Tag / B.C.

by EditorM

Keep up, and try to focus, okay?

From Brian in STL, successfully using the Suggest-a-CIDU form. His message starts from puzzlement, but arrives at a theory your CIDU editors are also happy with: It’s not entirely clear to me what’s going on. In a way, the first panels look like the preliminary sketches a cartoonist does. So is the coffee affecting him? Or is Jane now able to “focus” since she’s had coffee?

by phsiii

Crossover Synchronicity

Thanks to Powers, who wrote:

Extra synchronic because they appear kitty-corner from each other in my Sunday paper.

And then there was Rubes from the very next day (Monday 20 June), which seemed to combine the two and made me wonder what was going on.

And just for a kicker, Monday’s Ziggy continued the theme: 

Editorial comment on “kitty-corner”: this Anglicism, also spelled “catercorner” and various other variations, apparently comes from the dots on a four in dice or cards being, well, kitty-corner from each other, plus the French word “quatre” for four, at one point also spelled “catre”. Given that the Brits have “centre” and the like, the mystery to me is why it’s not “catre-corner”.

by CIDU Bill

9

9

  1. CIDU
  2. Hopefully this isn’t political. Nothing’s safe these days.
  3. Is this the first time they’ve acknowledged that these are the only humans alive? I can’t believe that hasn’t been contradicted over the past fifty-two years. And if it is true, I think maybe they should spend time creating seeking punchlines and more time getting busy.
  4. Does Grog count as human?
  5. Actually, if there are only nine people alive, whom does B.C. keep sending those messages to? Or is that Peter sending the messages? If I haven’t figured it who is who in half a century, I’m not going to now (so please, nobody try explaining it to me; if I really cared, I’m sure I would have figured it out by now).