Sunday Funnies – LOLs – May 17, 2026


Polymarket is a prediction market — under current rules of the CFTC, technically not gambling so legal in all 50 states. It allows you to gamble (ahem, “predict” with $ at risk) on a wide variety of things. Here are some of the trending bets as I’m writing this (May 2, 2026). Note you can bet on whether Bitcoin (BTC) will go up or down in a 5 minute period. But that’s not gambling. Definitely not gambling.



Boise Ed sends this in: “So long as he considers it only a first draft and revises it as needed, why not take advantage? (I do appreciate Wayno’s irony, though.) And I like the name RevBot.”




Making an Impression

Usual John submitted this Lockhorns comic as a CIDU, asking: “Why would you get a “W” imprint from charging the net? Also, is there some significance to the doctor’s name, ‘H. Blog’ ?


The word “charging” probably was supposed to mean that Leroy hit something that left an impression, but just like Usual John, I cannot think of anything on a basketball court (let alone a net) that would produce such a mark. In addition, even if there were something that would have done so, the image of the “W” (from the Wilson logo) should have been reflected:


P.S. I also wonder whether there was a particular reason that the authors chose “Wilson” (instead of “Adidas”, “Nike”, or “Puma”).

When is a Leg Not a Leg?

Boise Ed submitted this Lockhorns comic, asking: “What is ‘not-leg day‘ supposed to mean?


P.S. This submission accidentally fell through the cracks. At the time, Boise Ed reported that “Comics Kingdom has apparently been on holiday since at least last night, so I’ve given the ArcaMax URL“. As I’ve explained elsewhere, Arcamax-URLs have a very limited half-life. In addition, since this comic was published, Comics Kingdom has been completely rebuilt, and The Lockhorns have changed syndicates, so that the strip is now at GoComics. Luckily, Ed’s brief, but accurate description made it easy to verify the correct comic.