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    Mitch4 on Saturday Morning OYs May 23, 2026May 23, 2026

    And the name Ted Nugent carries a particular association for me, as I once studied with a Comp Sci professor…

  2. Max C. Webster, III's avatar
    Max C. Webster, III on Saturday Morning OYs May 23, 2026May 23, 2026

    And I just realized Ian was asking about Teddy Roosevelt, not Ted Nugent! I came to share the meta bit…

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    Max C. Webster, III on Saturday Morning OYs May 23, 2026May 23, 2026

    For Ian: It's a reference to Ted Nugent, a hard rock act. He started with The Amboy Dukes ("Journey to…

  4. Downpuppy's avatar
    Downpuppy on Saturday Morning OYs May 23, 2026May 23, 2026

    And of course, it's a bogus attribution https://quoteinvestigator.com/2021/02/06/thief-of-joy/

  5. Powers's avatar
    Powers on Saturday Morning OYs May 23, 2026May 23, 2026

    Lots of things. But I don't think there's anything specific. The joke relies entirely on the irony of comparing a…

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March 30, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Close to the Bathroom

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  • Bill Bickel, Close to Home, comic strips, comics, humor, John McPherson
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march30 close to the bathroom

March 30, 2020March 29, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Verdict

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march30 grammar rhymes

March 29, 2020March 28, 2020 by CIDU Bill

A year when I was WELL under thirty called…

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  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Doug Bratton, humor, Logan's Run, Peanuts, Pop Culture Shock Therapy
  • 14 Comments
logan

Submitted by Carl Fink

March 29, 2020March 28, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Sunday Funnies – LOL, March 29, 2020

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arlo luddie mitch

Submitted by Mitch

loose trebuchetspriceless pillow
Junk Drawer by Ellis Rosen banana peel

March 28, 2020March 28, 2020 by CIDU Bill

[OT] Survivor, Survivor, Survivor, Survivor

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Who is the last surviving actor (not including extras, of course) from It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World?

March 28, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Saturday Morning Oy – March 28, 2020

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March 28 oy Andréa vanna

Submitted by Andréa

march 28 oy loose

Also warrants the Geezer tag?

March 27, 2020 by CIDU Bill

(English Major) Comic (That Either Doesn’t Quite Work or) I (Simply) Don’t Understand

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  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Dave Blazek, humor, Loose Parts
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ibid

Is there a flower that sounds like “ibid”?

March 27, 2020March 26, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Standup

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  • Bill Bickel, Brendan Loper, comics, hum, The New Yorker
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march27a standupstandup caption

March 27, 2020March 26, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Yes, definitely crucial, but Huh???

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march27 yes, definitely crucial, but what's the joke

March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 by CIDU Bill

I assume this isn’t the intended joke, but…

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quar

Isn’t going out in an Uber every night antithetical to the concept of “quarantine”?

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