According to this article in The Guardian, ” In the US, 44% of new year resolutions last two to three months; only 6% last a year..”
About 40% of Americans make resolutions, but this varies by age. Younger adults (59% of those ages 18 to 34 versus 19% of those older than 55), which I would ascribe to the optimism of youth versus the resignation of those whose past resolutions haven’t really improved their fitness or finances.
Jack Applin sends:
He asks, “Is the carrot implying that he eats only carrots, and that the donut eats only donuts? So Billy is a cannibal? Or, does Billy only eat other Billys? Why would either of those possibilities bother a talking carrot who is a cannibal himself?”
Boise Ed suggested this venerable “For Better or for Worse” strip (from 1993), commenting: “This one really warmed the cockles of my heart (and I have no idea where that idiom came from).“
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P.S. Ed didn’t give it a category, he called it “just sweet“, so I’ve added an “Awww” tag.
The New York Times has a Flashback quiz, which asks you to place 8 historical events in chronological order. The New Yorker has now started Laugh Lines, in which you are asked to put some New Yorker cartoons in chronological order. Here’s one:
https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/laugh-lines/no-2
I haven’t tested to what extent these are available to non-subscribers. The cartoon version would seem impossible, but there’s usually a clue to some event (e.g. the word “Obama”).
This one popped up at the end when I finished:
And now a few more Christmas LOL’s / Awws:
Danny Boy send this cutie in: “The pets’ fondness for a “little pink sock” is a running trope. But then the pairing of sock/stocking is I guess “the joke””
And a few holiday entries:
More website ineptitude from GoComics. Make up your own ending. The complete caption (found same day in other places) is at the bottom of this post.
Mark H. and Boise Ed send in another Frazz as a double OY from December 26 (important to understanding the pun): “The first oy is subtle, and depends on your understanding of the English.”
Full caption from the Jim Benton Cartoon:
” I think I’ve fallen in love with you.
Unless that’s not cupid and I’ve just been
shot by a little naked guy.”
It’s an odd choice to have that cartoon appear on December 25, Christmas Day.
What’s that magenta thing? If the coloring was orange, I’d think it was a cat snuggled in the box, as cats are wont to do. But there are no magenta cats.
This is a Sunday comic, so it comes with added identification. I see steps. I see a chef. I see a chicken. I don’t see a joke I understand.
Boise Ed notes: “Maeve can’t give it to Emma because Emma would love it? That makes no sense at all to me, possibly because I’m male.”
This one’s not a CIDU, but a Christmas Eve Geezer Alert sent in by Dan Sachs.
Some comics feature both tea and coffee, usually preferring the latter, but this comic from a 1902 issue of “Punch” is notable for its impartiality:
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The passenger’s statement (“Look here, Steward, if this is Coffee, I want Tea; but if this is Tea, then I wish for Coffee”) has been (incorrectly) attributed to a number of people (such as Abraham Lincoln), but it remains unclear who said it first, or whether it was merely composed as a fictional anecdote.
Herman is confronted with an alternative solution:
Buni seems to depict the usual attitude of coffee drinkers towards tea.
Ditto Adam@Home:
Horace has made it clear (multiple times) that he definitely prefers coffee:
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It’s hard to say which one it easier to prepare (if you care about doing it well):
Sometimes it doesn’t matter, when it’s just for the caffeine:
Each drink has its own particular traditions.
Jack Applin submitted this “Edison Lee” last year as a CIDU, but Comics Kingdom refused to produce it, until I remembered to change the URL from the old “.net” to the new “.com” address. Ooops.
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Jack commented: “Sure, the Rankin/Bass special. But what’s this about a finger in a nose? It wouldn’t BE in the special, if he were edited out.”
The humor is mostly just slapstick, but “nose” is probably a reference to the line in “The Night Before Christmas” (and the elf just messed up while “…laying his finger aside of his nose“).
Speechless Santa. Fill in your own dialogue. (GoComics posting error on 12/15. It’s clearly a GoComics error, because Arcamax shows the dialogue. GoComics corrected the error a day later.) It’s oddly meta, because panel 3 in the actual dialogue accuses Santa of not keeping up with the latest technology.
Steve B. sends this in. “Thought this was clever. Not sure everyone will get this if they don’t pay attention to the news.”
Mark H. send this in, noting “It took me a while”.
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