


Putting this one is for that 4th panel. Lucy as a princess fits.

Dan Sachs sends this in, as a Geezer Alert. When was the last time any of us saw a set of Burma Shave signs?




Putting this one is for that 4th panel. Lucy as a princess fits.

Dan Sachs sends this in, as a Geezer Alert. When was the last time any of us saw a set of Burma Shave signs?


August, 1965.






Boise Ed sends this in: “Absurd … Perhaps the category should be “Heaping scorn.” I can see no way they would both be on the hammock in the first place without serious cooperation.”

Remy’s vocabulary needs a little explanation: Strava is a free/paid app that is used by runners/cyclists/walkers to record time and distance. This is usually posted to Strava friends for kudos.
BQ in that last panel is Boston Qualifier, a time which would qualify you for the Boston Marathon. Women aged 18-34 need a time of 3 hours, 25 minutes or less.



Usual John sends this in: “I can’t help thinking of Idiot Bill Bickel, and the name Bilden Bickworm makes me think that may not be just coincidence. FYI for those who have not been following CIDU for years: Idiot Bill Bickel was (and presumably still is) a real estate agent who had the same name as CIDU Bill (the original moderator of this website) and inexplicably sometimes gave people CIDU Bill’s email address instead of his own.”



Mitch4 provides a translation: “The bit of dialogue would mean ‘I was an IBM 700 in a past life’.”
Dirk the Daring sends in this one, appropriate for CIDU:




Puzzle over these from July, 1995: some LOL, some CIDU, some …?

July is when the new interns typically start in hospitals.







Happy Father’s Day!





It took me years to learn not to say this, even though I like a wide variety of teas.
Why scientists marry late.

Mark H. sends this in: “Totally unexpected response.”


I’m not that familiar with this actor’s work. What’s this referring to?
But wait! There’s more! Not a synchronicity because I saw these a couple of days apart, but nearly the same joke, and I definitely don’t get this one, either.
