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I couldn't understand how these four sentences could constitute a joke, or even a coherent series of statements, until I suddenly solved the puzzle: you're supposed to read the panels in reverse order! Check it out: 'Some opinions are but a grain of sand on the beach. However, in the grand scheme of things… I think everyone is entitled to speak their minds… and that's the way I think we should run this country!' Now all of a sudden there is a logical order of thought -- initial observation, followed by counterpoint, clarification, and conclusion/call to action. The 'joke' is that Herbert is literally experiencing life backwards, yet he has a forward-thinking perspective on the social contract.

—Franklin Delano Loafing
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Incomprehensible prehistoric Bizarro-world presidential race continues

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B.C., 10/20/04

OK, so I keep trying to make sense out of the continuing B.C. presidential race and keep failing. Is it just “ha ha, politicians are stupid and/or funny?” Or is it supposed to be a metaphor for ours? Obviously the current candidate who most fits the “linguistically challenged” category is Bush; so is this an attempt to link Kerry with “elitist grammarians,” possibly the most hated group in America today? Does the interrobang represent Kerry’s oft-mention flip-flopping ways? Or … or … what the hell?

Still got all those birds in the background, though. B.C.’s always got the background birds covered.

Not to sound like a despised elitist grammarian myself, but I defy anyone to explain the punctuation in the second panel to me — particularly the ellipsis and the em dash.

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Metapost: You gotta know when to hold ’em

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Earlier today, IRTCSYDHT was subjected to a puzzling series of posts touting the quality of a particular Web site’s online Texas Hold ‘Em tournament matches. While this information may be interesting to some, I deemed it to be non-comic-related and therefore purged it. I also changed some of the settings of the blog so that, if a comment contains certain suspect phrases, it goes into a queue that I have to moderate, which, since I have no life and spend much of my day in front of the computer, I will do in fairly short order. So what I’m saying is, if you try to post a comment and it doesn’t appear right away, particularly if it contains words or phrases like “Texas” or “Hold ‘Em” or “Texas Hold ‘Em” or “OH MY GOD I HAD SEX WITH MY DOG,” don’t panic: if it’s legit, it’ll show up soon.

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Four one-sentence observations about Tuesday’s comics section

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Momma, 10/19/04

Momma’s so hepped up on soothing laudanum, she doesn’t even notice that she’s talking to one of those freaky Easter Island heads.

Luann, 10/19/04

Luann’s gonna get lucky!

One Big Happy, 10/19/04

This is so vile as to defy comment.

Mary Worth, 10/19/04

Tommy has long proved that he’s the master of the thought balloon, but here he takes it to a whole new level.