May 20, 2023May 18, 2023 by multipleciduers

Saturday Morning OYs – May 20th, 2023

(Not a Cidu), Oy, Selfconsciously has a character trying to be a punster
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And another Rubes, suggested by Maggiethecartoonist :

Should I feel sheepish posting a second comic on herding?

April 22, 2023April 21, 2023 by multipleciduers

Saturday Morning OYs – April 22nd, 2023

Btw, the text means “Happy Birthday”

Some medical conditions are best approached gingerly.

April 15, 2023April 14, 2023 by multipleciduers

Saturday Morning OYs – April 15th, 2023

Hit me again, dealer!

Oy-Ewww

Just in case anyone here had some doubt, “Himalayan” is indeed a recognized breed of cat. My mother had a cat named Hillary, and some people thought that name was in honor of a prominent American politician; but in fact he was a Himalayan cat, and named for Sir Edmund Hillary. Here is a picture of the breed:

Not really an OY, but then tax filings aren’t due until Tuesday, April 18.

March 25, 2023March 24, 2023 by multipleciduers

Saturday Morning OYs – March 25th, 2023

Almost a pun failure, as it is arguable the joke of her equivocation is already well-cemented in panel 3 and then the clues in panel 4 are just a waste. But probably it is also arguable that many a reader would miss the gag in panel 3 and there is a definite need for panel 4 …

And this dampens my hope of someday understanding what “fugue state” is or is not related to.

Yes, it’s the same David Mamet better known as a playwright.

January 28, 2023January 27, 2023 by multipleciduers

Saturday Morning OYs – January 28th, 2023

P.S. This Bizarro was discussed in some detail on the Arnold Zwicky blog.

I don’t know, wouldn’t it have been simpler and just as effective to go with the standard “minstrel” spelling?

January 25, 2023January 19, 2023 by zbicyclist

Bigfoot

Noah’s Ark. Two bigfoots (bigfeet?).

January 21, 2023January 20, 2023 by zbicyclist

Saturday Morning OYs – January 21st, 2023

This joke is wheely tiresome.

Here’s our Oy-Ewwwww!

January 20, 2023January 16, 2023 by zbicyclist

Checkmate!

Kilby sent in this double puzzler:

“When I wrote Leigh Rubin to point out that one of the three checkers should already have been doubled to form a ‘king’, he mentioned that he had submitted the comic to the syndicate with a caption, but that this caption never made it to the published version.”

Puzzle #1:

Submit a caption that might fit this cartoon.

Puzzle #2:

Assuming the pieces can move (and capture) only according to their own “rules”, which side would win the endgame shown in the comic?

The knight, as white, should have the first move. In checkers, red goes second. Now, if we assume the knight is at a1, then the checker at c1 should have been made a king. So, we need to assume that the knight is at h8, and the red checkers have to start by moving away down the board.

OR, you can assume the red checker has just gotten to c1, and is being crowned as we speak; this puts the knight at a1.

The history of these games can also be discussed in the comments.

By the way, I’m on chess.com as zbicyclist; anyone like a game?