Archive for April, 2011
Cidu Bill on Apr 30th 2011
I don’t think we’re
quite at the point where you have to be a geezer to know what a roll of film is, but people under a certain age aren’t really going to “get” the whole “photos are expensive” concept.
In 1999, I took my son to the New York International Auto Show for the first time (though he’d been going to smaller shows since he was 3 years old). He went through 19 rolls of film. That’s film plus developing.
I bought my first digital camera just before the 2000 show, realizing I’d pretty much save the price of the camera after only two shows.
Filed in Calvin and Hobbes, cameras, comic strips, comics, humor | 39 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 30th 2011
Actually,
back in the day, it was common practice to tip your executioner — to guarantee a clean, relatively-painless cut.
Filed in Bill Bickel, Dave Blazek, Loose Parts, comic strips, comics, humor | 15 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 29th 2011
The Monobookist (the real-world version)
Also, there’s another bookstore that sells only a single title at a time — I think they change the title each month — but I only heard bits and pieces of the story on NPR the other day, so I can’t offer any further details.
Filed in Bill Bickel, F-Minus, Tony Carrillo, books, comic strips, comics, humor | 9 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 28th 2011
So what’s the final stuff he’s typing?
Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, User Friendly, comic strips, comics, humor | 40 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 27th 2011
(I really need a tag for “this isn’t a LOL, but it’s one of this week’s best anyway”)
Filed in Bill Bickel, Cyanide and Happiness, Facebook, Like, comic strips, comics, humor | 11 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 24th 2011
I just installed a program that lets me watch tv shows and movies on my cell phone screen. Would I actually ever watch a tv show or movie on my cell phone screen? Get real: I’m 55 years old — I’d be seeing cross-eyed for a week. But how cool is it that I could?
Filed in Bill Bickel, cell phones | 23 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 22nd 2011
Because if so, wouldn’t it have made more sense just to offer her a free cookie?
Filed in B.C., Bill Bickel, CIDU, comic strips, comics, humor | 14 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 22nd 2011
Clearly cutting down trees is not ecologically wise; but “but not like this” implies some sort of apparent contradiction, as opposed to “this is an example of what not to do.”
Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Jan Eliot, Stone Soup, comic strips, comics, humor | 43 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 21st 2011
It’s been suggested to me that this might belong on the Arlo Page…
Filed in Better Half, Bill Bickel, CIDU, comic strips, comics, humor | 24 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 19th 2011
Just wondering… Is mayonnaise something that people traditionally have trouble opening?
Filed in Bill Bickel, Mike Peters, Mother Goose, comic strips, comics, humor, mayonnaise | 23 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 19th 2011
First of all, why doesn’t the well accept a clam, since clams are apparently the unit of currency in BCLand?
More significantly, why go through this whole set-up if it’s not going to end with the well throwing out a corpse?
Filed in B.C., Bill Bickel, CIDU, comic strips, comics, humor | 13 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 19th 2011
Well yes, the premise is factually accurate, but what’s the joke here?
Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Leigh Rubin, Passover, Rubes, comic strips, comics, humor | 19 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 18th 2011
Because the ones in the back seat are pickled?
Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Rubes, comic strips, comics, humor | 12 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 18th 2011
Did my taxes back in early February – but since I owed money, I put the completed forms in a safe place intending to mail them out today.
Can anybody NOT see where this is going?
Filed in Bill Bickel | 42 responses so far
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