by zbicyclist

Saturday Morning OYs July 18, 2026

Mitch4 sends this in: “Somewhat disappointing that at the end he seems to give up at disguising the names when he just outright names the presidential libraries.”

I’m missing whatever’s hidden in “I’m just saying I’m going to forbid encampment anyways ’til this is done.” The phrasing seems Taylor-made for having some president hiding.

Mitch4 sends this in: “A spelling-based pun, with the extra step that a ringing telephone doesn’t actually emit the word “RING”.”

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  1. Unknown's avatar

    For the presidents, I get Johnson, Arthur, Cleveland, Wilson, Bush, Ford, Lincoln, Pierce, Jackson, Garfield, Reagan, Polk, Obama, Grant, Trump, Hoover, Fillmore, Washington, McKinley, Madison, Biden, Nixon, Clinton, Coolidge, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Carter, Truman.

    Maybe Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Carter should not count, since they were not hidden. However, note that Johnson and Bush each name two different presidents and that Cleveland and Trump each were elected to nonconsecutive terms (e.g., Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president).

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  4. Unknown's avatar

    OK, is the answer to the Mythtickle supposed to be easy? I’m not getting it yet…

    Supposing this is meant in the style of cryptic crosswords, I’ve tried understanding “post” (and maybe “over”) as positioning hints; but I don’t get anywhere with that.

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  6. Unknown's avatar

    Based on the date of the BC comic, I assumed the snake became a tangled up telephone cord before the RING/WRING pun hit me. #alertedgeezer

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  7. Unknown's avatar

    I think the joke in Pearls Before Swine is that he just gives up and starts listing presidential libraries. It’s something of a fourth-wall-breaking device: “We all know what’s going on here by now, so watch me be ridiculous with it.”

    Surprised he didn’t go with 31 presidents as the number hidden, however, since both Bush and Roosevelt get a double hit.

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