Comics I Don’t Understand

Archive for December 7th, 2009

Monday Afternoon Arlo

Cidu Bill on Dec 7th 2009

Nicole: Subtle … with a fine bouquet … like a good wine Continue Reading »

Filed in Arlo Award, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor | 31 responses so far

Hot Dog (Arlo?)

Cidu Bill on Dec 7th 2009

Filed in 9 Chickweed Lane, Bill Bickel, Brooke McEldowney, comic strips, comics, humor | 13 responses so far

Knit One…

Cidu Bill on Dec 7th 2009

Nor really synchronicity, of course, but several people pointed out that we got a double dose of awful Pearls Before Swine puns yesterday

Filed in Bill Amend, Bill Bickel, Fox Trot, Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis, comic strips, comics, humor | 13 responses so far

Just thought I’d mention this in case anybody’s interested… If you’re a AAA member, you can buy Visa gift cards at any of their local offices without paying $5 or more for the privilege of giving them the free loan of your money. I believe this is in effect nationwide.

This being said, I don’t understand the point of Visa gift cards. Yes, they’re accepted almost everywhere, but so is money. Is a Visa gift card really considered a classier gift than cash?

Filed in Bill Bickel | 18 responses so far

Vacuum Baby

Cidu Bill on Dec 7th 2009

Laurie B. Wylie: I’m not a real close follower of this strip so maybe I’m missing some running joke, but huh?

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Dog Eat Doug, comic strips, comics, humor | 8 responses so far

CIDShmoo

Cidu Bill on Dec 7th 2009

Several suggested this comic for the Geezers tag. Of course, the question here is how Caufield was able to identify (and date) the L’il Abner strip so easily. Oh, and “Back up a frame” could use a bit of explaining, thank you.

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Frazz, Hey Geezers! Comics!, Jef Mallet, comic strips, comics, humor | 16 responses so far

So What’s With the Bap Bap Bap?

Cidu Bill on Dec 7th 2009

Is that supposed to be a “trying to destroy his cell phone right in front of his parents” sound effect?

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Zits, cell phones, comic strips, comics, humor | 12 responses so far

iPhone

Cidu Bill on Dec 7th 2009

Can anybody offer a yay or nay on the iPhone? Worthwhile or just a lot of hype? Or are there similar phones that are better but not as high-profile? And is it better to get them through Apple stores, AT&T stores, or either of their websites?

In case anybody’s wondering, my ongoing problem with Sprint is now an incredible five months old and apparently no closer to resolution. Or more precisely, it was resolved three times, with supervisors apologizing and promising to fix my account (or telling me they’d already done so), and when the next bill comes I see nothing’s been corrected. One supervisor finally told me I could cancel my account without paying an early termination fee — which I clearly could have done months ago, thank you very much, but I’d rather hold them to their end of the contract. Or they can pay me an early termination fee, which I think is perfectly fair.

Anyway, thanks for any guidance y’all can offer.

Filed in Bill Bickel, cell phones, iPhone | 31 responses so far

Horse Sense

Cidu Bill on Dec 7th 2009

SK: Isn’t that how spurs work? If horses didn’t “mind” them, there’d be no involuntary reflex to go faster. Its not like they want to be prodded by them, anymore then they want to run into a fence. And the horse farms in my area just use bordered fences, no barbed wire. This question is wrong every which way as all the assumptions behind it are incorrect.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Frazz, Jef Mallet, comic strips, comics, horses, humor | 13 responses so far