Comments on: Celebrate

By: paperboy

paperboy — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:23:21 +0000

Aha! I told you to be patient. Today’s strip shows Conley was making fun of cultural traditions, in this case the “old siamese [cat] tradition” of yelling “hey!” and throwing a glass “with every bit of good news”.

By: Snardo

Snardo — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:02:49 +0000

I thought this one was a reference to something often seen in movies: After a toast with small glasses of sherry or similar adult beverage, the empty glasses are hurled into a fireplace where they smash against the stone. I have no idea how this tradition was started or whether anyone actually does it anymore. Apparently Bucky likes it though.

By: paperboy

paperboy — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:41:31 +0000

Sometimes the “reason” is revealed later. Be patient.

By: gramma(r)

gramma(r) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:31:24 +0000

MORRIS, I don’t think ANYTHING is particularly funny by Get Fuzzy standards. It’s usually just Bucky being annoying, with an occasional half-funny bit of wordplay. It was funny the first month or so. I read it because I like the art, but I get annoyed by the lack of anything clever being said or done.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:05:08 +0000

Mazeltov!

By: farmer

farmer — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:48:00 +0000

Jewish wedding?

By: Morris Keesan

Morris Keesan — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:24:35 +0000

GP is right. This makes much more sense after today’s (Jan 5) strip. Bucky is “celebrating” by breaking things. This isn’t particularly funny by Get Fuzzy standards. It’s just Conley riffing on the “Bucky is a jerk” theme.

By: GP

GP — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:07:42 +0000

This is generally the kind of strip that sets up the week and makes more sense after the next few days’ strips come out.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:01:30 +0000

I was lost as well… I just moved on

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:21:47 +0000

Nggggh. Using the word “celebrate” in that way makes my brain hurt. But yeah, I think what the cartoonist was going for was that Bucky hates anything Satchel loves (or celebrates. GAH).