Mood swing Sunday
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Pluggers, 6/28/26
Oh, did you need Moses to commune with YHWH atop Mt. Horeb and bring down a commandment about it before you knew that you have to remember the sabbath day and keep it holy? Well, pluggers just kind of know to do that, like, instinctively. Maybe even biologically. When God says He’s making man in “His image,” maybe He meant a hideous beast-man, actually, you ever think about that?
Judge Parker, 6/28/26
Yeah, so, Sophie, what you are experiencing is not so much jet lag as what we in the biz call a “manic episode.” Not sure Norwegian coffee will help! Unless it’s the opposite of caffeinated? Like, not decaf, but way way past that into negative caf. Anyway, good luck!
30 replies to “Mood swing Sunday”
Mary Worth Mashup: I think I’m not the only one who agrees with the added final panel.
Rex Morgan Mashup: This mashup has the Poteet Seal of Approval.
Garfield Mashup: I couldn’t help it.
I’m always relieved when 9 Chickweed Lane leaves out the black plate so I don’t have to read it.
Dustin-“Your lips usually move when you read.”
MW-Don’t do it, Dawn. The muffins and lemonade are drugged.
RMMD-“Do you think they are Mae Mae and Mud Mountain?”
FC-Bill wants advice on how to alter one of his dad’s old comics.
@Uncle Lumpy: I’m always relieved when I don’t look up 9 Chickweed Lane online, so I don’t have to read it.
Pluggers:
Of course, (a) a plugger probably doesn’t know what day of the week it is, anyway and (b) any day is a day of rest for a plugger.
JP: Sophie can’t brew “Norwegian Coffee” in the good old USA because …tariffs have cut off the supply of Norwegian coffee makers? You’d think someone as world-weary as her would have heard of temu.
Pluggers: So, when bears hibernate do they…I don’t know…hibernate extra hard on Sundays?
Pluggers: Dipsomaniac Sabbath.
Speaking of Judge Parker, head over to the landing page on Comics Kingdom (https://comicskingdom.com/judge-parker) and see if you agree that it’s a very… unfortunate clip of that throwaway panel.
Pluggers don’t go to church on Sunday mornings anymore. In fact, their only involvement with organized religion these days is trying to establish bible studies in public schools.
I thought that Sunday was the day that God created light, and that Saturday was the day of rest.
JP:
“Soph, you’re up already?”
“No, this is an AI-generated image of myself.”
“You know, for almost the past ten years, you can pretty much count on our strip to present some kind of dialogue that is smart-alecky or off-kilter each and every day. I’m not quite sure what constituency the writer is aiming for with that — maybe the ’80s ‘television sitcom with kids in it’-watching crowd, where in each and every show, the kids were smarter than their parents and made lippy comments to prove it?”
Pluggers don’t need a reminder that Sunday is a day of rest because they’re all days of rest now, until that fateful day when they take their biggest ‘rest’ yet!
JP: Fun fact: Scandinavian countries have the highest per capita consumption of coffee in world! Having stayed in Norway for a period, though, I can tell you that it is more of a means to an end — i.e. a source of caffeine to keep you awake during those long dark winters — and not part of gastronomic culture. So maybe Sophie’s question is less ‘How can I capture the flavors I experiences in that seaside village?’ and more ‘Why does this take so long? I could have had three more cups while I was waiting for this one to brew!’
JP: I once had a girl
Or should I say, she once had some convoluted adventures with the CIA that no-one could understand?
She showed me her room
“Isn’t it good, Norwegian coffee?”
She asked me to stay
And she told me to sit anywhere
So I looked around
And I noticed there was an enormous breakfast nook the size of a small truck
I sat on the rug
Biding my time, drinking her coffee
We talked until three
And then she said, “It’s time to clean the kitchen”
She told me she didn’t work in the morning
And started to laugh
I told her I did
And crawled off to sleep in my gown
And when I awoke
I was alone, this bird was cleaning the stable
So I lit a fire
Isn’t it good, Norwegian coffee?
Pluggers:
You’re a plugger when you think that a green pattern armchair with a pink throw pillow against a blue wall, illuminated by a lamp with a polka-dot base and a white shade, is the epitome of interior design fashion.
JP:
“Abbey, are we the only house in the United States where the breakfast nook has a banquette that makes it look as if being in the kitchen is like sitting in a diner?”
Wrecks Moregone:
“Yes, they’re those entitled Morgans who think everyone should give them money. You know, the ones whose negligence wrecked Mum’s health and forced us to try and earn money by pretending to play music in the street.”
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Wary Morth:
Dusk could improve herself no end by throttling Mary before another platitude emerges from her mouth.
Norwegian coffee might sound like a non-sequitur, but actually the Nordic countries consume a lot of coffee and, as an Italian, I find that they are one of the few peoples who can claim to do good coffee. I approve Sophie becoming one of those former expats celebrating the country they spent some months in. Next thing, celebrating the Nordic welfare state and the public property of natural resources
@Baja Gaijin:
Anyone murdering Mary by slamming her into a wall of muffins needs an award from the judge and jury.
JP:
“When I was there, Abbey, I would consume recreational cannabis and learn Norwegian words while thus relaxed!”
“Really? Give me an example of a word you learned.”
” ‘Ville.’ ”
“What is that word, and what is its English counterpart?”
“Norwegian ‘would’ !”
Crankshaft : …this better not be the note this storyline ends on.
See, it’s because I feel that then, this finale is unearned… and I want to say selfish?
Harry Dinkle forgives his dad simply because he read “When I play music, I feel like I’m the World’s Greatest Band Leader” in his journal? And then, he decides to play that one song he never got to play while he’s all alone at home? So no one else hears it? And also it’s a song meant for an entire ensemble, but he only plays his father’s part (meaning he doesn’t actually get the full song and what it’s supposed to REALLY sound like)?
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Luann : We’re meant to think Luann is an idiot, and not that’s she’s correct to tell her mom “Your inability to shop in the modern world is a skill issue”?
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Pluggers : Josh, I think you’re wrong, in that the horrible Bear-Man abomination ISN’T using his day of rest to glorify God. In fact, he is resting in a secular, PROFANE way. He’s committing the Sin of Sloth. “Pluggers use Scripture to disguise their Wicked Ways as Godliness”.
JP To make up for the lack of good strong Norwegian coffee Abby has laced her coffee with methamphetamines. Let’s see if anyone spots the difference!
MW: Speaking for myself, it would be a blessed relief if someone would make a horrendously bad decision, wreak havoc and ruin their life about now.
RMMD: If you think they’re the world’s biggest buzz kill and her spawn, then, yes.
JP Sophie is so desperate for coffee that she’s gnawing on the mug. That’s not where the caffeine is!
CS Welp, guessing this is it. Is playing the piece supposed to mean he’s now at peace with his dad? An no coherent wrapup even to what happened at the Starlight let alone the timeline of success/failure/(death?). Back to the never-ending comics interview on Monday…
RMMD Interesting that June thinks it’s important to call out the “scam” of pretending to play an instrument while begging and isn’t questioning the girls’ need for funds noted on their sign. If you really think they’re in need, why not give some $ or ask if the medical issue could be dealt with at the clinic?
MW A new fad for skinny lemonade glasses or the art got squashed horizontally a bit in the second row on comicskingdom?
Pluggers: I was going to make a Black (bear) Sabbath joke.
But Andy Bear is a grizzly(?)
Now my entire day is thrown off course… thanks Pluggers.
MW: Mary’s zucchini muffins, by default, are
not as goodworse than her other muffins. (“Good”, even in the negative, doesn’t belong in a sentence with “Mary’s muffins”.)Arlo & Janis move like people who have done some youthful dancing, but better than Pluggers do, somehow.
Slylock Fox: This detecting gag only works if there’s something, anything, telling us what NYC time is right now. No point in showing the wristwatch otherwise. But noooo, they had to demonstrate they know where Tiffany’s, Fortunoff, and Bergdorf Goodman are. (Did you guess Fifth Avenue? You’re right! Ask Mom and Dad if you can take a family trip there!)
Crankshaft: I have very little ability to sight-read music. Can someone tell me if this is any good?
@CanuckDownSouth: The Batton interviews seems to be Batiuk’s alternate towards “Praise Mary Worth for doing absolutely nothing at the end of every arc”
Except somehow MORE obnoxious and irritating.
Don Abundio, translated:
“It’s that guy at the next table”
“Him again?”
“Could you please tell him I’m not here?”
B. Bailey: If there’s one thing Miss Buxley is famous for, it’s her deep fried popsicle chicken.
Blondie puts an end to Dagwood’s latest example of stimming as quickly as it starts.
Pluggers aren’t Seventh-Day Adventists, apparently.
C’shaft: This is supposed to be the great lost masterpiece of Larry Dinkle? It’s giving major “lesser entry in the hymnal that never gets used in service because the melody is just off-kilter enough to confuse the parishioners” vibes.
DT: I guess if I were writing a couple nerds/hackers and wanted to give them thematically appropriate names but I knew nothing about hacking and very little about computer/nerd culture in general, “Widescreen” and “Lootbox” would be the kind of names I’d come up with.
Luann: 1.) A lot of places don’t accept checks any more; “cash or credit” would be the default question. 2.) Nobody asks for ID unless you’re buying cigarettes or alcohol. None of the deGroots smoke, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Nancy has stashed away a bottle or two to deal with her idiot family. 3.) Luann is presumed to take place in California, where plastic isn’t even an option any more–it’s paper or bring your own. 4.) Nancy is portrayed as more than a little on the frugal and/or anal side–she would have brought her own bags, only shop at a place where she has membership discounts, and know exactly how many of each item she needs to get a discount. 5.) The last four statements are on the card reader; the cashier wouldn’t say them. 6.) I may be nitpicky, but Nancy is straight-up inventing things to complain about and that always drives me nuts.