
billr sends this in: “I’m not a dog owner so it took me a moment.”
billr also sends this in: “The coffeemaker question seems like a non sequitur. And what’s with her eye?”


billr sends this in: “I’m not a dog owner so it took me a moment.”
billr also sends this in: “The coffeemaker question seems like a non sequitur. And what’s with her eye?”


The servers at the Subpoena Cafe have extra skills.


Mitch4 sends this in: “I’m calling it LOL only because the question I have does not rise fully to CIDU, nor is it a 4th-Wall thing under any narrow definition.
It’s just this: Does she pronounce it as “chitterlings” or treat that as a fancy spelling for spoken “chitlins”?”

… and some non-CIDUs


The joke is clear, if hackneyed by now, but what would the kids tip? A 20% trick?
This execution of the same joke is a bit clearer, since it’s the kid asking for money.

Not so much a CIDU as “way too much work”. Post individual clue solutions in the comments. FYI, complete solution is here.


This one tripped me up, because I assumed a Pumpkin Spice Latte only had the spices used in pumpkin pie. This used to be true: introduced in 2003, Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte contained only the spices, and no pumpkin. That made sense. Who thinks steak sauce has steak in it? or shrimp sauce has shrimp in it? Or awlspice has an awl in it? But, in response to complaints, in 2015 they reformulated to add some pumpkin puree. That was really unnecessary, because a bit of pumpkin puree adds little taste. But this does mean Blazek’s joke actually works.
Not a CIDU, but definitely an Ewww.

Not a CIDU, either, but cute.

And one last nod to Peanuts:



And, finally, an OY

There’s this synchronicity, sent in by Nebulous:







Mitch4 is driven to send in this OY:

Took me a while to get this, but a definite OY.


Pavlov? Pavlov? Do I know a Pavlov? That name rings a bell.

The artist looks like “Curnow”, but I can’t tell for sure.
Mitch4 sends this in:



Ttosc ghmit eb no tivaacon, insec isht si rcopghiytde 1920 — tub paperade Gau. 92th.
Nda own rfo a clamuis delnitreu:

Dirk the Daring sends in this LOL (and Geezer alert):






Their TV series is “As the World Churns”




This was a complete CIDU for me until I read the comments on the web:

I’ll let the hive-mind see what y’all think. No cheating! (But it’s at https://www.gocomics.com/theargylesweater/2025/07/27 to save you the trouble if, like me, you give up.)
From Boise Ed:

He adds,
The Fabio/goose one is a total CIDU for me; AFAIK, Fabio was an Olympic skier and ladies’ man, several decades ago. The Will Smith one, I assume, has to do with that Oscars incident a while back. The other three I can guess at.