Archive for July, 2009

S. P. Charles: ”Worst Come-On Line EVER”

Cidu Bill on Jul 22nd 2009

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Filed in Bill Bickel, Funky Winkerbean, Tom Batiuk, comic strips, comics, humor | 12 responses so far

Bullfights for Dummies

Cidu Bill on Jul 22nd 2009

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Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, In the Bleachers, Steve Moore, bullfighting, comic strips, comics, humor | 17 responses so far

Running on Empty

Cidu Bill on Jul 21st 2009

Today, the John McCain campaign and the Republican National Committee apologized to Jackson Browne for using (without permission) his song “Running on Empty” in television commercials last year criticizing Obama’ s energy ideas.

Now, what I’m wondering is… Is this whole “copyright” concept a lot newer than I thought it was? Did the McCain campaign not get the memo? I mean seriously, how is it possible that nobody involved in the filming of the commercial knew that you can’t just appropriate somebody else’s song for a commercial? And have they all moved on to jobs with American Apparel?

Filed in Bill Bickel, Jackson Browne, John McCain, copyright | 14 responses so far

Spam of the Day

Cidu Bill on Jul 21st 2009

I think most blogs get their share of computer-generated comments that feature generic praise for their sites but which of course are intended only to plant links to the “sender’s” site. I was amused by one of them I received this morning: “I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader.” Boy, did they dial the wrong number!

Filed in Google Reader | 8 responses so far

PETA Must Be Burning Mad

Cidu Bill on Jul 21st 2009

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Laurie sent this for the Ewww Files, but suggested I use it to start a “Yikes!” category. My first thought when I saw this last night was that we need a “What the HELL were they thinking???” tag. 
 
Also, is there even a joke here? I mean, even by B.C. standards?

Filed in B.C., Bill Bickel, Ewww, comic strips, comics, humor | 20 responses so far

And That’s Why He Has a Pineapple Core Growing Out of His Head?

Cidu Bill on Jul 21st 2009

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Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Pardon My Planet, Vic Lee, comic strips, comics, humor | 14 responses so far

Meatless Monday

Cidu Bill on Jul 20th 2009

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Filed in Bill Bickel, Shoe, Six Chix, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity, vegan | 16 responses so far

One Small Step For (a) Man…

Cidu Bill on Jul 20th 2009

A question for fellow geezers only: Where were you…?

Filed in 1969, Bill Bickel, Neil Armstrong, moon | 55 responses so far

Hi-Def

Cidu Bill on Jul 20th 2009

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Ra Pirk: I don’t understand how this is high definition . . . doesn’t really work as a pun or anything

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Pluggers, comic strips, comics, humor | 12 responses so far

LOL-July 19

Cidu Bill on Jul 19th 2009

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Filed in Bill Bickel, Dean Booth, Dean's Comic Booth, Family Circus, Francesco Marciuliano, Harry Potter, Mark Parisi, Medium Large, Non Sequitur, Off the Mark, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Wiley Miller, Zach Weiner, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol | 12 responses so far

Saturday Afternoon Ewww

Cidu Bill on Jul 18th 2009

Nicole:

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yellojkt: Ewwww! Let’s hope that diaper is leakproof

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Filed in Bill Bickel, Close to Home, Ewww, John McPherson, Real Life Adventures, baseball, comic strips, comics, humor | 13 responses so far

Wonderfully Weird

Cidu Bill on Jul 18th 2009

You know, sometimes you come across a comic that doesn’t exactly make you laugh but is just too bizarre not to love:

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Filed in Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, Bizarro, Dan Piraro, John Deering, M.C. Escher, Scott Hilburn, Strange Brew, comic strips, comics, humor | 20 responses so far

I’m Just Wondering…

Cidu Bill on Jul 18th 2009

State workers in Pennsylvania are getting empty pay envelopes for July — not because the state’s run out of money, like California, but because the Legislature hasn’t managed to agree on a 2009-2010 budget and therefore the funds aren’t available.

I’m curious whether they somehow found the money to air condition the State Capitol building; because I’m thinking 303 legislators, no windows, mid-July, suddenly getting the job done is going to seem a lot more urgent to them.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Pennsylvania | 17 responses so far

And That’s The Way It Was

Cidu Bill on Jul 18th 2009

Just wondering… Will there be any editorial cartoons about Walter Cronkite’s passing that don’t include the phrase “And that’s the way it was”?

(Note to non-geezers: Cronkite’s sign-off was “And that’s the way it is”)

Filed in Bill Bickel, Walter Cronkite | 16 responses so far

Hand Puppet

Cidu Bill on Jul 17th 2009

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All I’ve got is presumably more complex than Mike Peters intended: Original Sin is a metaphor for sex, and this is Adam’s attempt to get Eve to put out.

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Garden of Eden, Mike Peters, Mother Goose, comic strips, comics, humor | 26 responses so far

All Dogs Go… well, you know…

Cidu Bill on Jul 16th 2009

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Keera Ann Fox: So, they were all accidentally buried in the backyard? And that gets you into heaven?

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Mark Parisi, Off the Mark, comic strips, comics, humor | 8 responses so far

Cannon

Cidu Bill on Jul 16th 2009

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Catching up on my e-mail, I noticed that three people asked me about this one: At some ballgames, they shoot compressed t-shirts out of a cannon into the crowds. That’s how Maude Flanders met her end, in fact.

Filed in Bill Bickel, F-Minus, Simpsons, Tony Carrillo, comic strips, comics, humor | 20 responses so far

”Sawchronicity” or ”Synchro Nicity”

Cidu Bill on Jul 16th 2009

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yellojkt sent me the two comics with the first title, and Timothy Carignan sent them with the second title.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Leigh Rubin, Quigmans, Rubes, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 3 responses so far

An Amusing Photo and a Disturbing Thought

Cidu Bill on Jul 16th 2009

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In my lifetime, in parts of the United States, he could have been lynched for this.

Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel | 51 responses so far

Would You Like To Play a Game?

Cidu Bill on Jul 16th 2009

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I have been assured by my teenage sons that this does not qualify for the “Hey Geezers! Comics!” tag.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Hey Geezers! Comics!, comic strips, comics, humor, xkcd | 15 responses so far

Little Charlie Darwin

Cidu Bill on Jul 16th 2009

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Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Charles Darwin, Far Left Side, comic strips, comics, humor | 13 responses so far

Synchroninjocity

Cidu Bill on Jul 15th 2009

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Several people sent me the Lio strip as a CIDU, asking whether perhaps the second and third panel had been reversed. Nicole sent it with this comment:

It took a couple of readings to get this one. At first I thought that panels two and three were out of order. Then upon subsequent readings I realized that this was a take on the Ninja slicing at a candle SO fast that it stays together for a time before falling apart. The question I have is, did anyone else see this strip out of order and if it is that easy to misinterpret does it actually work as a comic?

My answer to her question(s) are “Yes, several,” and “It worked for me, but YMMV.”


And one day late …

Filed in Bill Bickel, Francesco Marciuliano, Lio, Mark Tatulli, Medium Large, comic strips, comics, humor, ninjas, synchronicity | 11 responses so far

Is There, You Know, an Actual JOKE Here?

Cidu Bill on Jul 15th 2009

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Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, For Better or For Worse, Lynn Johnston, comic strips, comics, humor | 14 responses so far

I Guess Ces Missed the News About Dumbledore…

Cidu Bill on Jul 15th 2009

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Filed in Bill Bickel, Francesco Marciuliano, Harry Potter, Medium Large, comic strips, comics, humor | 23 responses so far

Homing Beatnick

Cidu Bill on Jul 15th 2009

Frosted Donut: I don’t get it. And usually “Brainwaves” is very straightforward (and funny) so now I’m worried that I’ve crossed some invisible line that separates “competent” from “barely drooling.” I hope the explanation is really really complicated.

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Filed in Bill Bickel, Brainwaves, CIDU, comic strips, comics, humor | 12 responses so far

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