Metapost: Sassy is an important lesson for our times (plus COTW)
Your comment of the week momentarily, but first, an important item that you almost certainly missed if you fail to read the Letters to the Editor page of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Fortunately, faithful reader Mary from Richmond reads it for us, and noted the following nugget in the midst of a rambling diatribe from Eric Pickering in Midlothian about cruelty to animals and the relative newsworthiness thereof:
The police shootings happened in tense domestic situations where owners allowed their little Fido to attack the policeman. While these shootings may have been inappropriate, none of this would have happened if the animal was controlled. Loose, unsupervised animals will cause trouble somewhere and also have a good chance of getting hurt by another dog, car, or person. Mark Trail should learn this with his puppy Sassy.
You can read the whole thing here (it’s the first letter on the page), but trust me when I say that no more context is provided to those who do not follow Mark’s adventures than what you see in that paragraph.
And now, your comment of the week, which refers to some commentary of mine in this post:
“Josh, I don’t even play golf and I know what Torrey Pines is. I do not, however, know what ‘Eli Roth-style torture porn’ is. I think this says more about you than it does about me.” –Monkey David
And your runners up! Also hilarious!
“Ha ha, Tommie’s a bit more sadistic than I gave her credit for. ‘Are you in those tacky clothes that you wear every day yet? Laughing at you today will provide one of the few non-bleak memories that I have in life.’” –Fata Morgana
“Why is Dr. Mike holding a giant kitchen match? Is he going to try to immolate Mary Worth? Oh what joy! She’ll burn and burn, but not be consumed!” –zenvelo
“Dr. Mike’s hand gesture in panel one needs a little work. You’re supposed to raise the middle finger, doctor.” –Digger
“I don’t call Jenna because I’m in love with her. And I keep my computer screen turned out toward my office because it shows respect for HIPAA privacy laws. They don’t call me Dr. Opposite for nothing, Mary.” –Patrick
“Besides, Mr. Policeman, sir, we need him to ’member where we buried PJ.” –T Clone
“I can’t believe my political opponent is about find out I have cancer, and I haven’t even managed to find out his name. Talk about an informational imbalance!” –ks
“Dr. Mike’s attempt to intimidate Mary with a demonstration of his physical strength backfires badly: ‘Alas, because of previous failed romances, my heart is as fragile as this pencil. One more disappointment could cause me to snap, just like this … like … this … wait, give me a minute … mrphh … just like THIS … RRRGGH…’ As Dr. Mike, red-faced and grimacing, wrestles the unbroken pencil to the floor, Mary leaves to go plan the wedding.” –Walker of Dog
“A ha! Its obvious that Dr. Roberts deliberately did not contact her right after the date knowing that meddling Mary Worth would come in and request an appointment to demand an explanation. Cha ching! Now he can bill Mary’s fat health insurance policy and still get the girl. ‘Uh yeah, I’ll contact her, um, I think you also need a MRI.’” –Government Cheese
“If Dr. Mike’s feelings are too intense to express, he should try chugging down a bottle of wine like Jenna. It takes the edge off.” –Petal Metal
“Hronk? That’s a noise I expect from a Mark Trail second-panel goose, not a … second-panel … deformed … hand? What IS Gil Thorp known for these days anyway? I’ve lost track.” –Dragon of Life
“My take on that last panel is that the mortgage crisis is far worse than we knew — they’ve foreclosed on Baba Yaga’s chicken-legged hut. The giant kettle was probably considered a fixture, so they got that too. And now Baba’s hungry, so hungry. Townsfolk, keep your children close.” –Écureuil Écumant
“The cop says ‘Let’s go get your dog’ but didn’t add and ‘Let the punching commence’ because that goes without saying. Or, perhaps, ‘Let the punching commence’ because Murf thinks Mark might like to make a play on words. He’s wrong.” –Farley’s Revenge
“With Mary in the shrink’s chair, I’ll be over here desperately praying that a cigar remains a cigar for the duration.” –jayjaybear
“It took me several minutes of serious thinking to figure out the ‘joke’ in Wizard of Id. Not only is that the longest period of time I’ve ever spent concentrating on this particular strip; it’s also the entire allotment of time I’ve set aside for reading Wizard, ever. I didn’t expect to use it up so abruptly, but then, I didn’t expect this strip to still exist as late as 2010.” –Mollie
“Obviously the waitress is giving him the cake to placate him until the police arrive. The seventh difference is the police in the bottom panel won’t show up before the massacre begins.” –Flamedrake
“Wait, Smitty’s alibi is that he was just sitting there watching TV with a giant ceramic pig in his lap?” –Andy L
“It’s too bad Mark doesn’t have a ring like that Phantom’s, that would permanently scar those he strikes. Instead of a skull, it could leave an indelible imprint of Rusty’s hideous visage. Then again, Mark would never wear jewelry of any kind. So maybe he could just pick the kid up and swing him like a baseball bat, whacking the bad guys with his face.” –cheech wizard
“Oh my. ‘Sam seems to have taken a liking to Jules!’ Does it still count as subtext if Judge Parker puts it right there in the narration box?” –Ed Dravecky
“I think Kat’s right about being mindful of the message one’s appearance conveys. She went through some heavy deliberation before settling upon the image she wanted to project: Hillary Clinton, business leprechaun.” –Violet
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Amateur
July 26th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
That is one fantastic float! Congratulations, all!
zenvelo
July 26th, 2010 at 11:22 pm
congrats to all, and thanks for letting me on the float !
Farley's Revenge
July 26th, 2010 at 11:39 pm
Woo-hoo! I made the float! I’m in good company, too, with Monkey David and all the runners-up who provided such fine snarking this week.
Crankenstank
July 26th, 2010 at 11:39 pm
It’s a meta meta comment of the week! And I just made a meta comment on that. Bang, my head just exploded.
Poteet
July 26th, 2010 at 11:51 pm
Wild salutes and applause to Monkey David and the other entertaining floaters! Thanks for all the good funny!
Poteet
July 26th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
I especially appreciated the comment about Baba Yaga. Those don’t come along every day.
Black Drazon
July 27th, 2010 at 12:04 am
This has to be one of the very few CotW without any links in it since you started putting links in them! Definitely earned it, though. I will now spend the rest of the evening not Wikipedia-ing Eli Roth “just to be sure”.
Poteet
July 27th, 2010 at 12:05 am
And now for something completely different. I see that comics.com is still running LI’l ABNER strips backward. I might actually care if they weren’t running the same story for about the fifth time in a row. I’m beginning to wonder if it’s all some kind of weird meta art project.
Rana
July 27th, 2010 at 12:05 am
Congrats, folks!
Hi There
July 27th, 2010 at 12:10 am
FW: PANEL 1: “Okay, boy, okay. Find the fat asshole. C’mon, find the fat asshole. C’mon, boy. Point, point. C’mon, point at the fat asshole. That’s a good boy!” (Tosses Scooby snack to mutt).
PANEL 2: The dog, Old Funky, and the rehab factotum decide to have a ‘frown-off.’ Whichever characters looks the most miserable wins the big prize. One…two…three…GO!
Old Funky certainly seems unhappy but a slipped disc, a pinched nerve, and an inability to have an erection is just another day at the office for him. As a result, he doesn’t put his alligator mouth to full use. Old Funky certainly looks bitter, like he’s sucking on a sour pickle. But that’s not quite good enough.
The rehab factotum is crestfallen after enduring just a short burst of Funkman attitude. No more lame jokes from her. However, she is somewhat comforted by the knowledge that this session will end soon. Thus, the rehab factotum feels despair, but not deep enough to appear truly bereft.
The dog, though, looks utterly devastated. He senses a rip in the space-time continuum and that the flabby man before him is really a black hole of negativity. To make matters worse, he probably thinks this little encounter with Old Funky will last forever. Consequently, the dog wins the ‘frown-off.’
PANEL 3: The dog’s prize is that he doesn’t have to appear in this comic strip anymore.
EPILOGUE: Wow, do you think maybe Funky’s suffering from PTSD? Like, he’s feeling way depressed from the after-effects of a traumatic event? I wonder if there’s any sour pickles wandering around the ol’ pizza barn who might have something to say about this.
Gird your loins, fellow Funky-haters – I fear Backache is bringing back Wally for another Very Special Episode of ‘Visiting the VA With Funky & Wally.’
Shawn S.
July 27th, 2010 at 12:15 am
Great comments this week. I admit that I too am unsure what Eli Roth torture porn is…it’s going to be tough resisting the urge to research it with the COTW in my face each day!
Fata Morgana
July 27th, 2010 at 12:33 am
Oh my gosh! My snarking has finally proved worthy of runner-up status! I am seriously quite proud of this!
ElkMeadow
July 27th, 2010 at 12:34 am
Congrats to the float riders!
ElkMeadow
July 27th, 2010 at 12:36 am
Wow, Rex is discussing the Mayor’s prostate at home with his wife, and the windows are open, Sarah’s in the next room, Toots and Brook are downstairs, and everyone in half a block radius can hear every word said, including the Russian spies across the street in the van.
Poteet
July 27th, 2010 at 12:51 am
7/27 MT — I can’t figure out who’s yelling “Sassy.” It may be the universe itself, in an interesting new typeface, or possibly a resident ghost.
Poteet
July 27th, 2010 at 12:54 am
@ElkMeadow (#14): If they’re all as bored as I am, the Mayor has nothing to worry about.
bats :[
July 27th, 2010 at 12:55 am
@Poteet (#15): does Sassy look just a wee bit stoned to you? Do you think Pencil McMustache drugged her? Maybe if the reward fell through, he was planning to sell her into cookie-dough slavery.
Poteet
July 27th, 2010 at 12:55 am
@Shawn S. (#11): Perhaps we could form a little support group, pledged to resist the urge.
Poteet
July 27th, 2010 at 1:00 am
@bats :[ (#17): Sassy looks a wee bit demented to me. I’m relieved that she’s her usual self.
Walker of Dog
July 27th, 2010 at 1:08 am
Congratulations to Monkey David and the riders. cheech wizard, I’ve been laughing at your Rusty weaponization joke all day. 7/27 strips:
A3G: Now I get it – they may have dressed in the dark, but they’ll have to strip under the klieg lights. Reality TV, don’t ever stop innovating.
FC: Jeffy is haunted by the ghosts of the children who didn’t wait an hour after eating to go back into the water.
JP: Due to an illness, in today’s episode the part of Vase of Flowers will be played by Chunk of Sod.
MT: Preparation tip: Once you take Sassy out of the refrigerator, begin cutting her into 1-inch slices immediately, otherwise she will become soft and runny.
MW: Dr. Mike is fighting off the urge to play with his nipples. Be strong, Dr. Mike!
FW: Fido, overwhelmed by the repellant scents of cancer and despair, pees on Funky’s leg and makes a quick exit. The chart note: terminal asshole.
GT: I was so excited to see Mr. Peake’s realistically rendered, accusatory hand. Then I noticed that it had two thumbs. Good try!
Poteet
July 27th, 2010 at 1:11 am
7/27
LUANN — *uncontrollable retching*
9CL — Oh, how I envy their passion for each other. Oh, how I admire their willingness to sacrifice their own happiness for what is right. Oh, how I wish I could live a life as romantic as theirs. Oh, how I enjoy reading this heart-wrenching and yet uplifting and inspiring story. Oh, how I look forward to stuffing that twenty-spot in my wallet. Hand it over, Brooke.
CanuckDownSouth
July 27th, 2010 at 1:18 am
Oh, goody. Looks like we get a reprise of the preemptive “I don’t believe you” cutoff-without-explanation scene, a staple of fiction from prose to film, and first runnerup in the Idiotic Human Interaction division, second only to the I will never forgive you for the thing I *think* you’ve done and which I refuse to tell you about moment.
CanuckDownSouth
July 27th, 2010 at 1:19 am
Um, that’ll be in Phantom, witht yet another long-distance call from the jungle
Poteet
July 27th, 2010 at 1:29 am
@CanuckDownSouth (#23): So having utterly failed with the first call, during her last few moments of freedom she tries the same damn number again. Even I can remember more phone numbers than that.
True Fable
July 27th, 2010 at 1:31 am
Congratulations to Monkey David and the float riders!
Roach Motel What’s the deal with La Cucaracha, is Tuesday’s strip a shoutout? He mentions Curmudgeons, goats and writing morons so I’m thinking he’s talking right to me. *waves*
Fist O Justice Theater I like how Sassy emerges from the other room actually saying “Sassy”. Or maybe that’s just a white neon sign flashing over her, like the Grail at the Castle Anthrax.
This Guy
July 27th, 2010 at 2:08 am
7/27:
9CL: Oh, now he’s just outright taunting us. “Make it quick.” “Do we have time?” Apparently, only love pads the comic.
Ed Dravecky
July 27th, 2010 at 2:57 am
Hey, Funky, you’re already wearing a neck brace. Fido is a highly-trained therapy dog, not a robot ninja warrior disguised as a yellow Labrador.
Sheila Sternwell
July 27th, 2010 at 3:30 am
Congrats all! And my dad used to watch golf 24/7 on the golf channel and I had no clue what Torrey Pines was, so you’re not alone, Josh.
Mutts: The heavy use of ink on the ocean renders this strip a little weird. Sounds like they’re saying they’re glad the oil is still there, but I’m sure they mean they’re glad the OCEAN is still there.
Meanwhile, I’m getting almost fully pissed off at “The Phantom”. Almost.
Roman Fingers
July 27th, 2010 at 3:31 am
MW: In panel 2, like some sort of miracle, the shadow of John F. Kennedy mysteriously appears on the wall of Dr. Mike’s office.
RMMD: Hizzoner fears that The Doctor (not Rex, the British TV guy) will whisper into his opponent’s ear “Don’t you think he looks tired?” And why does The Doctor (Rex, not the British TV guy) have a picture on his desk of his wife holding a baby chimp?
The Funktacular Winkerbean: Note that the therapist has the seat on the exercise machine high enough that Funky’s feet are dangling. This can lead to ineffective therapy and injuries, injuries, injuries!
Zits: Remember, to make your ‘rents happy, make sure none of your friend’s comments say anything stronger than “Poodledoo”
MT:Wait–they traced the call, and raced over to McStachey’s to find the dog before it’s sold for medical experiments or something. When did they stop and get the warrant? Or is there a judge permanently on-duty in the check-in area at the “Welcome Home Sailor” motel?
GT:Yeah, he’s just a high school coach, while you are, ummm, well, a bitter old bald guy with a 1970’s pornstache.
Pluggers: First time somebody makes contact with the repaired bat, the end snaps off and impales a nun.
John C Fremont
July 27th, 2010 at 6:29 am
Congrats all! I’d missed it the first time, but cheech wizard’s comment has so far been my best laugh of the day.
MT – In the second panel, Roger Reed looks uncomfortably like both Dan Rowan and Dick Martin. Does that make Sassy (gasp!) The Maltese Bippy?
(Tip o’ the hat to She Who Blogs By Night. But you really liked that movie, right?)
(Oh, and thank you for the gift of El Brendel!)
Hey, Roger’s got a little Dennis Weaver in him today, too, but that just confuses things.
Mela
July 27th, 2010 at 7:20 am
Congrats to the floaters – great batch this week!
A3G: Frankly, I’m amazed that the coloring monkeys remembered to show LuAnn wearing pink at all. When the dialogue says “pink”, they usually reach for neon yellow.
Bizarro: “I kidney my beer?” What the hell?
FC: Bill’s latest attempt to lead his kids “accidently” into the riptide fails, as did so many before it.
FW: “Hateful… asshole… Suggest… arranging… accident… with neck… adjustments…” Seriously, if you’re scared of a Yellow fucking Lab, you deserve to die, you miserable paranoic waste of flesh. And so does your character.
Luann: A week of these two flirting fruitlessly is only marginally less disgusting than the inevitable contrived run-in with Brad’s parents at the restaurant.
Mutts: What, the Gulf oil? Cuz that’s really how it looks. Damn coloring monkeys…
NS: If you let it watch “Jersey Shore”, it’ll explode like Mr. Creosote, and all your problems will be solved.
PBS: As a former English major, I believe wholeheartedly in the truth of Rat Maxim #14.
Snuffy: “Dangit, if we ain’t related, I cain’t date you!”
Zits: “I REFUSE to acknowledge that my teenaged son has a social life & thoughts of his own and is more than a mere inconvenience to my Boomer wonderfulness!” God, I hate that woman. She’s so repugnant, she should be a Batiuk-spawn.
Little Guy
July 27th, 2010 at 7:29 am
Congrats to the CsOTW!
MT: Oh, suuuuurrrreee, Jackelrodball! NOW you produce the warrant, after two threads of ranting.
Curtis: As much as I love Michelle getting the screws put on, I have to ask what’s to stop her rival from friending another person, or is Curtis the only person left on this earth who hasn’t been on Facebook?
gleeb
July 27th, 2010 at 7:34 am
Nicely done, Monkey David and Eric Pickering of Midlothian!
Gil: “And when you can pass the peas, then I’ll say ‘thanks’!”
Rocky Stoneaxe
July 27th, 2010 at 7:45 am
Dick Tracy — Again with the “David Dierdorf D’Buckworth” blah blah blah! Dick obviously approves of his fellow predator’s ruthless nature! In fact, I would go so far as to say he has a schoolgirl crush on the missing billionaire!
Candorville — “Google is evil.” Truer words were never spoken!
Brenda Starr — Felicity Fox = Aldo Kelrast?
Gil Thorp — Is one of Rubin’s characters saying “choked” because the writer isn’t allowed to use the word “sucked” in a G-rated comic strip?
Monkey David rules! And congrats to everyone else who made it on the float this week!
Tube sock
July 27th, 2010 at 7:51 am
Baby Blues- Hammie is in the bathroom with the electric tooth brush running but not brushing his teeth. Which little sweet spot has he found at his tender age.
wossname
July 27th, 2010 at 7:59 am
Congrats to Monkey David and all the funny folks on the float!
MT – OK, those who predicted punching on Wednesday were obviously right. As far as the source of the giant “SASSY,” initially I read it as a thought balloon emanating from the drugged Sassy (“Wow – did you ever really listen to your name?”), but then I realized that what I was interpreting as thought balloon connecter puffs were actually a doorknob and deadbolt. So I’m going with Poteet’s theory that the universe is echoing with the word SASSY.
And really, talk about calling it in! Panel 3 could have been a touching scene of a
mutantgnomeboy and hiscookie doughsmall rodentpuppy being reunited, with tears of joy running down Rusty’s face to freak out the Rustyphobes. Instead we get the side of Rusty’s head and Sassy trying to keep her eyes open.A3G – So tomorrow is likely to be a great day in comicsland, since in addition to punching in MT, it will be Margo’s turn for a snotty introduction by Kitkat. Surely mayhem will ensue!
dyslexic dog
July 27th, 2010 at 8:12 am
Josh, I hope we will be allowed to continue commenting on Pluggers, in spite of its devastating political turn.
Rocky Stoneaxe
July 27th, 2010 at 8:27 am
La Cucaracha — Harvey Pekar (again!) and curmudgeons… what’s not to like about today’s strip?
Watch Your Head — I don’t think that’s how you do “jazz hands”!
Pickles — Hey, I resembles that remark!
Love is… listening to Los Melodicos!
Scary Gary — The uber-Plugger gets plugged!
The Barn — TRUE FABLE GOAT ALERT!!!
sugarpie
July 27th, 2010 at 8:27 am
Congratulations to all the COTWers!
bourbon babe, unbuckled
July 27th, 2010 at 8:27 am
JP: And now, Jules has made him long for a time when he could blow something.
BB: And this is the most unfunny comic strip in history. Allegedly.
SM: You know, when your titular character is clearly only deserving of coverage during a “slow news day,” you might want to consider deleting the “Amazing” part of his name.
MT: The Sassy Banner is probably for Rusty’s benefit. You know that boy’s a little slow.
MW: “For example, you might think that what I’m about to do would hurt you, but if you just relax…..” ((zip))
A3G: Luann knew that she would not get over it. Oh, they could take her pink clothes, and she’d submit—for now. But she’d bide her time, and one day, when no one was looking, there she’d be: back in the Sears women’s department, amidst all that glorious pink polyester. And when she emerged, clad as she was meant to be clad, she’d be ready to seek her revenge.
bourbon babe, unbuckled
July 27th, 2010 at 8:29 am
@Tube sock (#35): Wanda’s just going to be jealous she didn’t discover the multipurpose electric toothbrush usage.
Congrats to the very funny float-folk!
tb4000
July 27th, 2010 at 8:35 am
Luann: NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN!!!!!
bourbon babe, unbuckled
July 27th, 2010 at 8:39 am
FW: I’ve just been reading this strip since the car accident because I wanted to know what folks here were talking about. But now…. Funky hates dogs? Okay, I think I’m done here; he officially has no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
Les of the Jungle Patrol
July 27th, 2010 at 8:40 am
The pets of Mutts are relieved to see that BP’s cleanup efforts have failed.
Miki
July 27th, 2010 at 8:47 am
I never comment but I have to say…
I don’t know anything about golf and I have no idea what Torrey Pines is (I’m guessing a course?) However…I do know who Eli Roth is. Also, knowing what sorts of films he directs, I can also recognize the joke that the author of the blog made in reference to him. :p It’s not really porn.
Écureuil Écumant
July 27th, 2010 at 8:53 am
Late to the party this AM, but duck, y’all! Chocolate covered arancini headed your way! Congrats to all you other fellow-travelers: We’re all bozos on this bus.
Tube sock
July 27th, 2010 at 8:54 am
MW- Is she getting ready to give him a prostate exam? That will make him relax
Ned Ryerson
July 27th, 2010 at 9:01 am
MT: I think that the lack of any kind of speech or thought balloon or other discernable border around SASSY indicates that SASSY is a sound effect (like a HRONK or a QLUNQ). When Sassy flies through the air, she produces an audible SASSY. This could be the next sound effect sweeping the comics. Dick Tracy could be closing is on the notorious Cookie Dough Face, turn dramatically when a clear SASSY rings out as Dick is beaned in the noggin with a stoned, bulbous, chocolate chip puppy loaf. A weirdo teen golfer edges closer to future in a bell tower with a sniper rifle as he prepares to play a tricky bunker shot. He’s disrupted as a SASSY sounds when his Great Santini Dad hurls an amorphous lump of Tollhouse whelp.
Howard
July 27th, 2010 at 9:01 am
Funky gets Cranky: Here we have an adorable vignette, as the physical therapist brings out a dog, knowing animals can melt the heart of even the most bitter assholes. The animal comes out… and Funky sees only a predator, a competition. He’s more concerned with the worst case scenario. Bond with it? Better to die now.
Cranky gets Funky: Here we see the most miserable asshole on earth… and as we realize how invested he is in his cat, how much it breaks his heart that it’s wandered off and is eating elsewhere, even his daughter begins to take pity on him. This is the same daughter who recently was glaring at his hateful head with spite; but even though the abusive old tyrant has made her miserable for so long, she begins to see that he’s human after all. There is a limit to his hate. And now she begins to worry… what happens to this delicately flowering humanity in his heart if he loses the one thing so precious to him? The same thing that happened when he lost his wife, perhaps. Or his infant son. Perhaps he retreats from humanity again. We can see her vowing in the last panel, not if I have anything to say about it! Not if I have anything to say about it…
But she knows she doesn’t.
cheech wizard
July 27th, 2010 at 9:09 am
Thanks, Walker of Dog and John C. Fremont – and Josh as well! It’s always fun to catch a ride on the float. I just wish I’d proofed this one a bit more carefully before posting. Although “that Phantom” does sound like something the people I grew up around in southern Indiana might say.
jayjaybear
July 27th, 2010 at 9:10 am
W00T! First time on the float! Thanks, Josh!
Écureuil Écumant
July 27th, 2010 at 9:19 am
6DL: “I think my watch broke…” Well, next time take it off first, or just don’t be so chintzy with the Crisco. The war’s been over for ten years, it’s not like it’s rationed anymore.
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii Commando
July 27th, 2010 at 9:20 am
@Rocky Stoneaxe (#34): nah, “choked” is an established sports term. Failure to perform under pressure, basically. From Wiki: “In sports, a choke is the failure of an athlete or an athletic team to win a game or tournament when the player or team had been strongly favored to win or had squandered a large lead in the late stages of the event. Someone who chokes may be known as a choker or, more derisively, as a choke artist. Choking in sport can be considered a form of analysis paralysis.” also, see Greg Norman + 1996 Masters or last years Detroit Tigers. *cries*
Écureuil Écumant
July 27th, 2010 at 9:25 am
@29 Roman Fingers said:
Are there any nuns in Pluggers Holler? I kinda assumed they were all Prostatants.
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii Commando
July 27th, 2010 at 9:27 am
Cleats: getting stoners past the radar?
MC: ouch. Norm, don’t turn into a d-bag, please?
A&J: the blog retrospectives today include some real gems, including one involving a champagne cork. ;-)
cheech wizard
July 27th, 2010 at 9:30 am
MT – A warrant? WTF? PUNCH HIM, PUNCH HIM, DAMMIT! What, you think the guy merits gentle treatment just because all he’s got is a skinny little mustache? Someone either has facial hair or they don’t – it’s not a matter of degree.
Speaking of facial hair, maybe Sally will get punched instead.
Rocky Stoneaxe
July 27th, 2010 at 9:33 am
Family Circus — After seeing Thel in her smokin’ hot bathing suit, it’s a downer to have to look at Bil in his old man swimming trunks!
Hi & Lois — Ha ha… You can sell castoff junk on eBay!
Marvin — Cutting edge humor Marvin-style!
Herb & Jamaal — Why would Jamaal invite a bunch of white people over to his place for a cookout? That’s a lame setup for a smoking gag… even by the (admittedly low) standards of this strip!
Ziggy — Special appearance by Rod Blagojevich!
The Dinette Set — Why does Julie Larson hate fat people?
TheDiva
July 27th, 2010 at 10:02 am
9CL, panel 3: Special cameo by the Other Mother’s hand.
C’shaft and FW: Cranky, who never met a person he couldn’t annoy, displays actual concern over his cat’s absence. Meanwhile, Funky recoils in horror from a therapy dog, an animal specifically trained to be gentle, calm, and friendly. I think we can safely say this is the exact moment the Funkster surpassed Eddie as the bitterest, most hateful old man on the comics page.
Lio: He’d get better resonance out of a hippo. I’m just sayin’.
MW: Angry and confused is the normal reaction to being around Mary Worth.
ididn'tdoit
July 27th, 2010 at 10:13 am
9CL-Would somebody please turn a fire hose on those two before I puke?
A3G-Margo’s only playing along because she smells blood.
FC-Jeffy clearly took a hit of acid.
Artist formerly known as Ben
July 27th, 2010 at 10:27 am
7/27
Kudos to the folks on the float. You guys be brightening my Tuesday morning.
GT: On a non-snarky note, I have to congratulate. He’s decided on the story he wants to tell–teen golfer is terrorized by his Great Santini-esque father–and he’s dispensed with the padding. There’s no subtlety to the story, really, but we are dealing with three panels per day.
9CL: They’re still there? Nuts!
JP: “Some of my school chums said they thought I’d be good at the rusty trombone, and that’s really what started it.”
Archie: I was going to mock the look of heart-stopping alarm the artist gave Jughead and Big Ethel, but then I thought better of it. Given Archie’s clear violation of personal space rules, it’s actually pretty appropriate.
Phantom: “No. No, I’ve made a thorough search of both our restrooms, and there’s no Prince Albert in there.”
M-Dawg: He’s not patient zero in a new rabies pandemic… this time.
MT: Talented pooch that she is, Sassy can make an entrance shouting her own name. With jazz paws outstretched, no doubt.
DT: “In fact once while he was working at a junkyard, I shot him in the head. But you know, no hard feelings.”
FC: “Now son, I promise not to take you out to where the water’s twenty feet deep and tie you to a rock. What? I said I wouldn’t.”
DtM: Loose lips cause malpractice suits, lady.
FW: Her notes read, “Paranoid. Miserable. Must read the most God-awful depressing comic strips.”
Agnes: Do Graham crackers even have suits?
WofI: Haha. The barmaid knows Sir Rodney has been sodomized multiple times by the enemy.
HtH: “Hagar” is really set in Cranston, RI in the eighties? That actually explains a lot.
BB: “Plato here has been my lawyer since the Sad Sack copyright infringement suit. I swear by him.”
H&L: “And this kid sells the most amazing pot. Smoking it makes your lips tingle. You gotta try it.”
Carlo
July 27th, 2010 at 10:48 am
Does anyone else think the COTW is made funnier by the fact it was written by someone with the handle “Monkey David”?
Buck Ripsnort
July 27th, 2010 at 10:48 am
MW: Mary’s prepping for a prostate exam leads me to today’s Pirhana Club.
Congrats to the Floaters!
Artist formerly known as Ben
July 27th, 2010 at 10:48 am
@Ned Ryerson (#48): Hey, we both made the Gil Thorp/Great Santini connection. GMTA indeed.
Artist formerly known as Ben
July 27th, 2010 at 11:01 am
@bourbon babe, unbuckled (#40): I like it. Sort of a Mary Kay Kill Bill.
indrifan
July 27th, 2010 at 11:07 am
I gagged at Luann as well, but it’s too bad they didn’t run panel 4 just to hammer the point: “Here, smell my fingers!”
Calico
July 27th, 2010 at 11:07 am
@bourbon babe, unbuckled (#43):
If only Marmaduke were in the PT room…but even Marm would be offended, and simply leave a huge stinking steaming pile of dog shit at Funky’s feet.
Christ, what an asshole.
Carlo
July 27th, 2010 at 11:20 am
FW: I think the Batiuk is self-aware and writing full-on parody now.
Al of the Christian Singles Jungle Patrol
July 27th, 2010 at 11:27 am
@bourbon babe, unbuckled (#43): Its not so much that Funky hates dogs, but more of the fact that sausage and pepperoni aren’t cheap.
Al of the Christian Singles Jungle Patrol
July 27th, 2010 at 11:30 am
Crank — Pickles getting lost is becoming as regular and predictable as the story cycles in Curtis. Maybe we’ll be treated to the Pickles-disappears-for-a-week plot every July from now on.
Amateur
July 27th, 2010 at 11:37 am
MT: Panel 4: Sassy runs past Rusty, scampers off after a passing dump truck, and we start all over again.
[MST3K]This strip is a Mobius strip![/MST3K]
(Oh, and #48 for COTW!)
Dude...wait...what?
July 27th, 2010 at 11:38 am
Sassy is like a Pokemon, whose only form of communication is repeating their name with different tones, inflections, and syllable stress. But instead of little animals shooting lasers at each other, Mark is just going to punch this mans facial hair back down through the follicle. Mark used “Punch.” It’s super effective. It’s always super effective against facial hair
cheech wizard
July 27th, 2010 at 11:54 am
I’d like to point out that after all these days, Sassy still needs a bath. For that matter, so does Rusty – although I guess he’s not really dirty, just unclean.
Howard
July 27th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
@Al of the Christian Singles Jungle Patrol (#69): Actually, my cats usually wander off for a week in July too. The warm weather beckons; it’s actually quite a touching thing to have them come back, as if to say, “yes, there’s a broader world out there, and I love to go out there and see it, I love to get a whiff of freedom; but I love you enough to come back to you.”
Chances that the punchline of the Pickle-goes-missing-strips will be that touching? Pretty close to zero…
Wisconsinite
July 27th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
LUANN: Put on a bid of his dad’s Old Spice? How old is this man-boy: twelve? Then again, this is the same shrub that had to borrow his dad’s suit for some function if I remember correctly.
Aviatrix
July 27th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
@TheDiva (#58): To Funky’s credit, if you’re feeling injured and helpless a large animal equipped presents teeth at your throat level, it isn’t necessarily a calming experience. I’m sure real animal therapists check first for phobias and allergies and don’t just let an unleashed dog advance on the patient without warning.
Aviatrix
July 27th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
@cheech wizard (#72): If Sassy really is a Dalmatian, it is the filthiest, most urine-stained dog imaginable and no amount of bathing will get it clean. It’s like the antithesis to Mark’s pristine mind, possibly analogous to the Portrait of Dorian Grey.
A Dude in Dallas
July 27th, 2010 at 12:33 pm
Luann:
Toni… look at your man.
Now look at me.
Back to your man.
Back to me.
Your man is a horse.
Écureuil Écumant
July 27th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
@Aviatrix (#76): I never really thought of “pristine” and “urine-stained” as antonyms before, but I see your point. Mark’s mind is like a Depends that’s still in its packaging.
Ned Ryerson
July 27th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
@Artist formerly known as Ben (#60): Yeah, the Great Santini. Heckuva guy.
I’m intrigued by your Cranston, RI reference in the HTH comment. My wife and her family are from that area and I think prior to meeting her, I wasn’t even aware of coffee ice cream (even though it does seem to be fairly widespread). The real enigma though is the coffee milk concept, which replicates the widely known chocolate milk, except with a coffee flavored syrup substituted for the ubiquitous Hershey’s chocolate syrup. That one actually blows my mind and I don’t think I’ve ever been compelled to drink it (but a bottle of the syrup mysteriously appears in my fridge from time to time….I don’t know how she summons it.)
dale
July 27th, 2010 at 12:42 pm
Funky
Funky is doing physical therapy, but they bring in a dog. That really says to me that he suffered brain damage. He had a stroke that caused the accident and/or he took a hit during the accident.
cheech wizard
July 27th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Archie – Is that supposed to be Big Ethel? Big Ethel always used to be hideous, gangly and dressed in ill-fitting, ragged clothes. Now all she has is an odd nose to indicate she’s not up to Riverdale community standards of hotness.
BC – I actually laughed at this, just because of the expression on the wolf. Mason has been a definite upgrade here.
Big Dog – Why is this man smiling? Because rabid dogs have to be put down.
A3G – Lose the cheap clothes? Is this really a makeover or just an excuse to get all three girls naked on TV?
FW – It may not be comforting for you, jackass, but the rest of us find it pretty reassuring.
MT – I’ve never seen a dog scream in sheer, abject terror – until today.
Baka Gaijin
July 27th, 2010 at 12:49 pm
@Ned Ryerson (#48): Start stocking up on candy. You’re on next week’s float! “Dad hurls an amorphous lump of Tollhouse whelp.” Ha ha! It’s funny on so many levels.
ididn\'tdoit
July 27th, 2010 at 12:51 pm
Gil Thorp-The effectiveness of the dad’s manly shouting is undone by his limp-wristed style of pointing.
bats :[
July 27th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
@A Dude in Dallas (#77): more like an ass, but I like the way you think.
Artist formerly known as Ben
July 27th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
@Ned Ryerson (#79): Yeah, it goes to show what a huge thing coffee ice cream and coffee milk are in this state that a store isn’t really well-stocked unless it has bottles of coffee syrup.
I’ve never really gotten into it. If I want coffee, I’ll drink coffee. If I want flavored milk, it will probably be chocolate. If I want ice cream, it’s likely to be… something else. Maybe it’s my Canadian roots.
Calico
July 27th, 2010 at 12:56 pm
@Ned Ryerson (#79):
Coffee syrup is more of an old-fashioned New Englandy-sort of thing, I think.
I haven’t had coffee ice cream in ages, but it’s very good.
Calico
July 27th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
@Aviatrix (#76):
Aw, let’s just chip in for a bottle or three of Spray n’ Wash ™.
Baka Gaijin
July 27th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
Mark Trail: Looking at Sassy escaping the closet, two words come to mind: “dry heaves.” Imagining what she’s seeing, I’m considering a few heaves myself.
commodorejohn
July 27th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
A3G – That third-panel glower from Luann is kinda frightening. It’s like living with Margo has somehow implanted a little sliver of the Hell-Queen of 3-G in her, and now it’s seen its opportunity and is struggling to be let out. Maybe Margo won’t be the only one doing the killing here.
Archie – Wait, that’s a hat and not just a benign growth on his head?
Blondie – That’s Edison? Guess that means Tesla actually had Dagwood’s computer fixed forty minutes ago.
Dilbert – So is every single comic strip going to do a storyline about the Gulf oil spill? I look forward to Henry’s take.
FC – “Not so far out, Daddy! The sea-ghosts will get you!”
FW – Okay, I’m an avowed dog-hater myself, but Funky seriously thinks that thing has enough brainpower to be a killer? Varieties that are bred for being dangerous, sure, but a…what, a lab? What a fucking loon.
GT – I’m enjoying this storyline about an insanely golf-obsessed father psychologically tormenting his son, because I’m taking it as unwritten truth that he’s actually Mort Walker.
JP – Pffffhahahaha what. You’d have an easier time giving a tree out in the yard a backstory than imbuing Sam with any kind of character depth.
Luann – Maybe the reason Luann is so determinedly antisexual is because Greg Evans writes the worst “sexy” dialogue in the world.
MT – Everything that should be said about SASSY has been said, so I just want to note that damn, Sassy looks baked. She should get together with Yawning Squirtle.
MW – “I was angry and confused! I still am! See how I am Milking The Giant Cow? That means anger!”
MC – Just remember, Norm: don’t loop it!
PBS – Ooh, I like that.
Ziggy – AUGH!!!
Calico
July 27th, 2010 at 12:59 pm
Judging from her eyes, I think Sassy got into the medicine cabinet at RR’s house.
Calico
July 27th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
@commodorejohn (#89):
Re: dirty dough dog, great minds think alike, no?
: )
Al of the Christian Singles Jungle Patrol
July 27th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
@Howard (#73): Heck, a random Pickles-look-alike got ran over last year. Batiuk has very few options left for getting even more gruesome.
Maybe he can run Pickles over with his bus?
Al of the Christian Singles Jungle Patrol
July 27th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
@Howard (#73): BTW, I used to let my cats wander over the summer. That is, until one got eaten by a neighbor dog. My vet assures me that she can statistically prove that indoor-only cats live up to 10 years longer than indoor/outdoor cats, and 15 years longer than outdoor cats.
Uncle Lumpy
July 27th, 2010 at 1:42 pm
@Al of the Christian Singles Jungle Patrol (#92):
Hey, I would totally read a comic strip called Crankshaft’s Cat! It would be like The Perils of Pauline, only with cute baby animals and no hope of rescue.
Uncle Lumpy
July 27th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
Pickles Visits the Toolshed
Electric Pickles
Pickles: Rototill® We Meet Again
spike
July 27th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
@bourbon babe, unbuckled (#43): Funky loves children…parboiled…as well. Guess that won’t change your mind either.
Écureuil Écumant
July 27th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
@89 commodorejohn said:
I was thinking more along the lines of Jose Menendez…
twg
July 27th, 2010 at 1:56 pm
This is what I imagine will be happening next in Mary Worth:
Mary: Dr. Roberts, you see this, all this shit? It’s not your fault.
Dr. Roberts: I know.
Mary: No you don’t. It’s not your fault.
Dr. Roberts: I know.
Mary: No. Listen to me son. It’s not your fault.
Dr. Roberts: I know that.
Mary: It’s not your fault.
Dr. Roberts: Don’t fuck with me, Mary. Not you.
Mary: It’s not your fault.
Dr. Roberts: Oh my God! I’m so sorry! I’m so sorry Jenna!
Steve the Pocket
July 27th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
Baldo: Look, when Ferris from Newshounds was shown practicing answering the door for Avril Lavigne, it worked because he was established as the kind of character who’d do that.
Crankshaft: Even the cat has gotten fed up with living with Ed, and run away from home. Let’s hope the rest of the family eventually follows suit, and we’re left with a lonely, half-crazed old man rambling to himself. Or is that what I hope happens to Funky Winkerbean? Come to think of it, they’re rapidly becoming the same comic.
Curtis: “My BFF Peaches” … “my BFF Peaches” … You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Funky Winkerbean: Oh! I remember now; everyone getting fed up and leaving him to die alone is what inevitably will happen to Funky Winkerbean. And from the looks of things, we’re right on track.
Mark Trail: Mr. de Vil here, tired of being upstaged by Rusty’s creepy closeups, has decided to try some of his own.
Rocky Stoneaxe
July 27th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
F Minus — This is so twisted and perverse that I LOLed!
UC Santa Royale
July 27th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
Josh – you missed the link to the other Mark Trail letter in the Times-Dispatch:
“What’s all this hoopla over concussions in football? Mark Trail gets knocked out at least once a week. He just gets over it and is back in action. Maybe the Redskins could draft Trail next year. He could still be in the funnies and get material for his strip.
– Floyd O’Brien, Chesterfield”
I suspect both letters are pranks, and encourage everyone to submit their own ‘Mark Trail’ take on the events of the day to their local paper.
littlestevie
July 27th, 2010 at 2:21 pm
JP: So it looks like Jules is helping Sam is getting in touch with his, ahem, more artistic side. I was hoping that he would of said that he really wanted to play the skin flute. I really don’t understand the trombone reference..
Red Greenback
July 27th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
I must admit, I got a little misty-eyed and a lump in my throat when I saw the SASSY panel. Not because of the stupid boy-reunited-with-dog thing, that’s lame. Actually, it made me realize just how much I miss Phil Hartman :(.
Hey, congrats to Monkey David and the R’s U for the Dynamic Snark Ever Being Gave!
Aviatrix
July 27th, 2010 at 2:41 pm
@Écureuil Écumant (#78): The idea is that any dirty thought that Mark might have goes towards staining Sassy and never touches the gentle folds of Mark’s simple mind.
@dale (#80): Or the physio just couldn’t get a dogsitter today, so brought the family pet into work.
@commodorejohn (#89): So is every single comic strip going to do a storyline about the Gulf oil spill? I look forward to Henry’s take.
I’m waiting to see Mark Trail punch BP oil executives. Maybe they know, and that’s why they’re so clean shaven.
Steve the Pocket
July 27th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
@Ned Ryerson (#48): Oh, I just want you to know, “chocolate chip puppy loaf” is the funniest single phrase I have read in recent memory.
Poteet
July 27th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
@commodorejohn (#89): I’ll go along with Greg Evans for least-erotic dialogue, but Mr. McEldowney is not far behind. It’s too late for my sex drive to recover — now I’m just grateful they don’t write about chocolate.
teenchy
July 27th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
@Poteet (#15): A pity it’s not Phil Hartman.
@Wisconsinite (#74): Old Spice is trying to make itself hip and relevant again with a new ad campaign. Unfortunately it’s not working as well as hoped. By name-dropping Old Spice I suspect Evans is trying to make his strip hip and relevant as well.
littlestevie
July 27th, 2010 at 2:50 pm
THE DUPLEX: I really don’t know how Eno ended up with Mark Trail’s cell phone.
littlestevie
July 27th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
PICKLES: ‘waxing kayaks’, so that what Mormans call it.
bats :[
July 27th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
@commodorejohn (#89) @Calico (#91): well, I’m glad I’m not the only one!
Howard
July 27th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
@Al of the Christian Singles Jungle Patrol (#93): Yeah, I know; but I coop them up inside, and they lounge around, sit on furniture, and look depressed. I let them out and take them for walks and they bound and leap and come running to meet me when I get home; I just don’t have the heart!
TheDiva
July 27th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
@Aviatrix (#75): Now that you mention it, I notice the dog has no leash, no handler, and no vest to indicate its status as a service animal. Did the nurse just pick it up off the street after having read something about animal assisted therapy on the Internet? If so, we may very well be in for a scene where the rabid, half-feral animal tears out Funky’s throat, a development of which I would wholeheartedly approve.
Aviatrix
July 27th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
@Howard (#111): Our indoor-outdoor cats were different creatures when they were outdoors. Yes, two out of three died young of outdoor cat-related activities, so I can’t say that anyone is wrong to keep cats in. I just couldn’t say no to a cat that wanted to go outside.
Your kids would probably get into less trouble if you never let them leave home, either.
Aviatrix
July 27th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
@TheDiva (#112): That would be awesome, but in this strip wouldn’t it have had to be telegraphed by weeks of watching the animal’s previous owner die? No wait, we’re doign non-linear storytelling now. When they euthanize the dog after it mauls Funky, they will autopsy it and discover a few undigested remnants of its former owner.
wossname
July 27th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
@Aviatrix (#113): I’m with you. I have no doubt that a completely indoor cat is a much healthier and safer cat, but all 4 of mine came from rescue situations where they were used to going outside (1 was a stray for more than a year) and I just don’t feel like taking away that choice.
I think if you could ask the cat, and he/she could genuinely understand the issues and relative risks, he/she would want to go out. Actually, 3 of them (all except the former stray) don’t spend much time outside anyway, even though it’s available 24/7.
On a related note, I know I would be safer if I never rode a motorcycle and always rode in a car (preferably a Volvo), but I choose to ride the bike. (The moral is either (a) cats should be allowed to choose or (b) wossname is no smarter than a cat.)
Écureuil Écumant
July 27th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
@teenchy (#107): Old Spice ad campaign “not working as well as hoped”? Gee, a commercial featuring beefy man-on-horse action is really only gonna appeal to a relatively small group of potential purchasers.
Although I can definitely see where a good deodorant would be important in the scheme of things.
bourbon babe, unbuckled
July 27th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
@teenchy (#107): re: Old Spice: Too bad—those ads are very over-the-top funny.
Dan
July 27th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
If there is a God in heaven, tomorrow’s Luann will be one long panel of Brad slowly inhaling through his nose, followed by a small second panel; a close up of Brad’s eyes, as he whispers, “the scent of Toni.”
And that will be the last Luann comic. Ever. Greg Evans will simply put down his pen, nod slowly, and walk off into the distance, never to be seen again. At long last, his Work will have been done.
Dingo, the Essence of Purity and Virtue Incarnate™
July 27th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
Maybe it’s just me, but today Sassy has an expression on her face not unlike what I surmise Grandma has on her face every time she’s done playing “hands” with that German of hers. I’m not sure what’s happening in that house, but I’m googling it for directions.
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii Commando
July 27th, 2010 at 3:31 pm
yeah, you thought so too!
a squee-tastic response to today’s Funky.
Helen the (hic) lolcat
Inevitable and irresistable puppysquee.
Padfoot.
bourbon babe, unbuckled
July 27th, 2010 at 3:39 pm
@queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii Commando (#120): Oh, needed that squee. Looking at those links is the cheeriest I’ve been all day!
Anonymous
July 27th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
@Rocky Stoneaxe (#100): Laugh out Louded? Don’t you mean LedOL
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii Commando
July 27th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
@bourbon babe, unbuckled (#121): *blushes*
I tried to make a few of them comics related.
but, if your day has been bad, then I gif you this as a palliative measure. :-)
cheech wizard
July 27th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
@queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii Commando (#120): Speaking of “Happy Trees” Bob Ross, Huffington Post today has a series of “19 Most Regrettable Pop Culture Tattoos” – check out #7. But don’t say you haven’t been warned.
queek, source of Cuteness, Kawaii Commando
July 27th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
new thread is up.
Rocky Stoneaxe
July 27th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
@Anonymous (#122):
“LOLed” is indeed correct — and the “Urban Dictionary” backs me up!
(I know you shouldn’t feed the trolls, but…)
Fashion Police
July 27th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
@Rocky Stoneaxe (#y125) said:
Which is precisely why his work on Apartment 3-G is so disappointing.
Margaret
July 27th, 2010 at 6:17 pm
So I wikipedia’ed ‘Eli Roth’, figuring just knowing what it was wouldn’t hurt. “oh, Hostel. Okay.” And then I read the plot synopsis “I can handle this, and I definitely don’t want to see it, so spoiler away!” And now I want to throw up. I don’t understand how any one WATCHES this stuff. Ugh, awful, ack, horrid. unimaginably horrific. god that is disturbing.
mr 12 oz can
July 27th, 2010 at 8:33 pm
this might get me kicked off the site but the stuff he picks as very funny i wouldnt laugh at if i had 2 female clowns tickling my balls with a pinwheel
tube sock
July 27th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
@Rocky Stoneaxe (#126): If you want the “Urban Dictionary” to be that authoritative source, go ahead. But I think yuou should just lighten up. It’s meant to be fun.
Ned Ryerson
July 28th, 2010 at 8:51 am
@mr 12 oz can (#129): (COTW)²
Rocky Stoneaxe
July 28th, 2010 at 11:35 am
@tube sock (#130): You needn’t worry about me. I’m having lots of fun — and I made that remark with tongue planted firmly in cheek!