April 27, 2019April 27, 2019 by CIDU Bill Saturday Morning Ewww – April 27,2019 Ewww, LOL Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, Dave Whamond, humor, Mark Parisi, Off the Mark, Reality Check, Zits 15 Comments Submitted by Andréa I’m also giving this one an LOL tag Related
Does Jeremy know that bulimia is not a safe weight-loss program? Is this leading up to a “very special strip”? LikeLike
Aha, I didn’t really get the Off The Mark until seeing it here. I missed the point that the birds too are doing the “bring your children to work” activity. LikeLike
It’s not quite fair to compare comics to movies, but Angela Lansbury did a better version of the “loose vowels” gag in the first “Nanny McPhee” film (it’s at the end of the clip). LikeLike
Speaking of Steve Martin, did you see where he did some joke-writing collaboration with Harry Bliss, for the latter to use in his cartoons? LikeLike
Why is the guy dropping an “O”? The “U” is from “VOCAB-LARY”. The “A” is from “H-S”. And the “E” from “LAT-LY”. Where is the “O” from? LikeLike
Random thought: The Vowels To Bosnia story from “The Onion”. (1990s, IIRC) https://www.ling.upenn.edu/~beatrice/humor/clinton-deploys-vowels.html LikeLike
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Does Jeremy know that bulimia is not a safe weight-loss program? Is this leading up to a “very special strip”?
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Pointy birds, pointy pointy.
Anoint my head, anointy nointy.
Steve Martin, I believe.
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She’s not binging and purging; she’s just losing her appetite.
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Aha, I didn’t really get the Off The Mark until seeing it here. I missed the point that the birds too are doing the “bring your children to work” activity.
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A better way to lose weight:
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Theme o’ the week – Bird Poop!
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It’s not quite fair to compare comics to movies, but Angela Lansbury did a better version of the “loose vowels” gag in the first “Nanny McPhee” film (it’s at the end of the clip).
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Speaking of Steve Martin, did you see where he did some joke-writing collaboration with Harry Bliss, for the latter to use in his cartoons?
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“Irritable vowel syndrome” seems to be a popular pun for comics as well.
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There’s also this close hit:
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Well, owl be darned…
Shouldn’t that one be banished to the Arlo Page? :-)
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Why is the guy dropping an “O”? The “U” is from “VOCAB-LARY”. The “A” is from “H-S”. And the “E” from “LAT-LY”. Where is the “O” from?
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@woozy maybe he lost it in the unseen “hello” exchange.
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Random thought: The Vowels To Bosnia story from “The Onion”. (1990s, IIRC)
https://www.ling.upenn.edu/~beatrice/humor/clinton-deploys-vowels.html
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I do remember “Operation Vowel Storm”: it was hilarious.
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