Comments on: I finally figured it out:

By: Cidu Bill

Cidu Bill — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:26:39 +0000

It’s not nose zits. It’s necrotizing fasciitis. Batiuk hasn’t used that one yet.

By: Charlene

Charlene — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:21:55 +0000

Why does Crankshaft have nose zits?

By: Morris Keesan

Morris Keesan — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:30:39 +0000

Ian, that was CIDU Bill’s whole point, sort of. Of course, it’s “circuit”, not “circus”. Isn’t it hilarious how little kids and senile old people get sort-of-similar-sounding words confused with each other?

Personally, I thought it was cute the time I told my son, then around age 2, that something was “excellent”, and he looked confused and picked up his stuffed elephant and showed it to me. But that’s a “funny once”, and not something I would consider the basis for a cartooning career.

By: Ian Osmond

Ian Osmond — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:45:07 +0000

John DiFool — that would be similar to a “circuit breaker”, more than a “circus breaker”.

By: John DiFool

John DiFool — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:42:38 +0000

They in fact do have failsafes to prevent wild swings in stock prices now, don’t they? In which case he’s (quasi) correct.

By: Judge Mental

Judge Mental — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:18:21 +0000

Crankshaft’s cohort with the glasses is Earl Pickles’ twin brother.

By: Kamino Neko

Kamino Neko — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:09:06 +0000

On a different note, I like the ‘Christ, Crank’s senility’s creeping a little faster’ look the other fellas give each other.

By: Frosted Donut

Frosted Donut — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:16:11 +0000

@Dan: The explanation I remember being floated for a few days is that a trader typed “billion” instead of “million” and pushed Enter without proofing. The explanation seemed to change every couple of days after that until everybody lost interest.

By: BoT

BoT — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:08:11 +0000

I made the Billy/Crankshaft observation a couple years ago on comics curmudgeon. I mean, it’s obvious, right? Once you get your head around the concept, it’s fairly easy to let Crankshaft go.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:30:40 +0000

A few months or so ago, the market suffered a surprising and precipitous dip, and the explanation was - no foolin’ - that someone had accidentally unplugged the computer. Either that or some software glitch. Now that I think about it more, I’m not sure if I am remember it correctly in any event, but I wonder if that’s being referenced here.