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October 2, 2019September 30, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Unless vegetables are going to grow out of the wolf’s head, I don’t get it.

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  • Bill Bickel, Bill Holbrook, comic strips, comics, humor, Kevin & Kell
  • 17 Comments

Oct01 Unless vegetables are going to growing from the wolfs head

October 1, 2019September 30, 2019 by CIDU Bill

7:39

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  • Andertoons, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Mark Anderson
  • 30 Comments

739

So… either the artist or the sheriff is conflating “High Noon” and “Get out of town by sundown”??

(And yes, I quite predictably scheduled this to go live at 7:39)

October 1, 2019September 30, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Am I the only one who thought “You’re 16 years old, pack your own damn lunch”?

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  • Bill Bickel, kvetch
  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Zits
  • 5 Comments

lunch.jpg

October 1, 2019September 30, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Mug

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  • Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Jimmy Johnson
  • 16 Comments

mug

Is there something about coffee mugs I don’t understand?

October 1, 2019September 30, 2019 by CIDU Bill

36

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  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Wizard of Id
  • 32 Comments

36.gif

I assume this is somehow analogous to a golf handicap?

October 1, 2019October 1, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Goy Vey

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  • Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Scott Hilburn
  • 25 Comments

goy

B.A.: Because “goy” (non-Jew) sounds something like “gay”?

October 1, 2019September 30, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Pardon My Control

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  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Pardon My Planet, Vic Lee
  • 9 Comments

sept27 pardon my control

September 30, 2019September 30, 2019 by CIDU Bill

B. A.: But shouldn’t the paintings be getting progressively older?

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  • Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Scott Hilburn
  • 20 Comments

ba gray argyle

Somebody suggested we add a “kvetch” tag for cases like this.

I’m not sure: let say it’s in beta.

September 30, 2019September 29, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Remember when packing away out-of-season clothing made sense?

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  • Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Jimmy Johnson
  • 20 Comments

hall tree

Oh, and… his clothing’s hanging on a hall tree?

September 30, 2019November 14, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Monday Funnies, Special Monday Black & White Edition

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  • Bill Bickel, Chris Hallbeck, comic strips, comics, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, humor, Maximumble, Paul Noth, Roz Chast, Tak Bui, The New Yorker
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