Comments on: Gettin’ Ziggy

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:05:12 +0000

Tom Wilson has been giving out the ziggy for thirty five years now.

By: FeelinOld

FeelinOld — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:40:06 +0000

Umm…. All of the above (except the broomball of course )

Curling: Curled competitively for years till the knees gave out.
Ringette: Watched a friends daughter a few days ago.
Speed Skating: Tried it as a kid but was NEVER any good at it.
And we’ll just ignore the elephant in the room (Go Flames Go)

By: chemgal

chemgal — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:25:55 +0000

mark in boston: maybe FeelinOld is a ringette fan, or speed skating, or broomball — oops, that involves a ball. Never mind.

By: Mark in Boston

Mark in Boston — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:02:50 +0000

FeelinOld: Ah, you’re a Curling fan.

By: turquoise cow

turquoise cow — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:09:56 +0000

Dyfsunctional: me too!

on second or third reading, i was able to figure that it must mean something like “get canceled.” I also wondered, however, if it meant “sell out,” as in, the magazine was so desperate for money it was running the Ziggy comic strip.

By: FeelinOld

FeelinOld — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:35:01 +0000

Never heard the term before this strip, but then I don’t follow basketball (well any of the *balls really, if it ain’t on ice it ain’t a sport (and please note anything ‘judged’ is also not a sport so no figure skating))

Where are those that have heard of it from? Strikes me as a regional colloquialism, but then with frazz it could just be a very dated term as well…

By: Kent

Kent — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:18:37 +0000

Maybe Caulfield is referring to the second season of the Wire?

By: S.P. Charles

S.P. Charles — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:43:18 +0000

Chris C, I think that was Bill’s semi-obscure reference in the headline.

By: The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:49:30 +0000

Maybe Batiuk wrote the dialogue for this day’s strip?

By: Elyrest

Elyrest — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:15:51 +0000

Chris_C - I can’t tell if you’re kidding or not, but that word was jiggy.