June 19, 2026June 17, 2026 by zbicyclist Days of Our Lives CIDU Brevity, Dan Thompson 9 Comments Probably missing some weak pun here. Related
Missing month as a technicality to deny a refund? “Well, ackchually August does come after June so it is not defective” There is a pun: ‘Marie’s Calendar Shop’ with the regional Marie Callender’s restaurant chain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Callender%27s LikeLiked by 1 person
I think Lisah’s got it! (Or maybe a slight variant using “You lie” to pick up the earlier vowel sound in “July”.) LikeLike
‘That’s a lie, and you know it!’ As I’ve noted before, ‘Brevity’ shows up a lot in the ‘CIDU’ category. Maybe it should just be considered ‘a bad daily panel’, and retired from consideration? LikeLike
What puzzles me about this one is the “as we all know it does” part. BTW, Brevity is not always bad. (But sometimes it really is.) LikeLiked by 1 person
Ed, I think that part of the line is just the salesman (or rather, complaints desk guy) trying to get the customer on board with his excuse story. LikeLike
I wonder where Brevity ranks in brevity among single panel comics. My guess is that it is more verbose than average. LikeLiked by 2 people
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Missing month as a technicality to deny a refund? “Well, ackchually August does come after June so it is not defective”
There is a pun: ‘Marie’s Calendar Shop’ with the regional Marie Callender’s restaurant chain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Callender%27s
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That’s a lie! :-)
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I think Lisah’s got it! (Or maybe a slight variant using “You lie” to pick up the earlier vowel sound in “July”.)
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‘That’s a lie, and you know it!’
As I’ve noted before, ‘Brevity’ shows up a lot in the ‘CIDU’ category. Maybe it should just be considered ‘a bad daily panel’, and retired from consideration?
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Marie Calendar also has a frozen food line that likely is available nationwide.
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Marie *Callender
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What puzzles me about this one is the “as we all know it does” part.
BTW, Brevity is not always bad. (But sometimes it really is.)
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Ed, I think that part of the line is just the salesman (or rather, complaints desk guy) trying to get the customer on board with his excuse story.
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I wonder where Brevity ranks in brevity among single panel comics. My guess is that it is more verbose than average.
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