

Hmmm, takes a bit of work…


This week’s Oy-Ewww:



Hmmm, takes a bit of work…


This week’s Oy-Ewww:

No, it’s not an inexplicable synchronicity — this Wednesday was Periodic Table Day, as the Dave cartoon points out. Still, a pleasing convergence on the same choice of elements!









And Boise Ed provides another One Big Happy:


And Jack Applin suggests this Phoebe and her Unicorn:

(This is apparently the first appearance of this strip in a CIDU post; so far it has only been mentioned a few times in comments.)
Jack further comments, “I was astonished to learn that, according to Wikipedia, all of the *core really exist:“
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottagecore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblincore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normcore





Thanks to Mark H. for sending this, and calling for a Geezer Alert.
Oh, why not!

This one deserves to be flagged.







His last words will be “This’ll be the day that I die”.



“Uh-oh, I had it mixed up with uxorious!” — from the Comments
They went to the right place for “Dad jokes”, evidently.



Diacritical impatience?



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Yes, just as you suppose, this did appear on Talk Like A Pirate Day.
And more off the mark…





And a date-topical OY:





Note the man on the right is a psychiatrist.

The blonde is, of course, his sister. Don’t forget to read the signage on the wall.


Diamond Lil seems to do a pun every day. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t from time to time pick out some striking ones to recognize.







This OY-Ewww was suggested by Maggiethecartoonist, who points out that the apparent Ewww element is based on a misunderstanding of what happens in what the Romans termed a vomitorium.

Nice, the way the at-first-hidden generalized your makes the whole thing work.

We had marked “Unintended Arlo” but really now, how can that not be meant?