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Tag / Strange Brew
Saturday Morning OYs November 7, 2026
I’ve been to plays where this would have been justified.
There’s a local nonprofit professional theater that has one performance specifically set aside for the understudies to perform. (That’s noted on the schedule, so you aren’t going to be surprised.) That seems like a wonderful idea.
A momentary CIDU, maybe a bit of Ewww, but in the end an OY.
Mitch4 sends this in:
Rolling Over
Anthropomorphized animals in comics are common, but sometimes confusing. How much are we supposed to think of these as having dog characteristics, and how much as human characteristics?
In this case, the applicant put of their resume that they rolled over in 2017 — 9 years ago if this isn’t a rerun. Is rolling over a good thing, showing the ability to master a skill, or a bad thing, like giving up or showing too much subservience.
Or, is it necessarily a resume (since it’s more than one page) — maybe an assessment by an outside agency?
Another anthropormorphized animal comic, but this one is in the LOL category. (not a CIDU)
Sunday Funnies – LOLs – October 18, 2026
All a matter of perspective.
You won’t believe #4!
Boise Ed sends this one in: “The background is that Florence is a dog who was uplifted to human-level intelligence with walking and talking capability. She now interacts with people pretty much like any other human of a different origin. I thought the “two left feet” line was delightful.”
Saturday Morning OYs June 13, 2026
Mitch4 sends this in.
For me, it was a momentary CIDU. Mitch4 notes “May be pronunciation dependent (“conch”).”
Sunday Funnies – LOLs – May 3, 2026
Don’t worry. They’ll get a light sentence.
On the other hand …
Actually, Ned looks pretty good for 96.
Ewws (you’ve been warned)
Chemgal sends this in:
Kedamono sends in this questionable sculptural decision — which, luckily, the Egyptians did not make.
Mark Parisi posted: “It had to be done. (On my Patreon page I drew the view from the other side. I then sent that to my editor asking if it was too much to be published in daily newspapers. He suggested it could be newspaper-friendly if it was shown from the other side. Smart.)”
Actual back of the Sphinx:
Kedamono sends in this one: “I can’t decide if this one is a LOL or an OY. Still, there is something graceful in synchronized garbage tossing.”
Not really that much of an Ewww, but seemed close enough to one to put it here.
And another from Mark Parisi:
Saturday Morning OYs April 4, 2026
Not really an OY, but a wordplay. It reminds me of words that seem like they should have an opposite, but don’t.
You can be disgruntled, but not gruntled, for example.
Or convoluted, but not voluted;
disgusted but not gusted;
disturbed but not turbed;
preposterous but not postpreterous.
A Balloon?!
From billr:
It’s obviously Tax Season (in the US), but I don’t see any joke here. All I can think of is, “floating a balloon” as a financial thing, but aside from that, nothing.
All I get from my accountant is a piece of chocolate (and a bill)!
Saturday Morning OYs March 7, 2026
Kedamono sends this in: “And maybe a wee bit of “Ewwww”.”
Where do you find the magazines in a chemistry library? On the periodical table.
