This first one is more of an Ewww than an OY:
P.S. The weather this summer has been exceptional for snails and slugs; every few days I can go into the back yard and collect a dozen (or even a score) of the gross things.
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This is only the third time that the Keane’s “Family Circus” has appeared at CIDU (not counting a few mashups and tangential references).
A Comic I didn’t understand the first three times I saw it. I wasn’t puzzled, just mistaken.
I thought the point was just in the dog choosing to ignore the request (command) and pursue different interests.
This atrocious B.C. pun appeared just in time for the opening ceremonies:
Tolkien wrote that the Elves made three rings, the Dwarves were given seven rings, and Sauron made nine rings to entrap the Nazgul, but where do the five rings fit into the story?
Comics I Don't Understand 
The dog heard it as (or will claim to have heard it as) “Sketch!”.
5 rings is the logo for the Olympics which is in Paris this time. They’re going to be very late.
i’m shocked that in middle earth, sauron’s lawyers were weaker than the olympic committee’s copy- and trade-mark lawyers
@ lolainpa (2) – I think they can depend on Gwaihir and Deus Ex Machina Airlines to pick them up and deliver them on schedule.
The “Romeo” use I recall from a series of mystery books.
Apparently Tolkien tried various versions of ring distribution – a couple mentioned giving some to “mortal men”, though oddly none of the versions mention five rings (one has 12).
https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Ring_Verse
The one with the astronaut in the kitchen reminds one of a recent Oy featuring an astronaut at a piano bar, with label “Space Bar”.
@ Dana K (7) – It was just six weeks ago, but to save everyone the effort of searching, here it is again:
Ah, thanks, that makes the pun make more sense!
FWIW, “whelmed” and “overwhelmed” basically mean the same thing.
The five rings are between the geese a-laying and the calling birds.
Re: Kliban – Today’s Non-Sequitur has a relevant lesson in basic physics: