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19 responses to “If I wanted to think, I would have read Dear Abby”

1. Rick C
   November 8th, 2004 at 3:16 pm [Reply]

   I think the gag of the Willy ‘n Ethel strip is supposed to be that Willy took the question as a serious one, asked for something else, and got hit by the t-ball bat.

2. Honey
   December 17th, 2004 at 11:54 am [Reply]

   Lassie is female. Her name is Lassie. Eesh.

3. Donna Rowe
   January 2nd, 2005 at 6:54 pm [Reply]

   Yes, but *she* was always played by a *he*. :)

   Ziggy’s dog is a boy, which, given Lassie’s true gender, raises two interesting questions: How come Ziggy’s dog (whose name is Fuzz, BTW) never noticed certain equipment? Lassie is acting in the nude, nu? And, if Fuzz did notice, does that mean he’s gay? :) Fuzz is obviously a fan boy, since Josh’s comment bothered him, so…

4. Donna Rowe
   January 2nd, 2005 at 7:00 pm [Reply]

   That’s Josh, the parrot, not Josh, the blogger, but, then, you all knew that, so I’ll shut up for now. :)

5. Jonathan Harford
   January 18th, 2005 at 1:40 pm [Reply]

   The pornographic (and therefore troubling, thus Fuzz’s expression) slant of the show had never occurred to Fuzz until the parrot (“Josh”?) had pointed it out. Meanwhile, Ziggy is angry at Josh for tarnishing Fuzz’s innocence.

   As for Willy & Ethel… are you sure there were only two panels?

6. Dan
   February 5th, 2005 at 9:52 am [Reply]

   Whoa! Tres late to the party and all that, but I don’t read the Ziggy lke that at all.

   I think they’re all watching something that featured some kind of nudity. This apparently has put Fuzz the Dog in some sort of anxious straits. Josh the parrot is trying to placate him by telling him that Lassie did nudes, too, so it’s no big deal. Ziggy’s pissed at Josh for lifting the veil of ignorance from Fuzz’s eyes; ostensibly, it had never occurred to Fuzz that Lassie was unclothed. Josh is saying, “Hey, you’ve seen Lassie nude all these years, so this on the screen now shouldn’t bother you at all. Ya putz.”

7. Matt Estes
   February 9th, 2005 at 2:33 pm [Reply]

   Lassie is suppose to be a female dog, but is always played by a male dog. You would know this if you ever read Mother Goose and Grimm, where this is used as the basis for a punchline about once every other week.

8. Nicole Larsen
   February 17th, 2005 at 1:21 am [Reply]

   I believe Ziggy’s supposed to be asleep, (badly drawn closed eyes) and
   the parrot is trying to get under the dog’s skin, as is the bird’s wont.
   Not funny, though, no.

9. edd
   March 16th, 2005 at 12:12 pm [Reply]

   Ziggy fell asleep with his pants off. The dog is offended. The bird reminds him some of his favorite characters never have pants.

10. kafka
    April 8th, 2005 at 1:41 pm [Reply]

    since ziggy’s pants are down (exposing a shapeless blob of genitalia) and the subject is nudity, it looks to me that ziggy was whacking off to porn (he’s even got his shirt pulled up so he won’t spooge on it); this made the dog uncomfortable and the dog presumably began to protest the goings on; the bird tried to ease the dog’s mind by pointing out that even Lassie had done nude scenes. Ziggy is pissed because the dog’s whining made him lose his… boner. Or whatever that thing is. Either that, or the dog wouldn’t lick the peanut butter off his man-lump, leaving a frustrated Ziggy no choice but to stroke it all himself. Clearly, Ziggy is pissed at the dog and not the bird, so either the dog killed the mood or refused to participate in the fun.

    Well, somebody had to say it.

11. Prehumous
    July 23rd, 2006 at 5:28 pm [Reply]

    That is just plain nasty.

12. Ninjakitten
    May 11th, 2007 at 11:58 am [Reply]

    I actually snirked at the Willy and Ethel.

    Maybe it’s ’cause I watched too many I Dream of Jeanie reruns as a kid, but “will there be anything else, master?” immediately brought images of ’sexy, scantily clad female genie’ to mind. And he’s kicking himself for not thinking to ask her to be on his T-ball team, which is of course entirely bizarre in about twelve different ways. I mean… T-ball? No one over 6 plays that. Or even THINKS of it. And most men confronted with a woman calling them master and asking if they’d like anything else are probably not going to be thinking of (kinda) sports. Physical activities, maybe, but nothing involving running. Though I guess arguments could be made for bats, balls, bases, and possibly teams.

13. thebiv
    August 30th, 2007 at 6:15 am [Reply]

    In all fairness Karka is totally right. At least about the part with Ziggy not wearing pants and his shirt pulled up just slightly. That has to mean something. Something… Oh so kinky…

    P.S.

    Wow, It’s always nice to put a post up two years after the one you are refering to.

    P.P.S

    I used to have a Ziggy trashcan when I was but a child. I belive it was of the “I hate Mondays” kind. I now feel dirty for having that leacherous bald freak leer over me as a child…

14. The Obtuse Mind of Hogen Mogen
    July 1st, 2008 at 10:43 am [Reply]

    I think Ziggy is mad, because from his perspective, the parrot is mooning him.

15. MegaManPDA
    June 9th, 2009 at 11:50 pm [Reply]

    I thought the cast on his head was her(looked like a girl) hair in a knot like an old fat amish nanny, or something.

16. JET73L
    January 27th, 2010 at 8:07 pm [Reply]

    My first impression on the second strip was that she was holding a (hopefully whiffle) bat, and offended at his response. Thus the skill at t-ball came into play. But unless the first line was incredibly sarcastic, it wouldn’t really make sense.
    Does anyone remember if they were in a multi-strip sequence at the time, where the context may explain the situation more? Or just general gag-a-day stuff?

17. nike shox
    May 19th, 2010 at 4:13 am [Reply]

    Anyway, I’m posting these to lend assurance to anyone who’s ever said “I don’t get it”: you are not alone! And if there’s some comics guru out there who does have a notion as to what the hell these two strips are about, please post your explanation in the comments. Your fame shall be everlasting, and I’ll post the best explanations in the blog.

18. Girl Reporter
    June 29th, 2010 at 12:26 am [Reply]

    Oh c’mon. The second one is easy. Daddy getting a T-ball bat to the loins (wielded at the exact right height by the fruit of same) was a staple of America’s Funniest Home Videos and is probably a big draw on YouTube today.

19. cheap NFL jerseys
    September 2nd, 2010 at 10:47 pm [Reply]

    I thought the cast on his head was her(looked like a girl) hair in a knot like an old fat amish nanny, or something.

    :) goods`

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