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.
A Cat of a Different Color?
Author / zbicyclist
Herbert Hoover’s Recipe?
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.
Choosy?
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.
Take a Liking to a Viking
RR sends this in, saying they are genuinely stumped.
The problem with an explanation that they are afraid of spiders is that spiders would naturally be all over ships of this era, along with various other vermin. So is there another joke we’re missing here?
What’s the Password?
Mark H. sends this one in: “It’s clear that this protects passwords from others, since she neither writes them down nor remembers them. But it would seem like they are also protected from her, hence useless. Maybe she has to use the “forgot password” routine each time, and so the password is never the same?”
According to NordPass, the most common passwords are still the most useless ones:
The same day Mark H. sent that in, there were two other password comics in my feed. These aren’t really synchronicities, because the jokes are all different, but why not pretend it’s National Password Day? (That’s actually the first Thursday in May.)
I worked at a company where every few weeks, a new 7 letter password would be automatically randomly generated for you. Well, maybe randomly. A colleague had gotten into a tiff with the head of IT, and his next password ended with 3 letters of his first name. The first 4 letters were an expression not allowed on vanity license plates. He was convinced there was nothing “random” about it. And, knowing the head of IT as I did, I’d bet he was right.
Bonus: A Holiday Message from Robin Bickel
Robin Bickel provides this holiday update from the Bickel clan. For those of you who are newer readers, or may just want a refresher about Bill, who founded this site, can find it here.
I hope everyone at CIDU is doing well.
Here’s an update on the always entertaining Bickel clan.
Zak is now in charge of all the visual planning for the NY Times business section and does all the hiring and layout for all the business section features. He just got a dog (his girlfriend talked him into it!) so we’ll see what happens with that!
Aaron and Mary Cate are now the proud parents of Hildegard Willa. She’ll be turning 1 at the end of February and she’s already smart and feisty! I’ve included a few photos of their recent trip to Tuscany. (Hildy has already been to Montreal, Portland Oregon, Berkely, Tuscany, Orlando, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey and New York! She is very well traveled and extremely good on airplanes.)
In between grandma time, I’ve been seeing a lot of theater in NYC – 30 pays this year and I’m already making plans for next year. In the spring, Aaron, Mary Cate, Hildy and I will be travelling to London and Scotland.
As always, I’d love to send everyone a holiday card, designed by that art director extraordinary, Zak! So send me your address and a card will wing it’s way to you [RobinBickel_AT_gmail.com]
Bill wasn’t fond of Dave Whamond‘s squirrel jokes in the corner of Reality Check, so I hope he would forgive me for posting this one. [editor, not Robin]
It’s not a Tuba
What’s the Idea Here?
Cool … as a Cucumber
Boise Ed sends this in: “Not only does not everyone say that, I’ve never heard anyone say that. What is it supposed to mean?”
We are not Amused
Danny Boy sends this in: “Does the guy for some reason think that Queen were unpaid?”
