
Appetizer?



Boise Ed sends this in: “Absurd … Perhaps the category should be “Heaping scorn.” I can see no way they would both be on the hammock in the first place without serious cooperation.”

Remy’s vocabulary needs a little explanation: Strava is a free/paid app that is used by runners/cyclists/walkers to record time and distance. This is usually posted to Strava friends for kudos.
BQ in that last panel is Boston Qualifier, a time which would qualify you for the Boston Marathon. Women aged 18-34 need a time of 3 hours, 25 minutes or less.



Usual John sends this in: “I can’t help thinking of Idiot Bill Bickel, and the name Bilden Bickworm makes me think that may not be just coincidence. FYI for those who have not been following CIDU for years: Idiot Bill Bickel was (and presumably still is) a real estate agent who had the same name as CIDU Bill (the original moderator of this website) and inexplicably sometimes gave people CIDU Bill’s email address instead of his own.”



Mitch4 sends this in:



From Darren:

who points out, “I don’t think I’ve ever referred to connect-the-dots type exercises (puzzles?) as “paint-by-numbers”. Is that what’s happening here? It doesn’t look like they’re creating a paint-by-numbers image for later fill in, and there’s certainly no painting being done.”
Indeed.
Dirk the Daring dares to send this in: “Huh? I have no idea why this is funny. Am I missing something?”

August 13 is Left Handers Day.


Speaking of obscure holidays:

What could be in that box?

The first two panel are a joke; an old joke, but still a joke. I don’t get that third panel.

Usual John sends this in:









Not really an OY, not really LOL, and not a synchronicity, but this week evil squirrels have had their day in the comics.


One of my neighbors feeds the squirrels, and will come out and chase hawks away to protect her precious squirrels — at the same time I’d hired an animal control firm to get rid of the ones that have found their way into the condo’s attic. Cute or vermin? As the realtors say, “Location, Location, Location”.