Metapost: The comments, the comments … they’re good
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There were many comments this week, but to me, this one was tops:
“Ha, look at that sad look on Lois’ face, she knows that Ditto will indeed be following in Beetle’s footsteps: a few years of sloth and cookies, followed by an unimpressive stint in high school, before being shipped off to the US Army’s Idiot Division to be a guinea pig for new MRE additives.” –pugfuggly
These runners up were so close, though! So close!
“The U.S. Army has made Sarge such an efficient killing machine that he cannot return to civilian life anymore and he is completely alienated from the citizens he’s sworn to protect. That’s a grim truth, but on the other hand I am not going to Beetle Bailey for laughter.” –Ettore Costa, on BlueSky
“Most people wouldn’t post a picture of themselves dressed as a clown on their dating profile, but most people aren’t on Jestr™, the only dating app catering exclusively to clown fetishists.” –Schroduck
“It’s a wonderful vintage piece, and by vintage I mean it’s got lead and cadmium in it, which actually answers a lot of questions.” –ValdVin
“Mr. Barnes here is talented enough for the big leagues, and yet somehow I’ve convinced him he should visit Milford University — as if there weren’t five better colleges in this state alone. I’ll take my kickback now!” –BigTed
“You know what else Hi likes about working from home? Not shaving. And also, making come-hither eyes at his wife and leading her on with a question phrased as though it’s going to lead somewhere romantic, and then walking away instead. Hi loves doing that shit.” –Chance
“Whether working in the office or from home, Hi precisely calculates the distance of separation from his family.” –nescio
“Just like an owl, Wilbur is incapable of looking off to the side and is often mistaken as being smarter than he actually is because he wears glasses and the owl was originally thought to be wise due to being a favored bird of Athena. But unlike an owl, he cannot turn his head to see just what is going on behind him. Now I’m not implying that Wilbur is dumber than an owl but anyone can see what’s going on even without being able to turn their head 270 degrees.” –Needless Exposition
“The 1950’s era Jack Benny Show comes on at 5am where I live and two weeks ago the guest star was Lawrence Welk and they did a ‘anna one anna two’ joke. If you want to keep updated on cultural references in this strip you might want to start getting up a little early, just saying.” –Hibbleton
“Declan appears to be rapidly aging, his life force sucked away into the maelstrom that is Neddy’s life. He prays for a quick end and escape, which in Judge Parker time might be eight years or one splash panel saying ‘Seasons change’ and a follow-on panel of Neddy complaining how hard the frozen dirt is, and asking just how shallow can a shallow grave be?” –Voshkod
“Outraged that Gasoline Alley would explain what Twitter is, and what its name was changed to, without a forced joke involving folksy wordplay.” –Jim Into Mystery, on Bluesky
“I didn’t understand why (who I assume is) Tina always looked so miserable for no particular reason, but now it is all clear. Not only does she have waitressin’ shifts in the evening, during the day she’s tasked with manning the city’s walls, fending off besiegers and dodging trebuchet projectiles, and all they gave her for equipment was a purse full of rocks and an unfashionable jacket.” –jroggs
“This is ‘Sarah reaches puberty.’ June attempts to explain the phenomenon to Rex, but he waves her off. ‘No, no, that’s woman’s stuff! Also medical.’” –Myrtle
“It’s a text from Dawn. Who would care?” –Where’s Rocky?
“I am extremely concerned about Wilbur’s clothing changes between Wednesday and Thursday. We went from fully clothed and depressed to in a bathrobe and underwear and SO MUCH LEG HAIR in just one day … I fear what we will see of Wilbur by Saturday, for us, our society…” –LTJpezcore1
“GAAK!! Wilbur is holding his sammich in one hand, so that must mean he’s using the other hand to embrace his solitude! (Is THAT what they’re calling it these days?)” –Charterstoned
“Wilbur as the weird shut-in of the condominium would be a nice turn for him. He’d go from main character to stuff of urban legend, with only glimpses of him picking up his sandwich orders from his door and occasionally (but not often enough) dumping his trash at odd hours to avoid the rest of the world.” –Philip
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41 replies to “Metapost: The comments, the comments … they’re good”
Springboard Shadow COTW
Garrison Skunk
May 9th, 2024 at 1:59 pm Reply
@Liam: Mary Worth: Wilbur, have you ever heard of a man named Jack the Ripper? He was a fellow with the same sort of problem you have.”
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…”Explosive diarrhea? It’s like a storm raging inside you.”
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Special Extra Long-form Shadow CsOTW
Myrtle
May 5th, 2024 at 8:15 am Reply
Mary Worth: Meanwhile, somewhere in Connecticut —
In Gail’s spacious, sunlit kitchen, Dawn reached across the table to take another blueberry muffin. But seeing her mother’s disapproving glance, she quickly pulled back her hand. “That’s better, dear. We must show some restraint. Honestly, I would have never bought muffins had I known you were addicted to them. And we don’t want to have to alter all those new party frocks we have for the debutante parties, now do we? At least Maurice was able to do something with that chopped-off hair of yours. He’s a miracle worker … you look almost presentable now.”
Dawn’s hand went up to touch the unfamiliar soft, springy curls. It does look better, she thought. Almost like Taylor Swift. Maybe I shouldn’t have let Dad cut it all those years… her thoughts turned to Wilbur as she wondered how he was doing. I hope he’s all right there by himself.
Gail’s incessant voice began to fade into the background as Dawn’s mind was back in Santa Royale. “I think you should wear the pink floral number to the luncheon today….. ruffles…. upper arm flab” Dad seemed to be okay with my coming to stay with Mom for a while, but he’s been so lonely lately, with no one else in his life. “…personal trainer… facial would work wonders…. ” I just hope he doesn’t do anything foolish, trying to connect with a new love interest. “ball gown fitting at three today… shave underarms… new pool boy coming at five”
Dawn’s thoughts of Wilbur vaporized as she turned her complete attention to what her mom was saying.. “I’ve interviewed several over the last few weeks, and I think Javier is just what I’m looking for. We need to get back in time for me to show him the ropes, so to speak.” Dawn began to visualize Javier… ooooh, sexy name.. and pictured herself, sleek and tanned, lounging by the pool as Javier’s muscular arms gleamed in the sunlight…
Handsome Harry Backstayge, Idol of a Million Other Women
May 6th, 2024 at 5:03 am Reply
Mary Worth: I was having lunch at Antonio’s the other day–maybe it was lunch, or early dinner, I just remember it was real bright outside–and this woman goes over to the waiter. I thought she had a problem with the bill, or was going to ask where the bathroom was or something. But she wraps her arms around his neck and starts tongue kissing him! Now, it was clear from the way he jumped back a little that he was totally surprised by her touching him. I don’t think they’d ever met before. So, I’m looking around to see if anyone else sees what’s happening right in the middle of the floor, maybe some maitre d’ or something, but everyone is just going on about their business.
So, eventually they stop, and I think finally I can get some freakin’ parmesan, but no: they take out their phones and start exchanging numbers! Not giggling, even: they were very serious, almost professional, about it.
And the food isn’t even that good. Whatever they served me was just a bowl of indistinguishable brown lumps.
Antonio’s has sure gone downhill. Frankly, I wouldn’t be too surprised to read someday the place was raided for being a front for a brothel.
Shadow COTW Contenders, Part 1
Needless Exposition
May 4th, 2024 at 4:29 am Reply
Beetle Bailey: Sarge learned that day to not let his mother shop for him when she’s recovering from cataract surgery…or at least that’s the excuse he wished he had.
MKay
May 4th, 2024 at 4:53 am Reply
Beetle Bailey: Sarge was also nice enough to give some flappers a ride to the party in his flivver.
jroggs
May 4th, 2024 at 4:55 am Reply
Family Circus: Poor Billy and PJ. They’re stuck going to regular mass with their lame dad while the rest of the family gets to convert to the Church of Weird Al.
Joe Momma
May 4th, 2024 at 5:14 am Reply
Family Circus: I would not have put the family as Catholics. They have to be Calvinists of some stripe at heart. All I can say is I wonder if Thel secretly hopes her brood are not among the elect so at least she can have some peace and quiet in a Heaven ruled by a just and angry God.
taig
May 4th, 2024 at 5:51 am Reply
Zits: Walt is understandably angry that Jeremy keeps eating his Ozempic muffins.
popomatic
May 4th, 2024 at 6:45 am Reply
Family Circus: Look in the background, PJ is going home with a different family. All involved seem to be happy with this arrangement.
Weaselboy
May 4th, 2024 at 7:49 am Reply
Mary Worth: Just FYI, Meagan, if your word balloon is all fluffy, Wilbur can’t hear you. And believe me, these are words he needs to hear.
Michael
May 4th, 2024 at 10:13 am Reply
Family Circus: Did Thel, Dolly, and Jeffy become Pastafarians?
Artist formerly known as Ben
May 4th, 2024 at 12:18 pm Reply
Daddy Daze: Hey, yeah. Remember that time Angus was an infant and his dad talked to himself and his dad talked to himself while pretending he was talking to Angus? Or the other time that Angus was an infant and his dad talked to himself while pretending he was talking to Angus? So many amazing memories!
JustSomeGuy
May 4th, 2024 at 9:03 pm Reply
Beetle Bailey: Wow! A couple weeks ago, I made a comment here about Sarge going to a party and showing up in uniform. And here we are today! Evidence that the Beetle Bailey creative team reads this blog. And steals my ideas, specifically.
Schroduck
May 5th, 2024 at 4:42 am Reply
Mary Worth: In deep history, years are remembered not by their calender designation but by the great and terrible things that occurred during them. 69 AD is The Year of the Four Emperors. 1816 is The Year Without a Summer. And 2024 will be remembered long after we’re dead by future historians as The Year Wilbur Got Cucked.
taig
May 5th, 2024 at 5:42 am Reply
Mary Worth: Meagan is just experiencing sudden-onset midlife crisis. She worries she’s only desirable enough to deserve Wilbur, so she found the nearest attractive man and threw herself at him. Who hasn’t been there?
Rube
May 5th, 2024 at 5:50 am Reply
Hi and Lois: Among the comic strip tropes that I will never understand is the mothers who keep making cookies that they do not allow their children to eat. Is there some religion that dictates that its followers must always have a supply of stale cookies in the cookie jar, awaiting the return of the Great Ant?
Dennis Jimenez
May 5th, 2024 at 6:15 am Reply
Mary Worth: It takes a real pro waiter to balance a loaded serving tray while a hot woman kisses you and sticks her hand down your pants. It’s like the final exam at waiter school…
Scratchy Scrotum LXIX
May 5th, 2024 at 6:34 am Reply
Mary Worth: Whether or not Meagan is into Wilbur, we know he won’t be into her.
seismic-2
May 5th, 2024 at 8:03 am Reply
Mary Worth: “Any man can make mistakes. But to commit an unending series of truly colossal foul-ups worthy of the gods themselves, it takes a real VILBURUS.” – Marcus Tullius “Shecky” Cicero
“I came, I saw, I puked.” – Meagan’s blog
Lord Flatulence
May 5th, 2024 at 8:33 am Reply
Rex Morgan: That’s pretty sad. We have Candy the Wonder Dog, and Abbey the “Other” Dog.
I speak Jive
May 5th, 2024 at 8:54 am Reply
Sherman’s Lagoon: The advice Ernest got may be outdated, but he’s actually showing interest in the one he has a crush on. Think about it – a fish is more empathetic than Wilbur Weston.
cheech wizard
May 5th, 2024 at 9:44 am Reply
Mary Worth: Whoa, whoa whoa! Slow down, lady! A single disastrous date does not entitle you to a hot post-Wilburian hunk! That’s not how it works! You have to suffer first – those other gals spent months, if not years in his embrace before finally receiving their studly rewards. Now get back to that table and let the terrible magic do its thing.
Braniff
May 5th, 2024 at 2:57 pm Reply
Family Circus: “They’re creepy and they’re cooky/Mysterious and spooky/But altogether ooky/The melonhead fam’ly . . .”
BigTed
May 6th, 2024 at 4:35 am Reply
Gil Thorp: “Mr. Barnes here is talented enough for the big leagues, and yet somehow I’ve convinced him he should visit Milford University — as if there weren’t five better colleges in this state alone. I’ll take my kickback now!”
Ettorre
May 6th, 2024 at 4:35 am Reply
Mary Worth: Is the implication of this storyline that Wilbur would be much happier if he embraced a cuckoldry fetish?
MKay
May 6th, 2024 at 4:37 am Reply
Hägar the Horrible:If your foe is so wimpy that he doesn’t want to get his feet wet, you could probably just chase him off by waving a chicken.
I’m Not Cthulhu, But I Play Him On TV
May 6th, 2024 at 5:32 am Reply
Mary Worth: Why do all the women around Wilbur walk, run or fly away from him? Why does anyone leave another person, isolating and estranging them from the human connection they need to flourish? Oh, right. It’s the lack of deodorant.
Shadow COTW Contenders, Part 2
cheech wizard
May 6th, 2024 at 5:55 am Reply
Hi & Lois: “You know what I like most about working from home? Banging the secretary! Because the ones at the office won’t let me do it anymore, since I turned 50! Whoops, did it say that out loud?”
Anonymous
May 6th, 2024 at 6:24 am Reply
Hi & Lois: “You know what I like best about working from home? Every day is ‘Aerate Your Junk Day!’ Hey, move over, Trixie – I got something that could use some of that Sunbeam!”
TheDiva
May 6th, 2024 at 7:10 am Reply
Hi & Lois: Going by Hi’s bedroom eyes, he clearly expects regular nooners as another perk of telecommuting. Lois seems rather ambivalent about the prospect.
ectojazzmage
May 6th, 2024 at 7:41 am Reply
Gil Thorp: “I’ll gladly let Mr. Barnes attend our prestigious school if you two help he get rid of this skunk that’s attached itself to my skull.”
Garrison Skunk
May 6th, 2024 at 9:28 am Reply
Mary Worth: The CharterStoned Players production of “The Wilber, the Magen, and Her Waiter” got only 1 salmon square out of five by Phyllis Fox, the local theatre critic at the Santa Royal Pennysaver. (what none of them know, is that Phyllis Fox is Ian Cameron’s pen name.)
Bob Tice
May 7th, 2024 at 4:35 am Reply
Judge Parker: “Isn’t ‘Declan’ Elvis Costello’s real first name? Wait a minute — are you marrying Elvis Costello?”
The Quiet Man
May 7th, 2024 at 4:47 am Reply
Luann: ‘Good thing I’m white and have endless supplies of money from mommy and daddy and don’t have to worry about things like student debt or future career skills!’
Charterstoned
May 7th, 2024 at 4:50 am Reply
Mary Worth: Trapped in the watery prison of their aquarium, Willa and Stellan are unable to follow not-Kristy’s example of abandoning Wilbur, but do the next best thing by turning tail and swimming to the back wall of the tank.
cheech wizard
May 7th, 2024 at 5:41 am Reply
Mary Worth: Coming up next – Wilbur discovers Megan is a porn star and spends the next six months mournfully watching her have sex with other men.
cheech wizard
May 7th, 2024 at 5:43 am Reply
Judge Parker: Declan? I thought that’s what Tattoo was yelling when a bunch of guys in white robes showed up at Fantasy Island.
astroboy
May 7th, 2024 at 5:46 am Reply
Mary Worth: Oh, Wilbur, Wilbur, Wilbur. You don’t *feel* lonely and rejected. You *are* lonely and rejected.
Tabby Lavalamp
May 7th, 2024 at 5:50 am Reply
Shoe: The pedant in me is annoyed that the setup for the joke in Shoe is bad trivia because Welk didn’t have twins. The realist in me is proud of Shoe for not even pretending that anyone born this century is reading newspaper comics.
taig
May 7th, 2024 at 5:54 am Reply
Luann: You are no Jennifer Beals, and you’re way to bland to be a maniac.
Weaselboy
May 7th, 2024 at 5:59 am Reply
Shoe: You say “gag calculated to delighted 80-year-olds everywhere.” I say “joke I heard when I was a kid.” Tomato, tomahto.
Pozzo
May 8th, 2024 at 4:32 am Reply
Gasoline Alley: “X, the site formerly known as Prince.’
pugfuggly
May 8th, 2024 at 4:46 am Reply
Gasoline Alley: “Wait, Twitter changed their name? But if they can do it…oh god. We’ve made a terrible mistake.. !”
jroggs
May 8th, 2024 at 4:52 am Reply
Tina’s Groove: I didn’t understand why (who I assume is) Tina always looked so miserable for no particular reason, but now it is all clear. Not only does she have waitressin’ shifts in the evening, during the day she’s tasked with manning the city’s walls, fending off besiegers and dodging trebuchet projectiles, and all they gave her for equipment was a purse full of rocks and an unfashionable jacket.
The Quiet Man
May 8th, 2024 at 4:53 am Reply
Rex Morgan: Atta girl, just look at that pissyface! She’s been practicing, a regular chip off the old hair helmet!
Little Blue Bicycle
May 8th, 2024 at 5:09 am Reply
Mary Worth: Wilbur’s new off brand hair restoring cream is growing new hairs across his head all right but simultaneously giving him suicidal thoughts. And don’t ask about his perineum.
taig
May 8th, 2024 at 5:22 am Reply
Mary Worth: Uh oh. It looks like Wilbur is going to turn from casual misanthropy to serious misanthropy.
astroboy
May 8th, 2024 at 6:00 am Reply
Mary Worth: Leave it to Wilbur to make ABBA’s “Ring, Ring” his ringtone. C’mon Wilbur! Eveyone knows it’s only hip to like the post-Eurovision-era ABBA.
Buck Ripsnort
May 8th, 2024 at 6:26 am Reply
Judge Parker: I’m sorry, but this strip has conditioned me to the point where unless a character is in imminent peril of death and/or dismemberment, I can’t even be bothered. We need a shotgun at this wedding!
Hibbleton
May 8th, 2024 at 7:06 am Reply
Dennis the Menace: “Throw pillows and sweater pillows are two different things!!” Screams Alice as she applies an ice pack to her left nipple.
Liam
May 9th, 2024 at 4:30 am Reply
Mary Worth: Wilbur, keep both hands were we can see them.
Ettorre
May 9th, 2024 at 4:30 am Reply
Rex Morgan: Ah yes, the classic storyline of the emotionless robot trying to understand this human thing called emotions. Skip the chase and just install the emotion chip to Rex.
Shadow COTW Contenders, Part 3
MKay
May 9th, 2024 at 4:33 am Reply
Mary Worth: What’s missing in Panel 2? (besides any taste whatsoever in throw pillows) The heaps of greasy plates, empty pizza boxes and booze bottles. Our boy Wilbur is not one to suffer in tidy abstinence.
Chance
May 9th, 2024 at 4:37 am Reply
Listen, Mary Worth, we will let you know when we want to see one of your characters slumped back on the couch, pantsless, in a robe, legs dangerously sliding outward; and we will let you know whom we wish to see in such a pose, if ever.
We do not want to stumble without warning upon Wilbur Weston manspreading.
Charterstoned
May 9th, 2024 at 5:05 am Reply
Mary Worth: Hey, Mary Worth, do you MIND?? I’m trying to eat my BREAKFAST here!!
I’m Not Cthulhu, But I Play Him On TV
May 9th, 2024 at 5:08 am Reply
Rex Morgan: The puberty blocker! Push the puberty blocker, Rex! It is the only way!! Do you really want a Dawn Weston on your hands??!!
pugfuggly
May 9th, 2024 at 5:11 am Reply
Hägar the Horrible:I’m really liking the idea of modern-day historians discovering the Saga of Hägar, known primarily for his inability to out away dishes and his propensity to fart in uis sleep.
taig
May 9th, 2024 at 5:23 am Reply
Rex Morgan: When are they going to change the name of the strip to “Boring Is the New Black?”
Hibbleton
May 9th, 2024 at 5:27 am Reply
Dennis the Menace: While they share a meal of meats and vegetables, the Mitchells insist that Dennis at least try his slab of corrugated cardboard.
taig
May 9th, 2024 at 5:32 am Reply
Luann: Quirkiness, undiagnosed dementia. Potayto, potahto.
Rube
May 9th, 2024 at 5:51 am Reply
Six Chix: As I have mentioned before, I am having a little trouble keeping track of the days of the week since retiring. Once again, I would like to express my appreciation to Mary Lawton. Any time I look at the comics and see a horribly ugly strip that makes absolutely no sense, I can go “Ah, Thursday.”
2+2=7
May 9th, 2024 at 10:01 am Reply
Luann: Next year? Aw, but I was hoping to see Luann burn her face off in welding now!
Garrison Skunk
May 9th, 2024 at 12:28 pm Reply
Sex Organ, V.D.: “Rex, take that finger out of your mouth, you don’t know where that finger has been!” (Joke repurposed from “Airplane!1: The Original”)
cheech wizard
May 9th, 2024 at 1:54 pm Reply
Mary Worth: “My daughter says ballet is brutal. HAH! She doesn’t know the meaning of the word! Next week her mother is taking her to the opera. Wagner. The entire Ring cycle. She’ll learn what brutal is, long before the fat lady sings.”
Mathmannix
May 9th, 2024 at 5:27 pm Reply
Mary Worth: I may not know what “morass” means – well, now I do, because of the internet! – but back in my younger days (five minutes ago) when I still thought it might literally mean “more ass,” I already agreed it applied to Wilbur.
Charterstoned
May 10th, 2024 at 4:32 am Reply
Mary Worth: GAAK!! Wilbur is holding his sammich in one hand, so that must mean he’s using the other hand to embrace his solitude…! (Is THAT what they’re calling it these days?)
Liam
May 10th, 2024 at 4:36 am Reply
Blondie: “Why don’t you let me write the recipe down for once, Mom.”
pugfuggly
May 10th, 2024 at 4:40 am Reply
Mary Worth: Good news Wilbur: you’ve been turning off the world for years now! Not just your world either, I’ll bet: if intelligent extraterrestrial life is observing our planet from beyond, they’re disgusted by you too.
Handsome Harry Backstayge, Idol of a Million Other Women
May 10th, 2024 at 5:10 am Reply
Mary Worth: It makes me damn proud to know that, in a country torn by conflict and ideological strife, we will all rise up to answer the clarion call and fight, together as one, the horror of Wilbur Weston “feeling pretty good.” This cannot stand! College students, get out your tents! Waiters, pucker up! Biddies, start greasing those muffin pans!
Old School Allie Cat
May 10th, 2024 at 5:31 am Reply
Beetle Bailey: Is this a date? It reads like a date. Not a great one. I expect to see Beetle making out with the waiter while Sarge wonders if he’s going to get any backseat over-the-pants action.
EJ
May 10th, 2024 at 5:55 am Reply
Mary Worth: As long as there’s extra mayonnaise on that sandwich, Wilbum will be okay for a an hour or so.
InvasionOfTheZIM
May 10th, 2024 at 6:22 am Reply
Mary Worth: Unfortunately, the broadway debut of “Wilburman: Turn Off the Universe” was a disaster, not because there were any dangerous stunts but because the only people who showed up were tourists who mistook the show for a Danny DeVito themed musical.
TheDiva
May 10th, 2024 at 6:24 am Reply
Mary Worth: Please, please let Sunday’s strip reveal Mary is bricking Wilbur’s door up “Cask of Amontillado” style. In miseria requiescat!
Daily Shadow CsOTW
Saturday
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pugfuggly
May 4th, 2024 at 4:40 am Reply
Family Circus: I like the group of concerned congregants exiting the church, clearly keeping their distance from the Keanes. How loudly and terribly was Dolly singing? Very, I’ll bet.
Real Person.
May 4th, 2024 at 5:19 am Reply
I’m scared that people view me the way I view Wilbur Weston.
Sunday
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MKay
May 5th, 2024 at 4:47 am Reply
Rex Morgan: Does that little marker follow Abbey everywhere she goes, just to remind the kids that she’s not an aardvark?
Morgan Wick
May 5th, 2024 at 5:00 am Reply
Mary Worth: Rarely does the quote on a Sunday “Mary Worth” so cruelly insult one of the strip’s regulars. Thank you, Cicero, for so aptly describing one Wilbur Weston some 2,000 years before he was born.
Monday
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nescio
May 6th, 2024 at 5:20 am Reply
Hi & Lois: Whether working in the office or from home, Hi precisely calculates the distance of separation from his family.
Anonymous
May 6th, 2024 at 5:39 am Reply
Mary Worth: I see you, Meagan. Just know this: No matter what you do for the rest of your life, you’ll never be Kristy.
Tuesday
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taig
May 7th, 2024 at 5:59 am Reply
Family Circus: “I think my shoes are going to have more diarrhea.”
TheDiva
May 7th, 2024 at 6:55 am Reply
Rex Morgan: “Whatever, honey, go process your feelings of guilt somewhere else, okay? Daddy’s reached his parenting limit for the day.”
Wednesday
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Hibbleton
May 8th, 2024 at 5:00 am Reply
Judge Parker: Maybe it’s a California thing but Declan pairing red wine with a stack of pancakes seems a bit off.
Doghouse Reilly (Minneapolis)
May 8th, 2024 at 5:40 am Reply
Mary Worth: Wilbur: New pants! Who dis?
Thursday
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I speak Jive
May 9th, 2024 at 9:21 am Reply
Crankshaft: The smirking has reached critical mass. Get out and run for shelter!
Lee Sherman
May 9th, 2024 at 11:38 am Reply
Rex Morgan: Rex looks as tired of being in “Rex Morgan, M.D.” as we are of reading “Rex Morgan, M.D.”
Friday
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Weaselboy
May 10th, 2024 at 5:52 am Reply
Mary Worth: Face it, Wilbur. You’ve been turning off women for years now. Turning off the world isn’t that big a leap.
JamesBont
May 10th, 2024 at 6:44 am Reply
Dustin: “Give that sympathy card to Mom. Be sure to write how sorry you are for ever being born! No, seriously, nobody loves you.”
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Shadow COTW
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James Conder
May 4th, 2024 at 6:24 am Reply
Mary Worth: You know who’s really lucky? Meagan’s next date. Wilbur has set that bar so low, anyone could clear it. IT could be a serial killer, and as Meagan lays, bound and gagged, being buried alive in an unmarked grave in the woods, her last thought will be, “Eh, still better than Wilbur.”
Thanks, Baja.
Congratulations, pugfuggly!
Congrats on the SCotW, James Conder!
Thanks for the mentions, Baja.
Way to go, pugfuggly, et al.
Scratchy’s Scrotums of the Week
Baja Gaijin
May 4th, 2024 at 4:24 am Reply
Family Circus: Don’t ever change, Dolly. Your casual blasphemies are just hilarious.
pugfuggly
May 4th, 2024 at 4:40 am Reply
FC: I like the group of concerned congregants exiting the church, clearly keeping their distance from the Keanes. How loudly and terribly was Dolly singing? Very, I’ll bet.
lynn
May 4th, 2024 at 6:25 am Reply
FC: Wow, Thel is really booking it out of there with those kids. Look at the horrified expressions on the other congregants. Imagine what they said INSIDE the church.
Anonymous
May 4th, 2024 at 4:48 am Reply
Family Circus : “Hosanna” and “Lasagna” don’t sound that much alike, this is a stretch. Can’t we go back to her calling Spaghetti “Pasghetti”?
jroggs
May 4th, 2024 at 4:55 am Reply
FC: Poor Billy and PJ. They’re stuck going to regular mass with their lame dad while the rest of the family gets to convert to the Church of Weird Al.
BigTed
May 4th, 2024 at 4:49 am Reply
Family Circus: “Lasagna in the Highest” doesn’t even sound like “Hosanna in the Highest,” the hymn these brats are punning on. At the very least they could have gone for “Ho-Ho-Santa in the Highest,” but I guess the Family Circus brain trust didn’t want to save their best material for Christmastime.
Dennis the Menace: Dennis thinks he’s being cute, not knowing the difference between niece/nephew and aunt/uncle… but the houses across the street are explicitly painted pink or blue, so I think they take gender roles pretty darn seriously in this neighborhood.
Mary Worth: “Was this his plan along… to take me to Santa Royale’s third-best French restaurant, gorge himself on water and meat chunks, and then stick me with the bill? Because if it is, there won’t be a second date! Well, for that and at least a dozen other reasons… I must have stopped counting after noting his appearance, outfit, attitude, conversation, and general demeanor.”
Real Person.
May 4th, 2024 at 5:19 am Reply
I’m scared that people view me the way I view Wilbur Weston.
James Conder
May 4th, 2024 at 6:24 am Reply
MW: You know who’s really lucky? Meagan’s next date. Wilbur has set that bar so low, anyone could clear it. IT could be a serial killer, and as Meagan lays, bound and gagged, being buried alive in an unmarked grave in the woods, her last thought will be, “Eh, still better than Wilbur.”
MKay
May 4th, 2024 at 4:53 am Reply
MW: “I wouldn’t go out with this idiot again unless he saved my – *CRASH*SHRIEK* – oh, crap.”
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nescio
May 4th, 2024 at 4:53 am Reply
BB: Sarge just stole one of the General’s golf outfits. Meanwhile, the General’s black lipsticked wife tries out a Goth look, or just chose black because she thinks her husband’s death is imminent.
MKay
May 4th, 2024 at 4:53 am Reply
BB: Sarge was also nice enough to give some flappers a ride to the party in his flivver.
Schroduck
May 4th, 2024 at 4:53 am Reply
“Ha ha, Sarge dresses like an antiquated nerd! Not like us, with our cool powder blue suits (pairs perfectly with an acid green tie!) and white 80s prom tuxedos!”
taig
May 4th, 2024 at 5:30 am Reply
BB: It looks like Isaac from the Love Boat has decided to keep wearing his uniform.
Frazz: The dog doesn’t participate in marathons either. Time to Noam the dog.
Bob Tice
May 4th, 2024 at 5:14 am Reply
RMMD:
“I should have been more careful!”
“Exactly what I said when I left those forceps inside that guy the other day!”
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Activist 1234
May 4th, 2024 at 4:34 am Reply
Let me be the second to say it, “May the Fourth be with you.”. (Dagwood beat me to it yesterday)
jroggs
May 4th, 2024 at 5:01 am Reply
@Activist 1234: Blondie does this “Tomorrow is (Whatever) Day” thing a lot, and I really don’t get it. Why couldn’t they have that May the Fourth strip today and just use the horsefuckers yesterday?
richardf8
May 4th, 2024 at 7:41 am Reply
S4th – The Forths are not with us. Here it is, Saturday, May 4th and it’s Taco Tuesday at the Forth home with Ted in the doghouse for not packing lunch for their prior day hike. Somebody please do a welfare check on Ces, I think he may have been eaten by a bear.
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Needless Exposition
May 5th, 2024 at 4:37 am Reply
MW: I didn’t expect this direction but I will gladly take it since it didn’t turn into “Wilbur gets undeserved nookie for being himself.” Meagan kept her sanity intact and we didn’t get an “I forgot a condom. Can you buy me one?” scenario which is a relief to everyone.
Schroduck
May 5th, 2024 at 4:42 am Reply
MW: In deep history, years are remembered not by their calender designation but by the great and terrible things that occurred during them. 69 AD is The Year of the Four Emperors. 1816 is The Year Without a Summer. And 2024 will be remembered long after we’re dead by future historians as The Year Wilbur Got Cucked.
Hibbleton
May 5th, 2024 at 5:22 am Reply
MW: Talk about dodging a bullet. And by dodging I mean ‘us.’ We were only a forgotten credit card away from Wilbur taking home an obviously horny Meagan.
Bob Tice
May 5th, 2024 at 5:27 am Reply
MW:
“I think she may be into me! — I’m on a roll! So to speak.”
Maltmash3r
May 5th, 2024 at 5:29 am Reply
If Megan and the waiter hit it off, could Wilbur’s shitty behavior driving her there be another unknowingly heroic act on his part?
Tom
May 5th, 2024 at 4:43 am Reply
MW: Moy and Brigman really seem to be trying to make Wilbur as sympathetic as they possibly can in this situation. That fourth panel is a truly glorious exercise in negatively framing a character via their inner monologue, and they’re really trying to make him seem earnest but oblivious.
If this strip was viewed in isolation, this might work; unfortunately, we know too much about Wilbur’s inner monologue to believe that he isn’t as much of a self-centered jerk as the strip is making Meagan out to be.
Side note: I think what has Meagan’s motor going in the last two panels is the waiter telling her “why yes, we actually have a special exit for what you have in mind, right this way please.”
mw
May 5th, 2024 at 5:55 am Reply
MW: Why is Wilbur still eating an almost full sandwich? Did he order a second one because Meagan was paying? They have already paid the bill. Is it because he is an unthinking lunkhead? I want to get to the bottom of the second sandwich mystery.
Handsome Harry Backstayge, Idol of a Million Other Women
May 5th, 2024 at 6:08 am Reply
@mw: He pulled that one out of his pocket.
Mary Worth: In a few weeks, after that waiter runs into slutty Meagan in the street and thanks her for the herpes: “That wasn’t me, that was Kristy!”
Dennis Jimenez
May 5th, 2024 at 6:15 am Reply
MW – It takes a real pro waiter to balance a loaded serving tray while a hot woman kisses you and sticks her hand down your pants. It’s like the final exam at waiter school….
Adios Amigos, DJ.
pugfuggly
May 5th, 2024 at 4:47 am Reply
MW: Without the context of the missing credit card, in the throwaway panels it kinda sounds like Wilbur is saying he pissed himself. I mean, i wouldn’t totally rule it out either…
Bud
May 5th, 2024 at 5:49 am Reply
Sorry I’m late – traffic was horrible and I just walked in on the MW throwaway panels…
Aw, man not the “misadventures with explosive diarrhea” story again.
TheDiva
May 5th, 2024 at 6:28 am Reply
MW: Speaking of Wilbur, his obliviousness to Megan’s coolness towards him (she’s this close to becoming a full-on “stuffing breadsticks into my purse” meme) might be amusing if we didn’t know that this same obliviousness caused him to nearly kill at least two people in a single day.
Larry McAwful
May 5th, 2024 at 4:51 am Reply
Mary Worth—”Well, two can play at that game! Oh, waitress!”
“No, sir, two can’t.”
cheech wizard
May 5th, 2024 at 5:57 am Reply
MW – Kissing the waiter won’t allow you to skate on a check, Meagan. You have to blow the manager.
Charterstoned
May 5th, 2024 at 4:45 am Reply
MW: Making ends meet must be even more difficult these days than we knew, when even a vaunted medical professional like REX MORGAN, MD is reduced to moonlighting as a waiter at Antonio’s.
MKay
May 5th, 2024 at 4:47 am Reply
RMMD: Does that little marker follow Abbey everywhere she goes, just to remind the kids that she’s not an aardvark?
astroboy
May 5th, 2024 at 7:18 am Reply
H&L: So, Lois’ mom had a Carol Brady shag and…(squints at P4) those cookies aren’t the only thing that’s baked!
ectojazzmage
May 5th, 2024 at 7:20 am Reply
Hi And Lois: In the first panel, it didn’t immediately click with me that this is a cookie jar being talked about and I in fact thought it looked more like some kind of urn, meaning I thought this whole strip was going to be MUCH darker in tone.
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jroggs
May 5th, 2024 at 5:36 am Reply
FC: (“What a wonderful birthday party!”) (“Who’s a good boy? Spot’s a good boy!”) (“Dinner’s great today, Dad, but why won’t Mom come out of the basement?”) (“What was that noise? A scream from the- oh, god! Help! Heeeeelp!”) (“Please, Fran, put down the axe! It doesn’t have to be like th- blaaaargh!”) (“Three little children, asleep in their beds/ Tiny hands and feet, but missing their heads! HahahahahAEHAHAEA!!”) (“Police! Come out with your hands u- Jesus… they’re… Sergeant, they’re all dead!”) (“They never found her?” “No, not even a trace. It’s strange, almost like she didn’t even leave.”) … (“I don’t know about this house, Mrs. Flagston. The size and location are nice, but… I know this sounds crazy, but it feels like someone is watching me.” “Oh, all these old homes have a character to them like that!” “Did something happen here?” “Well, that’s… say, let me show you the beautiful back porch!”)
Schroduck
May 6th, 2024 at 4:35 am Reply
GT: There are plenty of Gil Thorp storylines about Mudlarks trying out for college sports, but previously none implied the college was even nearby. Are the Mudlarks so terrible that only creepy Bible schools and diploma mills want them, or is Milford University so terrible that players would rather face a regular 19 hour drive to the Outer Rural Iowa College of Corn than stay local?
H&L: You know what else I like? It’s 8 AM and I’m already drunk!
Chance
May 6th, 2024 at 4:36 am Reply
And also leaving his breakfast plate on the table for Lois to clean up. Hi really gets off on that kind of Traditional Domestic Roleplay.
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BigTed
May 6th, 2024 at 4:35 am Reply
Mary Worth: “Where did my date go?” asks Wilbur. There are about a hundred possible answers to that, up to and including that she climbed out of a high, small bathroom window just to get away from him. But none of them could be as hilariously humiliating to life’s favorite punching bag as the sight of her immediately sucking face with the waiter she just met, then getting some hot phone-on-phone action, while Wilbur anxiously eats through the entire bread basket, wondering what’s going on. Chef’s kiss / no notes on this one!
TheDiva
May 6th, 2024 at 7:10 am Reply
MW: Remember, this is the same guy who only a couple weeks ago shoved a man into oncoming traffic and caused a serious car crash less than twenty feet behind him without ever noticing. Megan could not only make a date with the cute waiter, she could jump up on a table and loudly deliver a litany of Wilbur’s faults and he’d still sit there twiddling his thumbs waiting for her to come back from the bathroom, or at least for another round of all-you-can-eat breadsticks.
Little Guy
May 6th, 2024 at 5:22 am Reply
MW: World: “Wilbur is a horrible person.” Moy: “But, look….!” Now in its third iteration.
The Quiet Man
May 6th, 2024 at 4:43 am Reply
Luann: The Evansii don’t know what ‘B.S.’ typically stands for nowadays, do they?
jroggs
May 6th, 2024 at 5:00 am Reply
Luann: Yes, this branding story is still going, and yes, Karen Evans still thinks alliteration is the funniest fucking thing.
Hibbleton
May 7th, 2024 at 4:34 am Reply
FC: Billy carefully considers his standing in the family before arriving at this subtle but effective critique of his father’s newspaper comic strip.
Guillermo el chiclero
May 7th, 2024 at 7:07 am Reply
FC: You can’t just take your shoes off and leave them outside, you stupid little shit?
taig
May 7th, 2024 at 5:59 am Reply
FC: “I think my shoes are going to have more diarrhea.”
I speak Jive
May 7th, 2024 at 8:22 am Reply
FC – Jeffy never has this problem, because he’ll pee and/or take a dump anywhere. Outside, in the kitchen, in church, anywhere.
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MKay
May 7th, 2024 at 4:45 am Reply
MW: I was going to say that Stellan owes Willa $5.00, but I realized that neither fish would bet that Wilbur would score.
The Quiet Man
May 7th, 2024 at 4:52 am Reply
MW: This is two times in as many weeks that we’ve had these surprisingly jarring scene shifts. First Moy cheats us out of the Dawn storyline everyone has been clamoring for, then she can’t even give us the fan service of the return of the ‘AAAUUGGGHHH’!
Weaselboy
May 7th, 2024 at 7:03 am Reply
MW – “I feel lonely and rejected…maybe if I weren’t such a complete asshole.”
Poteet
May 7th, 2024 at 8:22 am Reply
MW: “I feel LONELY and REJECTED. Also, my chin just got bigger for some reason. This is not a good day!”
Maltmash3r
May 7th, 2024 at 7:06 am Reply
MW- Kinda disappointed. The speed at which Megan and the waiter were hitting it off, I was expecting them to get busy in the restaurant all while Wilbur kept wondering where she went.
BeckoningChasm
May 7th, 2024 at 4:41 am Reply
Judge Parker: I think what we’re seeing today is Lockhorns: Origins.
Dennis Jimenez
May 7th, 2024 at 4:49 am Reply
JP – Sophie’s notes for wedding toast – 1) Only dating a year 2) Groom has tiny penis 3)….
cheech wizard
May 7th, 2024 at 5:43 am Reply
JP- Declan? I thought that’s what Tattoo was yelling when a bunch of guys in white robes showed up at Fantasy Island.
Jeffmcm
May 7th, 2024 at 1:51 pm Reply
I’m sorry but the funniest thing in either of these two strips is Declan’s face being severely downcast as he listens to the conversation on speaker mode and drinks.
Anonymous
May 7th, 2024 at 4:46 am Reply
Judge Parker : Is it just me, or does Declan have BIG “caricature of a real person based on a single photograph, so his head is always in the same position, and his face has roughly always the same expression, regardless of how little it fits” energy?
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Luann : there’s a lot to unpack about Luann becoming a litteral clown, but I wonder WHERE exactly this is taking us.
a) Luann goes to Italy to study being an
EVILSCARYCLOWNcircusarts. expect an exciting journey the likes of her trip to New York! ;b) Luann goes to Italy to study circus arts, this completely writes her out of the comic
indefinitelyfor a ltitle while;c) Luann, who can’t afford to travel to Italy for her studies, goes to the Pittsville Circus School instead, which is taught by Crystal and Knute, and where Luann is relentlessly bullied by her vastly superior classmate, Shannon.
d) This whole thing is unceremoniously, abruptly dropped by friday, and never spoken of again.
popomatic
May 7th, 2024 at 6:11 am Reply
Luann: Luann’s going to Clown College! Luann’s going to Clown College! Honk!
Old School Allie Cat
May 7th, 2024 at 7:35 am Reply
Luann – Look, we’ve all had the “join the circus” fantasy in our 20s. I tried to join Cirque du Soleil repeatedly. Granted, for a marketing and education position, and mainly because I wanted to be in Montreal.
Is this a bad time to mentioned that if she had aged in real time, Luann would be in her late 40s/early 50s. And Puddles would be dead.
Calvin’s Cardboard Box
May 7th, 2024 at 6:15 am Reply
LUANN – Oh, good, she can learn to weld her legs together. Not that it will make any difference.
A decade in college and she still doesn’t even have a major. Working on that General Studies degree, maybe she envisions a career in the Army working as General Halftrack’s assistant.
TheDiva
May 7th, 2024 at 6:55 am Reply
Luann: Once again, I’m faced with the problem of a viewpoint I generally agree with (ie. higher education shouldn’t be exclusively about preparing for a career path but about exploring broader interests and learning as well) being put in the mouth of a character who makes me want to disagree with them on general principle.
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nescio
May 7th, 2024 at 4:47 am Reply
Today’s Shoe isn’t wunnerful.
NotGregEvans
May 7th, 2024 at 7:00 am Reply
Fucking hell. I laughed at Shoe.
Garrison Skunk
May 7th, 2024 at 10:39 am Reply
“What was Lawrence Welk’s first band known as?” “The Hotsy Totsy Boys” and “The Hawaiian Fruit Orchestra.”
also not a joke, so it fits into the Shoe format.
Comicsgrl
May 7th, 2024 at 11:15 am Reply
Lawrence Week’s licence plate was A1ANA2 I learned that from a trivia encyclopedia book my parents gifted me with in my tween years. This means he never started with “And a 1 and a 2” Oh LORD! I can’t remember what happened to me yesterday, but THAT I remember off the top of my head.
Old School Allie Cat
May 7th, 2024 at 5:42 am Reply
Rex Morgan – Jeez, Sarah, your dog just did a little counter surfing. It’s not like you went against your parents’ directive, wandered down to the creek to play, fell in and had to be rescued by Candy, who subsequently died of shock from the cold water because she was old and her heart just couldn’t take it…
Too soon?
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Horace Broon
May 7th, 2024 at 10:16 am Reply
GT: I realise this is supposed to be a No Brands Were Harmed version of Nike, but it really does sound like Milford U has an exclusive deal to get shoes from some dude named Mike. “About once a month, Mike shows up in an unmarked van with a big sack of shoes. Most of them pair up. We don’t ask where they came from.”
Needless Exposition
May 8th, 2024 at 6:28 am Reply
MW: It’s fitting that there’s a picture of Dawn in the corner, both to serve as the source of Wilbur’s downward spiral and to also remind us that Wilbur is not only acting like a bratty teenage girl but he’s also the father of one. The mayonnaise is always scraped out of the same jar, after all.
Real Person
May 8th, 2024 at 4:56 am Reply
Wilbur’s not answering. Maybe he’s wearing his new pants, and he left his phone in his other pair of pants.
Doghouse Reilly (Minneapolis)
May 8th, 2024 at 5:40 am Reply
Wilbur: New pants! Who dis?
taig
May 8th, 2024 at 5:10 am Reply
TG: I’m going to guess that “knuckle” is a stand-in for a different part of the male anatomy, so the comic could remain reader friendly.
jroggs
May 8th, 2024 at 5:19 am Reply
@taig: If Tom and Leo are bumping moose knuckles, then Blonde Not-Tina’s relationship problems are far worse than mere bromance.
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InvasionOfTheZIM
May 8th, 2024 at 5:28 am Reply
GA: When Walt reads through all of the coverage of his preservation effort on Xitter, he will either be recruited by a gang of neo-confederates who want to use his newfound reputation of “keeping things the same” to stop Lee statues from being taken down, or he’ll be seen as a champion of social justice for taking a stand against gentrification.
Scott Christian Simmons
May 8th, 2024 at 6:09 am Reply
I have a strange feeling that this entire Gasoline Alley plot was developed in order to take a jab at the Twitter name change. If so–well done, Mr. Scancerelli, you have acquired at least one new fan.
Old Man Shadow
May 8th, 2024 at 7:11 am Reply
She had to make sure she specified that X used to be Twitter, otherwise Walt would go on for hours about the newfangled “interwebs” and those sites with ladies that ain’t got no clothes on and it would angry up his blood and she’d never get him to sleep after his 3pm pudding snack.
The Quiet Man
May 8th, 2024 at 4:53 am Reply
RMMD: Atta girl, just look at that pissyface! She’s been practicing, a regular chip off the old hair helmet!
jroggs
May 10th, 2024 at 4:38 am Reply
CS: Hope you guys enjoy that clunky “Ukrainian Hall Fundraiser for Ukraine” phrase, because we’ll be seeing it verbatim several times over the next week and a half. This little habit isn’t exactly one of my least favorite aspects about Tom Batiuk’s writing – the competition is far too stiff – but it is one of the strangest.
Banana Jr. 6000
May 10th, 2024 at 4:50 am Reply
A Dinkle concert for Ukraine? Haven’t they suffered enough?
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Charterstoned
May 10th, 2024 at 4:32 am Reply
MW: GAAK!! Wilbur is holding his sammich in one hand, so that must mean he’s using the other hand to embrace his solitude…! (Is THAT what they’re calling it these days?)
Note to Sid: It looks like Willa and Stellan like to watch. Ew.
Liam
May 10th, 2024 at 4:36 am Reply
MW-Wilbur has issues that needs help beyond Mary’s muffins and platitudes.
Little Guy
May 10th, 2024 at 5:07 am Reply
MW: Time for Extrovert Mary to barge in with her muffins and demand that Wilbur join the rest of humanity, over humanity’s objections.
Daisy
May 10th, 2024 at 6:48 am Reply
MW: Wilbur is elated that his new-found psychic powers have virtually eliminated all life on earth, having sent *everyone* into the cornfield. He’s keeping his beloved fish, however, as they will never disappoint him.
Hibbleton
May 10th, 2024 at 5:12 am Reply
B. Bailey: Must be a dinner theater. Why else would their chairs be on the same side of the table. I must admit though, a military themed, all-male version of Lysistrata does sound interesting.
Ettorre
May 10th, 2024 at 5:37 am Reply
Sarge is lucky they never send Camp Swampy to war, because for this kind of bullshit he would be fragged
Sarge is contemptuous of the soft modern army and he has decided to die as the great warriors of old: by dysentery
Special Scrotal Awards to the Best No. 69 and Beyond of the Week
69. Baja Gaijin
May 4th, 2024 at 8:45 am Reply
Dustin: Dustmom was in the mood for a bj until Dustdad opened his stupid mouth, closing hers.
69. None of the above
May 5th, 2024 at 7:01 am Reply
MW: So much wrong going on here. Don’t people usually get the check when they are finished with their meal? Wilbur still have a bowl full of glop in front of him, and there’s no way he doesn’t finish his meals. And when the woman who now desperately wishes she was Kristy leaves, Wilburn is still chowing down. Perhaps he forgot his credit card in his new pants, but did not forget a spare sandwich. I wish the waiter and not-Kristy were standing closer so the tray of drinks could fall on Wilbur’s head. Wilbur really blew a sure thing here, not-Kristy was ready to hop in the sack with her online date, and when that didn’t work picked the next guy in sight. I can only hope that Mary is watching all this play out from another table with great disdain. Jeff would be glad he wasn’t the one not-Kristy ran into, since he’s only into Mary and young Asian boys.
169. Just John
May 5th, 2024 at 3:18 pm Reply
@Jeffmcm: Today’s Mary Worth is full of mixed messages
Only if you never heard of the Incel subculture. Why Karen Moy has embraced the idea that women out there are routinely and casually throwing themselves sexually at undeserving men, but ignoring or in many cases overtly shunning well-meaning if slightly unattractive candidates, is a mystery that only Moy herself can probably answer.
69. TheDiva
May 6th, 2024 at 7:23 am Reply
C’shaft: Ha-ha, remember “#MeToo,” a movement which called attention to the prevalent yet unacknowledged culture of sexual harassment and assault women of every demographic were exposed to on a disturbingly regular basis? Wouldn’t that make a great punchline for a comic where Lillian mistakenly thinks Harry is hitting on her? (Seriously, though, Harry has 100% made inappropriate comments to at least one member of this choir. My money’s on the dark-haired girl in the hoodie.)
Special Scrotal Awards to the Best No. 69 and Beyond of the Week
69. Baja Gaijin
May 7th, 2024 at 7:08 am Reply
Crankshaft: Loathsome Lil has some cheek thinking any man would have any interest in her dried up wrinkly leathery lady bits. I mean, other than as a substitute for saltpeter.
69. Needless Exposition
May 8th, 2024 at 7:02 am Reply
I imagine Karen Moy is praising herself for knowing what “voicemail” is while at the same time, Wilbur’s phone is making the same sound that a traditional phone would make. “See, I keep up with the times! I’m up to date on modern technology! Now who wants to go rent ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ at Blockbuster?”
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69.
Dean Vernon WormerSequiturMay 9th, 2024 at 7:55 am Reply
The Family Circus Spanish to English.
“Okay, P.J. This is a great time to dress Daddy like a clown. He HATES clowns.”
69. Baja Gaijin
May 10th, 2024 at 6:53 am Reply
Mary Worth: Of course Wilbur is feeling pretty good: earlier in the day his Amazon order arrived, an Orgasmatron 3000.
Hey, congrats on COTW, pugfuggly! HILARIOUS! Thanks for the mentions, Josh, Baja, and Scratchy–I got a 3-fer on that one comment. Woot woot!
Thanks Josh, Baja and Scratchy. I am particularly proud of getting in with a Saturday comment, a rare thing!
Thanks for the mentions, Scratchy!
Congrats to pugfuggly for the weekly COTW! (Hmm. I guess the W in COTW indicates it’s weekly.)
And thanks to
BanjoAverseScratchy for the mention!Cograts to pugfuggly, everyone on the float and shadowfloat, and my fellow scratchies! Broon Croons to jroggs, Charterstoned, and Handsome Harry Backstayge, Idol of a Million Other Women!
It’s been a fantastic week for comments and congrats to pugfuggly for the COTW. And many thanks to Scratchy for all the mentions.
Congrats to pugfuggly and the floaters and thanks, Baja and Scratchy!
@Horace Broon: LOVE the Broon Croon! Thanks!
Thanks, Baja and Scratchy!
Thankee, Scratchy!
Thanks to Josh (and Baja and Scratchy) for the mentions, and congrats to a particularly strong bunch of COTWs this week!
As soon as I posted that Tina’s Groove comment, I took another look at the comic and my heart sank, because I knew then that Josh would feature it. Not because it’s amazingly funny or anything, but because Josh inerrantly always picks my comments that have embarrassing typos and oversights. On that day, I was bold enough to assert that the woman who is directly referred to as Tina may in fact be Tina. Can’t get anything past me.
Applause for all the funny comments and more applause for the selectors and judges thereof. *clapping*
Thanks, Scratchy.
Thanks for the mentions!
Congratulations to pugfuggly and the rest of the folks on the float, as well as the shadow-ies (thanks, Baja) and scratchies. Had a weird schedule this week but I’ll be around more next week.
Runner-up? (Dilemma: Try harder, or retire at what is likely be my peak?)
Thanx Josh, Scratchy, and Baja.
Thanks, Baja and Scratchy!
Oh wow, didn’t see this until this morning…!
Thanks to Josh and congrats to the rest if the floaters
Thank you, Baja and Scratchy!