…but it definitely will be for some! Thanks, billr:

Bill didn’t know who the guy in the bed is. I guess the key is to guess what operation he needs!
*Not a typo
…but it definitely will be for some! Thanks, billr:

Bill didn’t know who the guy in the bed is. I guess the key is to guess what operation he needs!
*Not a typo


Mitch4 sends this in as an “attempted OY – I’m not sure “look after” supports both meanings well. Perhaps “take care of” would be more what the capo would say.”.


Likely only a momentary CIDU today; I’m adding a Geezer alert, though.






A classic:


Today’s education about copyright dates (and, yes, Scott has posted this multiple times before, with slight variations):


Keith Knight blows his chances to become Father of the Year.

billr sends this in: “I’m not a dog owner so it took me a moment.”
billr also sends this in: “The coffeemaker question seems like a non sequitur. And what’s with her eye?”


The servers at the Subpoena Cafe have extra skills.


Mitch4 sends this in: “I’m calling it LOL only because the question I have does not rise fully to CIDU, nor is it a 4th-Wall thing under any narrow definition.
It’s just this: Does she pronounce it as “chitterlings” or treat that as a fancy spelling for spoken “chitlins”?”

… and some non-CIDUs


The joke is clear, if hackneyed by now, but what would the kids tip? A 20% trick?
This execution of the same joke is a bit clearer, since it’s the kid asking for money.

Not so much a CIDU as “way too much work”. Post individual clue solutions in the comments. FYI, complete solution is here.


This one tripped me up, because I assumed a Pumpkin Spice Latte only had the spices used in pumpkin pie. This used to be true: introduced in 2003, Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte contained only the spices, and no pumpkin. That made sense. Who thinks steak sauce has steak in it? or shrimp sauce has shrimp in it? Or awlspice has an awl in it? But, in response to complaints, in 2015 they reformulated to add some pumpkin puree. That was really unnecessary, because a bit of pumpkin puree adds little taste. But this does mean Blazek’s joke actually works.
Not a CIDU, but definitely an Ewww.

Not a CIDU, either, but cute.

And one last nod to Peanuts:



And, finally, an OY

There’s this synchronicity, sent in by Nebulous:







Mitch4 is driven to send in this OY:

Took me a while to get this, but a definite OY.


Pavlov? Pavlov? Do I know a Pavlov? That name rings a bell.

The artist looks like “Curnow”, but I can’t tell for sure.
Mitch4 sends this in:

