Sunday Funnies – LOLs, October 20th, 2024


Boise Ed submitted this Cornered panel, commenting: “What a great put-down!


P.S. A German flasher would hope she says: “That’s gross!
P.P.S. To which he would then reply: “Dankeschön!


F.Y.I.: Is everyone is already prepared for the upcoming holiday(s)?


How to tell a fruit from a vegetable:



Your attitude towards caramelizing may depend on whether you’re the one who does the dishes. Similarly with dishes such as tahdig, “a beautiful, pan-fried Persian rice that is fluffy and buttery on the inside with a perfectly golden crust, which is the layer at the bottom of the pot.” — if you make it right. The first few times might not produce “a perfectly golden crust”.


And we couldn’t leave without a couple of nods to autumn.

The character in the leaf pile is Wallace’s mom:


This one’s from 1962, when leaf burning was still a tradition:


Labor Day 2024


A bit of nostalgia here, since we seem to have been in a continual U.S. political campaign since 2018, with little or no letup.




The day after Labor Day used to be the traditional day for school to start, but the start has crept backwards: the local schools start a full two weeks earlier. Are there schools that have the patience to wait until after Labor Day? (colleges don’t count).

Since this is CIDU, we’re including this one, that’s not so much a CIDU as a search engine lookup for Hokas.


Labor Day is typically the end of the period when vacations are taken for adults as well, at least those who have children in school.


And to close out with a return to a pet view :