Boise Ed sends this in: “Is the bottom part unglassed? It appears that a metal hand is attached to the side of the meat pile. Perhaps “heroes” refers to sandwiches, but who makes them with ground beef?”
Legends
It’s a miracle!
JMcAndrew sends a set of related cartoons:
The last two are obviously just different versions of the same joke from the same cartoonist, even if they’re 14 1/2 years apart. I’m not sure if that’s a bad thing or not.
These all remind me of an axiom I was taught long ago as a relationship test: Have lunch at your prospective partner’s house and ask for mayonnaise. If they present Miracle Whip–especially if they aren’t even apologetic about it–RUN.
Miracle Whip is to mayonnaise as carob is to chocolate. As someone else once wrote, “Carob is not an acceptable substitute for chocolate. It is not an acceptable substitute for anything except, perhaps, brown shoe polish.”
Warning
Dirk the Daring poses this question to us: “All I want to know is whether it was the dog that gave the warning or the wife that gave the warning.”
Smoky eyes
I looked it up, but I ended up with stuff like this. Is the joke just that the bear is wearing eye makeup?
Sunday Funnies – LOLs – May 4, 2025
Boise Ed sends this one in: “I once worked in a place like that.”
Saturday Morning OYs – May 3, 2025
Once again, Scott Hilburn shows his mettle as a punster.
Backstory: Nate has decided that since he has a math test coming up and a book report due, he’ll take a shortcut and combine math study with the book report.
CIDU’s Swimsuit Issue
It’s May 2, the average day of the last frost here in lovely northern Illinois.
Pools and beaches aren’t open yet, but JMcAndrew sends in some Hi and Lois swimsuit comics to get us in the mood: “Here are several Hi and Lois comics about swimsuits, some of which are just very bizarre. It’s apparently been a theme since the very early days of the comic.”
So?
Is this missing the last panel, or am I missing the joke?
UPDATE: Checking the Comics Kingdom site this morning, I see that order has been restored (and that last panel). This comic is from May 5: CK now allows you to look forward in time (a week; May 8 is up now).
Time Warp
We’ve de-emphasized synchronicities, but Dirk the Daring sends this one in that’s too odd not to post.
These are the same joke showing up as vintage Comics Kingdom on the same day, but the original Barney Google and Snuffy Smith is from November 15, 1938, and the original Beetle Bailey is from October 9, 1956, leading Dirk to note “Given the coincidence, it makes me wonder just how often this joke has been used in the last 100 years.”
Can You?
Previous day is no help here; there’s nothing set up there about canoeing (or canoodling). Obviously there’s the repetition of “can”, but anything else?
But while the previous day was no help, the next day clarifies that, much to my surprise, this is about canoeing.
Comics I Don't Understand 