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    jjmcgaffey on Egging Them OnSeptember 30, 2026

    Less messy? Egg bits but not egg goo all over everything. But if you're going to be childish enough to…

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    Brian in STL: on Egging Them OnSeptember 30, 2026

    Based on comments, many people didn't get the memo about egg prices coming down. I will say that they have…

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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    The egg gag is outdated, but I think the spike in egg prices was such a memorable economic event that…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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November 20, 2018November 20, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Christmas Card I Understand But Don’t Understand

  • (Not a Cidu), Bill Bickel, Christmas, OT
  • 10 Comments

too soon 1too soon 2

So… apparently now they’re making Christmas cards intended to be sent too early…

November 19, 2018November 19, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Doesn’t this suggest the same kids have been in her second (?) grade class year after year?

  • (Not a Cidu), Bill Bickel, Thanksgiving
  • comic strips, comics, Frazz, humor, Jef Mallett
  • 11 Comments

art project

Of course in our reality they all have been repeating the same grade since 2001 — but they’re not supposed to realize that.

November 19, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Um… Arlo got away with one here

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

old and fat.JPG

Janis asked about a hypothetical future in which she’s old and fat. “You’re as sexy as ever,” in the present tense, suggests she’s already there.

November 18, 2018November 17, 2018 by CIDU Bill

The Deathwatch Continues

  • (Not a Cidu)
  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Death, humor, Leigh Rubin, Rubes
  • 13 Comments

death leaves2

Seriously, we wouldn’t see Death more often lately if he starred in his own comic strip.

(drawn by Neil Gaiman, presumably)

November 16, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Maybe they’re showing him ads for decaf

  • Image
  • (Not a Cidu), Unaccountable Anger
  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Dave Whamond, Reality Check
  • 48 Comments

coffee

November 15, 2018November 15, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Georgia on His Mind

  • (Not a Cidu)
  • Art, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Georgia O'Keefe, humor, Liō, Mark Tatulli
  • 21 Comments

georgia

Yes, today’s the 121st anniversary of her birth, but still…

I just checked and saw I’d already mentioned the time at New York’s Whitney Museum when I convinced a couple of people that the original title of a particularly blatant O’Keefe painting was “Swear To God, It’s a Flower.”

November 13, 2018November 13, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Remember when I said that once I start really keeping track of the tons of Death comics, they’ll inevitably stop?

  • (Not a Cidu)
  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Death, humor, Rhymes With Orange, Rina Piccolo
  • 5 Comments

I was dead wrong.

venice

But for the record, Charon steers the boat down the Styx, not Death.

November 12, 2018November 12, 2018 by CIDU Bill

B.A.: The 11/11 11 question

  • (Not a Cidu), Bill Bickel, Veterans Day
  • 33 Comments

11

“Since this was addressed in a comic, I feel justified asking a question that’s always bothered me: was there a practical reason the war ended on 11/11 at precisely 11, or were the diplomats just being cute? And if it was the latter, did they really not understand it could end badly?”

November 6, 2018November 6, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Didn’t we go here last month?

  • Image
  • (Not a Cidu), Bill Bickel
  • comic strips, comics, humor, Perry Bible Fellowship, Robert Crumb
  • 8 Comments

truckin'.gif

November 4, 2018November 4, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Does anybody really care?

  • (Not a Cidu), Hey Geezers! Comics!
  • B.C., Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Daylight Saving Time, humor
  • 28 Comments

time

Or… is this purely a “changing back from DST confuses everybody” gag and not a Geezer reference at all?

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