This seems to be something cat owners indulge in. I had a tabby named Allegro Rondo Finale. What are yours?
And a P.S. for non-cat-fans:
Le Comte des Chats
Category / (Not a Cidu)
Valentine songs for all of us
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.
Another Bowl Movement
Nothing like a little expert post-game analysis to ease the pain of a sporting event hangover.
Lincoln’s Birthday
Abraham Lincoln was one of H.T. Webster‘s personal heroes, and today would have been his 215th birthday. Whenever an appropriate weekday series was scheduled for February 12th, Webster occasionally took the opportunity to draw a birthday tribute. This example (taken from “The Best of H.T. Webster“, page 253) originally appeared in 1919 (on what would have been Lincoln’s 110th birthday):
This video from the Smithsonian Magazine shows a couple of alternate designs that were proposed for the Lincoln Memorial, along with five surprising facts:
1) Lincoln was an accomplished wrestler; and …
2) … is the only President to hold a patent for his own invention;
3) … stored papers in his top hat;
4) … attended seances in the White House; and
5) … established the Secret Service.
Stupor Bowl LoL
This cartoon by Travor Spaulding was originally published in The New Yorker four years ago, but it is still appropriate for today:
Jeff Millar wrote, and Bill Hinds drew this Tank McNamara strip as part of a widespread tribute to Charles Schulz on 27-May-2000:
Coincidentally, this year’s event (LVIII) will be the first ever held in (or at least near) Las Vegas, Nevada.
Saturday Morning OYs – February 10th, 2024
An Awww:
Ooops, accidental repeat! This was already here in the OY list, when the Lard came along and triggered the Thursday quasi-synchronicity post. And we forgot to delete this occurrence.
There was a “Save the Naugas” movement! (Was that the Car Talk bros? Um, no, they were doing “Save the Skeets”.)
Here in the mid-South Side neighborhood around the University of Chicago, we think of this fabled pair as Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde-Park.
Thanks to Chemgal for sending in this Frazz, a good combo OY/LOL.
For what happens if you mix probiotics and antibiotics, see https://xkcd.com/2177/
Hey, what an interesting odd combo of meta and straight-up OY!
Bonus: Shared gripe!
Thanks to helpful tips from readers last time Comics Kingdom commenting came up, this time I was able to remark on this one: “So true! Burns me up when they do that!”.
OMG
No, it’s not an inexplicable synchronicity — this Wednesday was Periodic Table Day, as the Dave cartoon points out. Still, a pleasing convergence on the same choice of elements!
Brushiest
(Title is an anagram, left as an exercise for the readers)
Leigh Rubin has been on a roll lately, slipping almost-NSFW strips in:
Toomey had one, too
I’m marking these Arlo even though I’d suggest it’s arguable that they don’t need it.
Sunday Funnies – LOLs, February 4th, 2024
TBH, this Rae the Doe isn’t really a LOL; but it needed to go in a list-post as not fully justifying a standalone daily post or even a bonus. What’s special about it is that you don’t often see a genuinely informative infographic as panel or strip of a regular comic (that is, excluding those that purport to bring you facts every day). Also, the artist’s note is endearingly unassertive, as usual (yes, she does put in notes somewhat often).
Happy Belated National Peanut Butter Day (January 24th).
BCN does Alice!
No, I kan’t make any sense of this Calvin and Hobbes:
