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Sunday Funnies: LOL August 22

Cidu Bill on Aug 22nd 2010

Filed in Abstruse Goose, Bill Bickel, Bug, Hilary B. Price, New Yorker, Rhymes With Orange, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol, xkcd | 51 responses so far

For what it’s worth, there were two metatexts for this one: “Semmelweis reflex” and “Alternative Title - Cognitive Heuristic Shortcuts Commonly Employed by Members of Primitive Hominid Societies on Undeveloped Class M Planets.”

Filed in Abstruse Goose, Bill Bickel, CIDU, comic strips, comics, humor | 28 responses so far

Relatively Synchronic

Cidu Bill on Jun 8th 2010

Filed in Abstruse Goose, Albert Einstein, Basketcase Comix, Bill Bickel, Pardon My Planet, Vic Lee, comic strips, comics, humor, relativity, synchronicity | 27 responses so far

Devil’s in the Details

Cidu Bill on Apr 30th 2010

What I was planning to write here was: “Damn. I just read more than 250 pages of Michael Lewis’s The Big Short, and I could have gotten the same information in less than a minute by reading today’s Abstruse Goose.” Then I realized that the strip’s unnamed artist was way ahead of me: the graphic file was named “the_big_short.”

Filed in Abstruse Goose, Bill Bickel, Wall Street, comic strips, comics, humor | 15 responses so far

Sunday Funnies: LOL April 11

Cidu Bill on Apr 11th 2010

Jennifer Williams sent this one in as a LOL:

but honestly it annoyed me when I first read it: usually, Alix displays a lack of sexual knowledge more appropriate for a child even younger than her ten years; what’s she doing making egg jokes now? Continue Reading »

Filed in 2 Cups, Abstruse Goose, Bill Bickel, Jan Eliot, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Stone Soup, Tetris, Zach Weiner, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, gagh, humor, lol | 30 responses so far

How Indeed?

Cidu Bill on Feb 14th 2010

Filed in Abstruse Goose, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Valentine's Day, comic strips, comics, humor | 14 responses so far

Sunday Funnies: LOL-February 14

Cidu Bill on Feb 14th 2010

Filed in Abstruse Goose, Basketcase Comix, Batman, Bill Bickel, Calamities of Nature, Lio, Mark Tatulli, New Yorker, Tony Piro, Toothpaste For Dinner, astronauts, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol, xkcd | 19 responses so far

Today’s Bonus LOL

Cidu Bill on Jan 29th 2010

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Filed in Abstruse Goose, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol | 10 responses so far

LOL-November 16

Cidu Bill on Nov 16th 2009

Filed in Abstruse Goose, Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, Dave Blazek, Diet Coke, Francesco Marciuliano, Funky Winkerbean, Jimmy Johnson, Loose Parts, Mark Parisi, Medium Large, Mentos, Off the Mark, Robert Frost, Star Trek, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol | 36 responses so far

LOL-November 9

Cidu Bill on Nov 9th 2009

Filed in Abstruse Goose, Batman, Bill Bickel, Brevity, Dave Blazek, Guy & Rodd, John Deering, Loose Parts, M.I.T., Medusa, Michelangelo, Non Sequitur, PVP Online, Scott Kurtz, Strange Brew, Wiley Miller, astronauts, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol | 29 responses so far

LOL- October 5

Cidu Bill on Oct 5th 2009

Filed in Abstruse Goose, Bill Bickel, Reynolds Unwrapped, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol | 8 responses so far

I have no idea what this means, but somehow I find it funny anyway

Cidu Bill on Sep 30th 2009

Filed in Abstruse Goose, Bill Bickel, CIDU, comic strips, comics, humor | 25 responses so far

LOL-Special Supersized Summer Edition

Cidu Bill on Jun 21st 2009

Filed in Abstruse Goose, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, Dave Coverly, Dave Whamond, Dilbert, Doonesbury, Far Left Side, G.B. Trudeau, GPS, Hey Geezers! Comics!, Hilary B. Price, Leigh Rubin, Mike Stanfill, Pearls Before Swine, Reality Check, Rhymes With Orange, Rina Piccolo, Rubes, Scott Adams, Speed Bump, Spongebob Squarepants, Stephan Pastis, Tina's Groove, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, gay marriage, humor, lol, pizza, xkcd | 21 responses so far

One More LOL, With Language That Might Offend

Cidu Bill on Jun 14th 2009

Filed in Abstruse Goose, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol | 4 responses so far

Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud Just Before Flag Day

Cidu Bill on Jun 14th 2009

Filed in Abstruse Goose, Argyle Sweater, Basketcase Comix, Batman, Bill Bickel, Close to Home, Cornered, Dave Blazek, F-Minus, Francesco Marciuliano, Loose Parts, Mark Parisi, Medium Large, Mike Baldwin, Off the Mark, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Scott Hilburn, Smurfs, Terminator, Tony Carrillo, Zach Weiner, cats, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol, robots, time machines | 16 responses so far

Bionic Woman

Cidu Bill on Jun 11th 2009

I made some changes (thanks, Wendy!), which should have cleared up the truncated comic problem, while also unshrinking them a bit. Is anybody still having problems?

Filed in Abstruse Goose, Bill Bickel, Bionic Woman, CIDU, comic strips, comics, humor | 23 responses so far