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    Mitch4 on Itis of March?March 17, 2026

    Maybe backformation works, I'm not sure what counts. But in the itis clearly itis IS a word; so it might…

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    phsiii on Itis of March?March 17, 2026

    Mitch4, it's sort of a back formation, no? I'm not 100% comfortable with that, but it seems closer to me…

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    Mitch4 on Itis of March?March 17, 2026

    Andrew, thanks very much for that discussion and the reference! I went to that section of the dissertation and was…

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    Andrew Millar on Itis of March?March 16, 2026

    Mitch, I don't want to be too direct here and it's a little tricky to find reliable English-language sources. The…

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    Mitch4 on Itis of March?March 16, 2026

    Agreed, it is a good pun. Truncation? Not in my book.

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Tag / Dave Whamond

October 27, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Saturday Morning Oy – October 27, 2018

  • Oy
  • Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Dave Whamond, humor, Reality Check, Rhymes With Orange, Rina Piccolo, Scott Hilburn
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Oct 27 oy argyleoct 27 oy oo rhymes

oct 27 oy reality andrea

Submitted by Andréa

October 7, 2018October 5, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Sunday Funnies – LOL, October 7, 2018

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  • Bill Bickel, Close to Home, comic strips, comics, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, Dave Blazek, Dave Whamond, humor, John McPherson, Loose Parts, Mark Parisi, Off the Mark, Reality Check, The New Yorker
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cdc close to home john mcpherson

Loose puppets

paddle

off Rich emoji

Submitted by Rich

 

andrea squirrel

Submitted by Andréa

October 3, 2018October 3, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Any idea what the Squirrel’s talking about?

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cinderella

August 28, 2018August 28, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Tuesday Evening Synchronicity

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  • comic strips, comics, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, Dave Whamond, humor, Lunarbaboon, Reality Check, The @$!# Squirrel Must Die!
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august 28 2018

I had this queued for the LOL page until I saw the Reality Check comic below and decided to use it here instead.

unicorn

August 25, 2018August 21, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Saturday Morning Trifecta

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correctile

Andréa sent me this one with the LOL, Oy and Arlo tags.

I added one more for fairly obvious reasons.

August 18, 2018August 9, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Saturday Morning Ewww – August 18, 2018

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Aug 19 ewww reality plaque andrea

Submitted by Andréa

August 12, 2018August 9, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Sunday Funnies – LOL, August 12, 2018

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AUGUST surprise

bizzarro surrealist

cyanide and ribs

Paul Noth loose ends

Reality check autobiography omitted squirrel

July 28, 2018July 28, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Saturday Morning Oy – July 28, 2018

  • Image
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July 28 oy reality Andréa

July 8, 2018June 29, 2018 by CIDU Bill

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loose plagiarist

mark arms race

 

nyer tunnel

TUNNEL OF VOYEURISM

tas180614

wheel of reality

June 27, 2018June 27, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Be Kind

  • CIDU, Hey Geezers! Comics!, Oy
  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Dave Whamond, humor, Reality Check
  • 12 Comments

be kind

B.A.: Okay, so… a comic about the future that uses what’s already a Geezer reference (Blockbuster/VHS tapes). But I still don’t understand what the joke’s supposed to be.

Though the Cow pinch-hitting for the Squirrel does give us a passable “Oy”.

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