
Why two police lines? What’s the significance of the stump? Is it significant that the bodies are at the same orientation?

Why two police lines? What’s the significance of the stump? Is it significant that the bodies are at the same orientation?

It’s a CIDU if you don’t understand a somewhat obscure reference.
Sheep sends in this one: “I think the bearded guy feels like a champion. But why does the marathon guy appear in his dream?”

The CIDU here is the relevance of panel 3. Is this a Tickle Me Elmo reference of some sort? That panel seems irrelevant to the joke. This was originally published in 2012.


The girl in this strip is about 10.
Thanks to Sue for suggesting and discussing this one. “Why is Gracie smoking??” she asks.


Americans by now should have received W-2s, 1099s and other notices of all the funds that have passed in or near our hands so we can prepare our 1040s with schedule A, B, C, D and so on. So here’s a few tax related LOLs.





Looking for a song to fit your romantic situation? Randall Munroe has the answer:

In the alt-text, Munroe notes The Pina Colada Song covers the entire space in the course of the song.
John Atkinson helps us understand some of the common vocabulary of Valentine’s Day.

They’re outside the zoo, and the turtle and the ?? are walking away. So?
