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    totally2183f25f58 on Egging Them OnSeptember 30, 2026

    Does the hard-boiled part have anything to do with the gag? It seems like that would hurt a lot more…

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    billytheskink on Egging Them OnSeptember 30, 2026

    The egg gag is outdated, but I think the spike in egg prices was such a memorable economic event that…

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    Mitch4 on A week joke at bestSeptember 30, 2026

    See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Fixed_Calendar . "Though it was never officially adopted at the country level, the entrepreneur George Eastman instituted its use…

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    Atanwat on Egging Them OnSeptember 30, 2026

    Bill always imposed a very high standard for "synchronicity"; it had to be more than just both comics mentioning the…

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    Dirk the Daring on DinoSeptember 29, 2026

    Well there is this song... https: // rickandmorty dot fandom dot com/wiki/Jesus_Was_a_Dinosaur

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June 12, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Something I’ve been wondering about Mutt and Jeff…

  • (Not a Cidu), Bill Bickel
  • comic strips, comics, humor, Mutt and Jeff
  • 18 Comments

you don't say

Were jokes like this new when they appeared in the strip, or were they already old chestnuts?

June 5, 2019 by CIDU Bill

I assume he meant “comic strip characters”?

  • (Not a Cidu), Bill Bickel
  • comic strips, comics, humor, Mickey Mouse, Wayno, YouTube
  • 16 Comments

lary

Because a cartoon character who doesn’t speak would be more like this:

May 28, 2019May 29, 2019 by CIDU Bill

BOOM (Personal synchronicity)

  • (Not a Cidu), Bill Bickel, Synchronicity
  • Arlo and Janis, comic strips, comics, humor, Jimmy Johnson
  • 22 Comments

boom.png

I read this just as the sky was lighting up for about the tenth time over the past thirty seconds. I’ve hardly ever seen this sort of wrath-of-God weather.

Followed a couple of minutes later by my phone lighting up with TORNADO WARNING! TAKE SHELTER NOW!

(We don’t get tornadoes in New Jersey)

May 28, 2019May 27, 2019 by CIDU Bill

And next, maybe we’ll vote on whether Han shot first

  • (Not a Cidu), Bill Bickel
  • Bea Arthur, comic strips, comics, Francesco Marciuliano, humor, Sally Forth, Star Wars
  • 34 Comments

Yesterday, Francesco Marciuliano posted that a Utah newspaper objected to the first comic (the color one), so he had to rewrite the middle panel just for them.

Maybe it’s just me, but… while I like both versions, I think the second one is funnier.

Your thoughts?

Bea.JPG

May 27, 2019May 27, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Cervelle de veau. Just saying.

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  • (Not a Cidu), Bill Bickel
  • Betty, comic strips, comics, food, humor
  • 25 Comments

cervelle de veau.gif

May 27, 2019May 23, 2026 by CIDU Bill

Memorial Day

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  • (Not a Cidu), Bill Bickel, Memorial Day
  • comic strips, comics, Wizard of Id
  • 34 Comments

memorial day 3

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Patio

  • (Not a Cidu), Bill Bickel
  • comic strips, comics, Francesco Marciuliano, humor
  • 16 Comments

patio.gif

I assumed this storyline existed because an accident actually took out Ces’s patio — but surely he doesn’t live in a universe where a contractor will do work without payment up-front.

May 17, 2019 by CIDU Bill

At this point, of course, Jeremy is thinking “The @$!# Squirrel Must Die!”

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  • (Not a Cidu), Bill Bickel, The @$!# Squirrel Must Die!
  • comic strips, comics, humor, Zits
  • 18 Comments

jeremy squirrel

May 13, 2019May 12, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Is this the first time a human’s heard Grimm speak?

  • (Not a Cidu), Bill Bickel
  • anthropomorphism, comic strips, comics, Dogs, humor, Mike Peters, Mother Goose and Grimm
  • 8 Comments

grimm speak

I guess it’s always been ambiguous whether Ma Goose can understand him.

May 12, 2019May 12, 2019 by CIDU Bill

I’d suspect Jimmy of spying on us, except my wife doesn’t know how to whistle

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  • (Not a Cidu), Bill Bickel
  • Arlo and Janis, comic strips, comics, humor, Jimmy Johnson
  • 11 Comments

whistle

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