11 Comments

1. 

   I’m guessing Purell didn’t pay for product placement.

2. 

   Despite its size, that is actually the Death of Germs back there.

3. 

   Oops, missed the caption.

4. 

   Actually the Death of Germs could be worked it a funny joke given the right cartoonist. — a guy washes his hands, sees Death, panics, Death kills the germs instead….

5. 

   I wonder if the preponderance of grim reaper comics lately is a manifestation of the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon:

   https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/baader-meinhof-phenomenon.htm

6. 

   I just credit/blame Sir Terry [Pratchett] . . . with the millions of books he’s sold, everyone wants to get in on the popularity of the personification of DEATH.

7. 

   Now, of course, we’re all going to see the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon mentioned everywhere.

8. 

   I’m sure that if we do, we’ll mention it here. [I know *I* will.]

9. 

   Bill, you won’t have to go far…

   https://godaddyandthesquirrelmustbothdie.wordpress.com/2018/09/02/is-it-my-imagination/comment-page-1/#comment-10739

   https://godaddyandthesquirrelmustbothdie.wordpress.com/2018/10/17/personal-synchronicity-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-13922

10. 

    I had the exact same reaction as TreeSong.

11. 

    the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon – That’s what in high school we used to call “You only see what you know”.