puddle. Geez.

42. Muffaroo
    November 11th, 2008 at 9:41 am [Reply]

    He Brought Queenie Baby Jesus @26 – That’s “Malpractice Suite,” and it was in an issue of Arcade some time back. I keep almost-getting Breakdowns, but the price keeps making me put it back. I saw the new expanded version when I went to the Jewish community center near here to see art spiegelman a couple of weeks back only to find that he’s been rescheduled for March. I’ll let you all know how it goes — been a fan of his since the 70s.

    But yeah, it was a work of genius, and I keep looking for a way to work it into the conversation, so far without success.

    Anyway, I’m still working on the book(s), but the cover is off to the client for final approval, and I’m more than halfway on the text block, so soon I hope to be doing more than looking in on the front page and skipping the comments when there are more than a couple dozen.Today was a special treat, and thanks to all you humorous people for making my morning, or at least the part that comes between gargling with hot salt water and a long soaking bath while my daughter (out of school for the holiday) contentedly soaks up a Power Rangers marathon in the family room.

43. AmazingThor
    November 11th, 2008 at 9:46 am [Reply]

    Looks like today’s Foob is fan of Natalie Dee.

    FW: Poor guy just looked up and realized he was in FW strip. Suddenly the doom seemed palpable.

    GT: Disgraced forever, Matt will have to turn in his vintage 1920’s newspaper reporter’s fedora.

    Luann: Just quit with the innuedo’s already! Nobody in this strip has had sex ever!

    9CL: Fortunately, to balance out all the teasing in Luann, 9CL will now only feature characters having off screen sex.

    MT: Those birds in the second panel know to keep their distance when Mark starts getting “itchy fists.”

    Phantom: Just hold the friggin’ pan in the fire with your bare hands. That way when you catch on fire the ebola won’t seem so bad.

    RMMD: Ha ha ha…old people sex.

44. Tweeks_Coffee
    November 11th, 2008 at 10:00 am [Reply]

    DT: What, that’s it? Weeks of build-up only to have the actual fight last for exactly one panel? Obviously this one panel is going to be repeated for the next month, but I still feel pretty cheated.
    FW: Montoni smells death in the air, I’m guessing. I assume the odor is like living next to a paper plant. The air is thick with it, but you just get used to it after a bit and don’t even notice it after a year or so. Tony, having recently returned, is still acutely aware of the smell.
    GT: De nada? I’m not exactly sure why The Hat is saying “you’re welcome”, but I just like the fact that Matt apparently knows more Spanish than Immigrant Elmer.
    MT: Man, I’m practically giddy with anticipation that Mark is about to charge into this Dog Vs. Raccoon party with fists-a-flyin’.

45. The Spectacular Spider-Brick
    November 11th, 2008 at 10:01 am [Reply]

    9CL: To be fair, Amos and Edda didn’t agree to anything about where to keep their lips and genitals.

    thorps. “That’s good, ’cause I’m not worried about your heart any more.” *SLAM*

    MT: Mark bets that Rabbit’s going to lose the dog-raccoon fights, because everyone knows Rabbit’s a choke artist.

    S-M: As someone who knows a bit about trains and how they work, let me fill you in on something, Stan “The Man” Lee. Sometimes a train will have to drop off a car in a place where it would be really bad if it rolled backwards, like on a spur next to the main line, for instance. To keep it from doing so, they attach to the rail behind the car a device called a derail. It’s a little wedge of metal not much bigger than your handcuffs there. They call it that because if the car’s brakes fail and the car rolls backwards onto the derail, the car derails instead of rolling into the path of oncoming trains. The little wedge of metal does not shatter like porcelain. Oh, and while I’ve got your attention, Stan, if that is your real name, care to explain why a “super” hero whose powers do not include invulnerability didn’t get his forearms ground into sausage filling when the train ran over his cuffs? Thought not. Think I’ll go find a super-strong Timetanium(TM) chain to suspend my disbelief with.

46. Lake Eerie Log Chains
    November 11th, 2008 at 10:12 am [Reply]

    Happy Veterans Day, Remembrance Day and Armistice Day (the latter for you much older folks and fans of Kurt Vonnegut)

    Tuesday snark:
    9CL
    A3G – Odd? Sayeth the guy dares wear glasses and comb his hair differently then all the other guys in the strip.
    Cathy – Oooh, two Cathys with bare legs – ohhh yeah. I mean, um, ewwww.
    Cranky – Folks, please welcome today’s guest writer – Bruce Tinsley??
    Crock – Trying to get in on the “in my pants” craze, huh?
    DTM – “Of course, I filled his overall pockets with breadcrumbs and birdseed in hopes they’d peck him to death. Is that wrong?”
    DT – Traze-R is getting awfully verbal today. Notice how he keeps wavering between text-speak and complex sentences – I think he’s a phony! He’s pandering so the cops don’t think he’s a fancy-talking elistist.
    FC – Is that the Milford trumpet? And do they even realize a 7-year-old probably doesn’t have the chops for Reveille? Am I thinking to much about this comic? Oh, I get it – he either can’t pronounce the word or he needs to go for a hearing test. Why is he stealing Dolly’s schtick?
    FBOFW – Hey, potato-nose! It’s a newly-drawn comic. I’m glad Lynn is going back to the old days and adding depth to these characters.
    FW – Please be a meteorite. Perhaps Gasoline Alley’s Slim resold his from a couple years back.
    GT – “Fair enough – now let’s talk about that fucking hat.”
    H&J – Jeez, where’s she drop it? In manure?
    JP – Oh my god, his EYES! HIS EYES! Er, um…”So, you know Dixie too? Or do you just hate strippers?”
    Luann – Both you DeGroots should be ashamed of yourselves. I’m not talking about chasing young firefighters – I’m talking about foisting Brad and Luann on the rest of us.
    M’Duke – I just don’t have the energy for this. How much hand soap did he find? What exactly did he do with it? Why is she using a mop? Aren’t those carpeted floors?
    MT – Chain him to a log! Oh, are we past that? I kind of like my new name.
    RM – “Let me finish, Doc! I need a prescription.”
    SF – Ooh, this is gonna be better than turducken!
    SM – I call bullshit! I’ll let the smarter snarkers explain why it wouldn’t WORK THAT WAY!

47. Muddtallica
    November 11th, 2008 at 10:26 am [Reply]

    Re – my post at #36 – duh, I meant Tuesday. Evidently, somebody doesn’t know what day it is, and that someone is me.

48. C. Havoc
    November 11th, 2008 at 10:29 am [Reply]

    Fellow Uber Nerds:

    Crossover alert:

    This John William’s Star Wars Tribute has already gone viral, but in case you haven’t seen it, here it is:

    The original song has been around since about 1993 or so, but the kid on Youtube has revitalized it.

    OK, back to the comics…

49. Jumper
    November 11th, 2008 at 10:48 am [Reply]

    “Hey Shipwreck” is back.
    http://www.tubedaze.com/
    I posted here before I even watched it.

50. John C Fremont
    November 11th, 2008 at 10:57 am [Reply]

    # 38 gleeb – Your FW comment reminds me of an old Gahan Wilson cartoon where a family is shooting off rockets in their yard on the Fourth of July. The dad looks up, sees a mushroom cloud in the distance and says, “Uh-oh.” Of course, when Gahan Wilson did it, it was funny. When Tom Batiuk does it, it’s just annoying.

51. One-eyed Wolfdog
    November 11th, 2008 at 11:08 am [Reply]

    GT – “Fair enough – now let’s talk about that fucking hat.”
    You’re clearly gunning for the top spot next week.

52. Calvin's Cardboard Box
    November 11th, 2008 at 11:14 am [Reply]

    LUANN: So that is the picture they used on the cover? Toni wearing a sleeveless t-shirt? And it is driving every male in the Luanniverse ga-ga? That’s fine for Brad, who has never made it past a friendly peck on the cheek, but Mr. DeGroot has, presumably, had sex at least twice in his life.

    Hey, Brad? More information about attractive women wearing t-shirts can be found on the internet.

53. AhClem
    November 11th, 2008 at 11:31 am [Reply]

    #45 SS-B –
    Regarding Spider-Man, you have eloquently expressed what thousands of railfans around the world are thinking as they silently weep into their morning Ovaltine after reading this strip.

    And I won’t even discuss the concept of streamlined diesel-powered passenger trains going “WHOOOOO! WHOOOOO!”

54. He Brought Queenie Baby Jesus
    November 11th, 2008 at 11:34 am [Reply]

    42 Maffaroo: Thanks for the info, and the correction. It was “suit” in the article, though, so I’m absolved of all guilt by the Family Circus principle. I’ll look into the book when I get a chance, as I’m fascinated by that era of comicking (particularly the art style) and by the short snippet that accompanied the article it looks like Spiegelman was pretty exemplary.

    41 Kem: Holy smokes, you’re right. That is, uh, yeah. Let’s discuss this “boy” thing, indeed. (ps

55. He Brought Queenie Baby Jesus
    November 11th, 2008 at 11:35 am [Reply]

    ghgih0vkakfdshr

    My postscript was incomplete because I got distracted by shiny things. I will complete it now: I really enjoy Japes. THERE IT IS DONE

56. bats :[
    November 11th, 2008 at 11:47 am [Reply]

    37. John C Fremont: and *I* have a Malt-o-Meal clock with that affirmation on the face!

    Toosday Toons:

    FW: my guess is that Tony is watching as Funky approaches the pizza parlor.
    That, or the Hindenburg.

    JP: the dialog between Sam and Steve has been absolute gold! I may just get my wish of seeing Sam and Heidi going to the “gentlemen’s club” where Dixie dances, to slap her in handcuffs, amongst slapping other things…

    MT: yeah, Poteet, screw Pop for knowing about crap like this and doing nothing.
    I hope when Mark’s fists get busy, old Pop gets caught in the cross-fire — that’ll teach him.
    Tomorrow’s Episode: “A Five Dollar Wager — A Fistful of Justice!”

    MW: oooh, this debate is ramping up nicely…

    Phantom: what a jerk. Little Shaman Guy needs to fox him into the “You know when you’re flying, and they say in case of emergency, make sure YOU have your oxygen mask in place before helping others? So that YOU’RE strong and can help others? My medicine is just like this.”
    Or he can just tell Kit there’s only one dose, and let Ghost-Who-Is-So-High-and-Mighty make his own decisions.
    What a jerk.

    RMMD: yep, it’s what everyone’s been saying
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/9545446@N07/3022516372/sizes/o/

57. Uncle Lumpy
    November 11th, 2008 at 11:51 am [Reply]

    HBQBJ –

    Slate had an slide show featuring Spiegelman’s work in late October. Slide #2 shows some of his Rex Morgan work, but the whole show is worthwhile.

    Hell of an interesting guy.

58. Steve the Pocket
    November 11th, 2008 at 12:00 pm [Reply]

    Funky Winkerbean: As common as random catastrophe is in the Funkyverse, I’m going to guess it’s a huge storm cloud that portends to the first snow of the year. Comic strip characters tend to dread the onset of winter and all the backbreaking shoveling and poor driving conditions it entails. And as we all know, in the Funkyverse, anything that can be tapped for angst will be.

59. kurt
    November 11th, 2008 at 12:07 pm [Reply]

    Meanwhile in Spiderville, Spidey lies by the side of the traintracks as a speeding train conveniently shatters his stronger than steel handcuffs:

    WOTDAHELL….

    Engineering fundamentals dictate:
    1. The train would have simply knocked Spidey and cuffs aside,
    2. The cuffs would have derailed the The train, causing many lives to be lost as Spidey, still handcuffed, scratches his dumb head.
    3. The train would have severely bent the cuffs, crushing Spidey’s wrists _and_ firing his webshooters which blind oncoming train, which then conveniently piles into Spidey and the existing train, ending the whole furshingluggner mess.

60. commodorejohn
    November 11th, 2008 at 12:08 pm [Reply]

    A3G – Gary, the appropriate response to being surprised by Zombie Carol Burnett is not “Tommie! What’re you doing here?!” It’s “YEARGH GET AWAY FROM ME” or some variation thereof.

    BB – But…but why the checkerboard sky? I can accept it in the second panel as an abstract background, but why is it in the sky as well? COLORISTS YOU HURT MY BRAIN.

    Crankshaft – Wait, isn’t making pithy jokes about serious problems Crankshaft’s job? Maybe that look on his face is the “someone is stepping in on my turf” look. Watch out, mister newscaster.

    Curtis – what

    DT – Yep. This can just keep going indefinitely, as far as I’m concerned.

    FW – What is it that Tony sees? “Incoming ICBM” has already been mentioned, but I think we’re overlooking some other important possibilities, such as “an alien warship from Independence Day” or “the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.” We need to get Josh to lay down some odds again.

    GA – Come on, Clovia. Do him in. Nobody will care that he’s gone.

    GT – So wearing oysters on your ears counts as “fashionable” in Milford? Whaddya know.

    JP – Well, with a name like “Dixie Julep,” what else would she be?

    Love Is… – trying unusual positions.

    Luann – Okay, much as I abhor the general creepiness of this strip, it did hit on a particular pet peeve of mine today, albeit in its usual squicky fashion.

    MT – Okay, it’s not exactly “chew bubblegum/kick ass,” but if Mark is going to start providing one-liners, I can only offer my wholehearted support.

    MW – In panel one, Frank demonstrates his “shove the invisible groupie” move.

    PBS – I could watch Rat abuse people all day. It’s the same reason I read Apartment 3-G, basically.

    Popeye – Okay, yeah, yeah, we get it, now can we get on to the bloody rampage, please?

    RMMD – Man, once again Rex Morgan canonizes our japes. Maybe we should all start talking about it featuring an alien invasion, just to see if we can make it happen.

    SM – Right.

    Zits – isn’t going to stop until the teenage population of the U.S. apologizes for ever being born and offs itself.

61. Turducken
    November 11th, 2008 at 12:09 pm [Reply]

    FW I think Pizza Guy has just noticed he’s the focus of Batiuk’s attention. That’s never good in the Winkerverse where the attention of your creator ensures misery, death, and despair.

62. colonial
    November 11th, 2008 at 12:19 pm [Reply]

    GT: You’re fired. Before you go, we need the hat back, it’s a rental.

    FW: A few months ago, there were these pretty bad commercials for Pizza Hut that featured the Pizza Hut logo (a giant, red roof) falling on tops of homes. Perhaps Montoni’s will face the same fate. Either that, or the Domino’s Noid jumped off the roof of a nearby building, poisted to attack Tony in his spicy meatballs.

63. Poteet
    November 11th, 2008 at 12:24 pm [Reply]

    # 23 Jana — Thanks for the tip! Sounds wonderful.

    Many years ago, I was flipping channels one evening and came across a production of the RING cycle being shown straight through, probably on public TV. I wasn’t an opera fan at all and knew nothing about Wagner, but I was instantly hooked, as in “stayed up til 5 am to see it all.” Since then, I’ve seen and heard excellent parodies and found out more about Wagner, little of it good. Doesn’t matter. Still hooked.

64. Dingo
    November 11th, 2008 at 12:27 pm [Reply]

    I’m not sure about Rabbit and his friends but if they can get Margo Magee onto that log, I’ve got a sawbuck I’m puttin’ down.

65. Poteet
    November 11th, 2008 at 12:32 pm [Reply]

    FW — I vote for a giant Thanksgiving-Day-Parade-Float-type version of Masky McDeath.

66. One-eyed Wolfdog
    November 11th, 2008 at 12:33 pm [Reply]

    #60 – commodorejohn – “I came here to teach our readers how to identify those indigenous grasses and/or herbs which can safely be chewed, and to kick ass… and I don’t see any edible, indigenous grasses or herbs in the immediate vicinity.”

67. He Brought Queenie Baby Jesus
    November 11th, 2008 at 12:34 pm [Reply]

    I see all you guys hating on Spidey for breaking his bonds in an impossible way, but you’re forgetting he’s a man of science and clearly off-panel he has used his science brain to prepare the mystery metal for its destruction by trai— ahahahahahahahahahaha I’m just kidding, Spider-Man is a doofus and is only alive now because the writers never finished high school (though that is also the only reason he was in the cuffs in the first place).

68. UncleJeff
    November 11th, 2008 at 12:35 pm [Reply]

    FW – Tony Montoni makes the first sighting of Wally Winkerbean. Back from Iraq and ready to take his revenge on all who forgot about him.
    Pluggers – Brookins got the “cleaning the garage” joke.

69. Lake Eerie Log Chains
    November 11th, 2008 at 12:37 pm [Reply]

    60 commodorejohn re: PBS
    Now if we could get Rat abusing people on A3G, I’ think we’d witness the perfect comic (Margo, unfortunately, has moments of sincereity and heart)

70. Red Greenback
    November 11th, 2008 at 12:44 pm [Reply]

    Congrats One-eyed Wolfdog, and congrats Mike Patterson for winning that sweet Clerk of Courts gig! And also thanks Josh for letting me ride on the float!
    M.Trail: First panel, Pop sez: “RABBIT AND HIS FRIENDS THINK IT IS GREAT SPORT TO SEE THEIR DOGS FIGHT A RACCOON CHAINED TO A LOG iIN THE MIDDLE OF A STREAM IN MY PANTS!“

71. steve
    November 11th, 2008 at 12:49 pm [Reply]

    FW: From a dark tower, the Eye of Sauron / Batuik turns its lidless gaze on Tony Montoni . . . if only he had stayed in Florida beyond the dark master’s range . . .

72. gleeb
    November 11th, 2008 at 12:52 pm [Reply]

    ‘bean: Well if there’s any oddsmaking, I’m having a flutter on it being Nyarlathotep, or some such unspeakable eldrich thing. But then, I think it makes Funky Winkerbean both more interesting and more coherent if you imagine Montoni’s to be a front for some sort of demonic worship.

73. Wayne
    November 11th, 2008 at 1:02 pm [Reply]

    FW: I hope this is like Dr, Romano from ER, crushed by a falling helicopter.

74. will
    November 11th, 2008 at 1:04 pm [Reply]

    46: Re: the FW/GA crossover: I like the way you think.

75. Artist formerly known as Ben
    November 11th, 2008 at 1:10 pm [Reply]

    11/11

    9CL: Okay, I think we get it now. Yeah, yeah, so do they.

    RMMD: “Hee hee. Yes, yes, we’re going to be fucking like there’s no tomorrow, which odds are there isn’t.”

    BB: I think we can finger Zero as Camp Swampy’s official pot dealer. And yes, he does get high on his own supply.

    GT: You can see where this is going. No football, no newspaper, no girls. It’s a life of vagrancy and odd jobs ahead, with Matt sometimes telling the ‘Czak about the rabbits.

    DtM: Congratulations, Alice. We all know what picky eaters pigeons are.

    H&L: Sure, whatever. Lois lost her real estate job months ago. These are just nice house pictures she happened to have lying around.

76. migellito
    November 11th, 2008 at 1:27 pm [Reply]

    I really hope Stan Lee has nothing to do with the current iteration of the Spiderman newspaper strip. If he does, I’ll have to re-think years of my life.

77. bats :[
    November 11th, 2008 at 1:35 pm [Reply]

    Thinking back on my unwholesome desire to see Det. Heidi and Sam Driver scoping out Dixie’s place of business, I realized that they’d probably have to stand in line, behind all the other stage-door Johnnies:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/9545446@N07/3022765952/

    Then again, the ultimate fantasy it infiltrating Dixie’s place of business with Abbey, Gloria and Maria.

78. Journeyman Softheart
    November 11th, 2008 at 1:51 pm [Reply]

    All right, it’s time to get softhearted on today’s comics.

    RMMD: I may stand alone on this, but I find the “crotchety old rich people in love” storyline to be at least moderately sweet. Woody Wilson promotes charity (the Lenore character is based on a real person), portrays old people in a loving relationship, and gets Nolan to draw a picture of Rex diving after Tweaks on October 31st that is almost Eduardo Barreto in its ripped comic goodness. The shots of smug, just-out-of-the-water Rex on ensuing days remind us all that Woody understands what makes a soap strip writer great: partnering with an artist who does fanservice.
    That said, the nostril shots of Tweaks have to end.

    JP: Very noir. The “double murder over the kind of dame that makes men crazy” plotline might have more atmosphere if Sam and Terrorist-Fightin’ Steve weren’t offering low quality Mystery Science Theater style riffing, but Barreto again brings the atmosphere with shading so aggressive that it has been outlawed by a special codicil of the the Geneva Convention.
    Trying to capture genre using lighting and perspective within the limits of a daily strip comic is difficult, though, so I give him lots of credit for trying.
    Oh, and I like the fact that the dark specter of Sophie’s Machiavellian plan to promote her sinister environmental agenda remains the subtext for this entire comic. The fact that a junior high school student has changed the business model of a major Napa Valley winery to promote sustainable resource use by selling boutique water to ignorant and status-conscious yuppies was impressive, but this week we are reminded that she has manipulated the law firm of Driver and Shanon to change its law practice from exciting criminal law and corporate intrigue to focus on finding tax breaks for solar energy no matter what the cost to the comic in terms of plot and excitement (obviously Sophie anticipated that the social issues raised by “Driver and Parker” would be a political distraction from her environmental goals in the new post Proposition 8 world, so she had Randy Parker kicked upstairs to the judiciary) . When we saw Sophie using her trust fund to subsidize technology transfer to the developing world by hiring Raju, vetting his qualifications, and getting him that boat wrestling scholarship to State U, I never imagined that Judge Parker would turn out to be based around the meta-plot of a kind of environmentalist super-villain. Think globally, act locally, Sophie.

    9CL: I’m glad that the strip has decided to quit its job to focus exclusively on how self-centered and boring Catholics deal with sexual hang-ups. In the trilemma of choosing between humor, sexual fantasy, and psychological therapy for people with a Catholic upbringing, this strip has decided to make a firm stand in favor of the latter two.

    B.C.: I find myself laughing at this strip at least once every two weeks these days. While some people have been inspired by the recent election, it is this fact far more that has restored my belief in redemption and miracles.

    Garfield: Jon dating Liz is the best thing that has happened to this strip since the late 1980’s. Jon has left his featureless room a number of times recently. Garfield has had to deal with new sensory input and a character aside from the mouse, the spider, and Jon for the first time in this millennium. While it is not the Lazarus-like rise of B.C., there is hope that if this trend continues then someday soon trace elements of humor could be discovered in this strip using careful spectral analysis.

    FB: Fred’s career as a fence is either very promising or completely hopeless, but either way it’s a strip about a basset hound in England, so the criminal angle is inherently funny.

    GT: A young Matt Drudge’s alienation from the mainstream media is explained, as – in the last panel – is his eventual budding homosexuality. Thank you, Gil Thorp(e), for making political reporting in America comprehensible again!

    Phantom: The Phantom’s dedication to due process is unusual in a vigilante (especially one who provided the inspiration for Batman), but I admire it. Generations of Phantoms have watched the post-colonial tragedies of Africa as under-institutionalized states have either collapsed into anarchy and violence or rotted from within due to corruption and bureaucratic weakness. Kit Walker, being familiar with both institutional critiques of development economics (he probably has an extensive collection of work by Joseph Stiglitz back at Skull Cave) and the critical responses to both modernization theory and Marxist world systems theories (I imagine him subscribing to the development models of someone like Peter Evans), understands that reinforcing transparent and legitimate bureaucratic authority is an absolute necessity for Bengalla to raise its standard of living and improve the lives of his adopted people. Sometimes that demands an executive smackdown of corrupt underlings, and sometimes it requires a show trial of exceptionally dumb bioterrorists. Either way Kit Walker, Social Scientist in Purple Tights, is working for a better tomorrow.

    MT: You know, despite the painful, wooden awkwardness that defines this strip, Mark is really the best heroic vigilante in the comics. Why? Because his banter is nothing less than awesome. Today’s cross-panel “I think I’ll go make a wager…and I’m betting that this Rabbit fellow is going to lose” is better than anything Spider-man has ever said and even competes with the snark provided by my personal hero, the narration box in the Phantom. Hannibal from the A-team would have to pop a Mentos mint to say something that cool. In fact, I bet that Ted Forth has at some point been associated with a Mark Trail fan club based mostly on phrases like this and “You stole a friend of mine’s pet bear.”
    And speaking of Spider-man, Mark’s opponent is a backwoods animal tormentor named “Rabbit,” and he is still a more interesting, plausible, and serious villain than Captain Stopwatch or whoever it is by whom Peter Parker is presently having his ass handed to him.

    Luann: I dream of a world where all comics characters can be objectified and lusted over, regardless of gender! Of course, in that particular dream Eduardo Barreto draws all of the comics, but in solidarity I still stand with Mr. DeGroot.

79. Calico
    November 11th, 2008 at 1:59 pm [Reply]

    I was just considering this:
    Shouldn’t the 1971 Pink Floyd album “Meddle” be dedicated to Mary Worth?

    Mashups please! : P

80. Mel
    November 11th, 2008 at 2:03 pm [Reply]

    S-M: SNIKKKPT?
    Maybe SCREEEEE or SKRAYEETCH
    SNIKKKPT?

    THBPBPTHPT!

81. Cambiata
    November 11th, 2008 at 2:10 pm [Reply]

    #78 – You know, I haven’t followed 9CL long enough to know – is it about former Catholics? Because in that case it actually makes perfect sense – there’s nothing as humorless as a fallen-away Catholic.

82. Spotted HØrse, Jungle Steed
    November 11th, 2008 at 2:13 pm [Reply]

    Congratulations to the fabulous floaters!

    Luann: Kee-ripes, Evans is really rockin’ the squick. He’s running with squick-scissors. He’s a man on a mission. Oh, and thanks a lot, Toni, for the suggestive hose handling on the cover. Way to make a guy feel inadequate!

83. Skullturf Q. Beavispants
    November 11th, 2008 at 2:16 pm [Reply]

    81 — Hey, George Carlin was funny.

84. Gold-Digging Nanny
    November 11th, 2008 at 2:42 pm [Reply]

    Does anyone else have the “flab to fab” ad? Not only can you lose 12 lbs. in 2 weeks, it’ll turn black people white! Hahaha!

    Congrats, COTWers!

85. Poteet
    November 11th, 2008 at 2:50 pm [Reply]

    # 81 Cambiata — One of the funniest conversations I ever heard was between two fallen-away Catholics reminiscing about growing up in Catholic schools.

    Funny and also just a little scary.

86. willethompson
    November 11th, 2008 at 2:58 pm [Reply]

    FW: Only in Funky Winkerbean can someone look up at the clouds and see one shaped like cancer.

87. YouWho
    November 11th, 2008 at 3:05 pm [Reply]

    FW: It’s obviously not The End approaching, as that would result in “Oh Yes… sweet, almighty release!” But, yeah… (#58) It’ll just be the first snowflake of the season. And since there’s no funny, I’ve gotta believe this is foreshadowing something awful: maybe a heart attack from shoveling or one last stubborn leaf that refuses to fall. Ha ha! I guess one of those would be funny.

88. Poteet
    November 11th, 2008 at 3:08 pm [Reply]

    # 78 Journeyman Softheart — Wow. Your cogent, insightful analysis is almost enough to make me start reading THE PHANTOM.

    Almost.

89. gh
    November 11th, 2008 at 3:22 pm [Reply]

    #86 willethompson –

    That would be your carcinonimbus cloud.

90. Islamorada Girl
    November 11th, 2008 at 3:23 pm [Reply]

    While at the dentist, in a cloud of very cool painkillers, I had a vision in which Mary Worth exchanges places with Mark Trail. Mary meddled the toothless, hirsute log chain dog and coon fighters to a well deserved Aldo death, while Mark delivered a fine, fine right fist o’ justice to Not Father of This Or Any Year Frank.

    It almost made up for how much it hurt when the painkillers wore off. A girl can dream!

91. blammers66
    November 11th, 2008 at 3:25 pm [Reply]

    Any chance there’s a 20 story building across the street from Montoini’s and Les has finally thrown himself off of the roof?

92. Artist formerly known as Ben
    November 11th, 2008 at 3:25 pm [Reply]

    S-M: “Just like I’m imagining this bloody, mangled arm stuck to the window. Haha, that’s some imagination I’ve got.”

    FW: A character is going about his business, feels the shadow of doom spreading over him, looks up and says, “Uh-oh.” Question: Is this a description of today’s Funky Winkerbean? Or of every Funky since 1996?

    GA: These two just tossed a painting given to them by a friend because it wasn’t worth millions. Pardon me if I don’t shed a tear for their economic worries, but things are tough all over.

    Crock: “Seriously, sir, look down my pants. Please. God only knows how much longer we’ll be in the desert.”

93. AhClem
    November 11th, 2008 at 3:26 pm [Reply]

    FW – Perhaps Montoni sees a flying cow. An incontinent flying cow.

    Either that, or the oregano he sprinkled on his last pizza wasn’t really oregano.

94. Comcis Fan
    November 11th, 2008 at 4:04 pm [Reply]

    Funky possibilities:

    Flock of diarrhetic geese flying South for the winter?

    Wally Winkerbean parachuting in, his fall to be broken by the Montoni’s awning?

    Funky Winkerbean parachuting in as part of a diet-related stunt, his fall to break the Montoni’s awning?

    Frozen block of toilet water from a jet?

    Airplane banner advertising rival pizza parlor?

    Tornado!!!

95. Angry Kem
    November 11th, 2008 at 4:22 pm [Reply]

    Zero is a bit of a medieval philosopher. Who knew?

    FW: My personal theory is that a giant Batiuk is about to squish Montoni flat with his shoe. As this wouldn’t be hugely different from any other day in Funkyville, Montoni really has nothing to complain about.

    A@H: I hate you so much. I don’t really know why. I just want to leap into your strip, scream in unbounded rage, smash you in the face with your stupid computer, and go off to find Garfield and sit on him.

    9CL: YES. WE GET IT. YOU ARE IN LOVE AGAIN. PRACTISE THE BLOODY MUSIC. AAAARGH.

96. Baka Gaijin
    November 11th, 2008 at 4:29 pm [Reply]

    #95 Angry Kem: Garfield does seem to be hassock-shaped.

97. Dr. Weird
    November 11th, 2008 at 4:33 pm [Reply]

    OK, maybe Spider-Man is going to jump on the front of the train and cling to it, then hold the chain against the wheel to slowly cut through it, rather than just having the wheel roll over it to no effect.

    It seems to be the sensible option… any takers on it happening? Anyone? Thought not.

98. Cambiata
    November 11th, 2008 at 4:45 pm [Reply]

    83 – Oops, I forgot about George Carlin. He’s a notable exception to that rule.

99. Comcis Fan
    November 11th, 2008 at 5:01 pm [Reply]

    Is Aria now a great unspoken issue between Ted and Sally? I mean, he starts doing crosswords in ink at lunch every day, Sally gets jealous, then nada? Is this why they spent last week on jokes that went nowhere? First a maybe-try-to-have-a-baby that went nowhere, then an office flirtation that went nowhere, then a new-girl-in-school conflict that went nowhere. Where is Sally Forth going? With all due respect to Ces.

100. trey le parc
     November 11th, 2008 at 5:02 pm [Reply]

     FW: There should have been a fourth panel– the Maitre d’ of Death slamming into the skyward-looking guy, instantly breaking his neck, and sending him to the sweet, sweet relief of an afterlife independent of smirking and cancer.

     Josh, thank you for the float ride!

101. canadian pinko
     November 11th, 2008 at 5:12 pm [Reply]

     So, this Rabbit fellow: Full beard or just a mustache?

102. Hibbleton
     November 11th, 2008 at 5:16 pm [Reply]

     I think the current run of Sally Forth, cute and endearing snippets of marital bliss, are meant to remind the reader that they are a good couple, great for each other, soul-mates, etc. before bringing back Aria as a wedge.

103. Eric the baker
     November 11th, 2008 at 5:25 pm [Reply]

     SM: Peter, I have a suggestion, a solution to your problem, and quite a lot simpler than possible amputation, and derailment of a train. Go back home, send MJ out to the nearest hardare store, have her pick up a hacksaw. Then you can sit on the couch, enjoy watching TV while she removes your cuffs in privacy. Sheez!

104. Little Guy
     November 11th, 2008 at 5:52 pm [Reply]

     S-M: Dangit, why didn’t Big Time team up with Jigsaw? I’d dig some Peter Parker self-multilation.

     Luann: Please tell me Luann and Brad were conceived by mitosis.

105. StrangeRover
     November 11th, 2008 at 6:28 pm [Reply]

     Funky: God’s coming. And She is PISSED!

106. StrangeRover
     November 11th, 2008 at 6:31 pm [Reply]

     #91 blammers66: Nope, no 20 story building. Just a book depository….

107. Lolsworth
     November 11th, 2008 at 7:55 pm [Reply]

     Yay I made the list for the third time. (I are Nimrod Gently, or actually I am on another blog and it keeps filling it in on this one and anyway why in God’s name could you possibly care)

108. Vince M
     November 11th, 2008 at 7:57 pm [Reply]

     94: Ebay-purchased meteorite dropped from a helicopter?

109. Vince M
     November 11th, 2008 at 8:08 pm [Reply]

     46: Aww heck! If I’d thought of it, it’s a cinch another ‘mudger would have first!
     Hey, know who that Aldo fellow looks like?

110. Donkey Hotey
     November 12th, 2008 at 12:07 am [Reply]

     #94: “De plane! De plane!”

111. Hogenmogen
     November 13th, 2008 at 9:59 am [Reply]

     Who does that Protectors of the Earth video stuff? Absolutely hilarious! It almost made me pee my pants – well, that and seven cups of coffee and a liter of water, but that video is nothing short of AWESOME.

     PS: I summoned the strength of 37 cougars and contained my bladder until I got to the bathroom, in case you’re wondering.

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