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Bust

Cidu Bill on May 24th 2013

Did we do this one already? I kinda sort of remember it, but I can’t seem to find it on the site.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Brevity, CIDU, comic strips, comics, humor | 16 responses so far

Clog

Cidu Bill on May 9th 2013

Filed in Bill Bickel, Brevity, CIDU, comic strips, comics, humor | 17 responses so far

Awkward

Cidu Bill on May 7th 2013

Speaking of awkward, that dialog…

And is there any real joke here, or is this similar to Jeremy’s comment going over Connie’s head, indicated by his comment literally going over her head (I still think the hashtag thing should have had something to do with something there)?

And, y’know, 1987 called…

Filed in Bill Bickel, Brevity, CIDU, Hey Geezers! Comics!, Miami Sound Machine, comic strips, comics, humor | 27 responses so far

Is this Before-And-After Day?

Cidu Bill on Apr 22nd 2013

Officially, though, these both get the “oy” tag.

Filed in B.C., Bill Bickel, Brevity, comic strips, comics, humor, oy | 11 responses so far

Best

Cidu Bill on Mar 25th 2013

Filed in Bill Bickel, Brevity, CIDU, comic strips, comics, humor | 30 responses so far

J.J.

Cidu Bill on Mar 15th 2013

Filed in Bill Bickel, Brevity, CIDU, J.J. Abrams, comic strips, comics, humor | 36 responses so far

Bonus LOLs

Cidu Bill on Mar 12th 2013

Several people sent me Sunday’s Dark Side of the Horse, which probably works better on its original page.

And Chak sent me this as a LOL, but I already had it queued up as a CIDU (as as far as I’m concerned it still is):

Filed in Bill Bickel, Brevity, CIDU, Dark Side of the Horse, comic strips, comics, humor, lol | 35 responses so far

”Mayo”???

Cidu Bill on Feb 8th 2013

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

Who’s the puppet on the left supposed to be?

Cidu Bill on Feb 6th 2013

Filed in Bill Bickel, Brevity, CIDU, Prince, comics, comics strips, humor | 18 responses so far

What did he call it?

Cidu Bill on Jan 22nd 2013

Filed in Bill Bickel, Brevity, CIDU, Guy & Rodd & Dan, comic strips, comics, humor | 16 responses so far

Here’s a little-known fact about today’s Brevity strip…

Cidu Bill on Jan 10th 2013

One person sent it to me with the Geezer tag, one sent it to me as a LOL, and one sent it to me just because. Forgive my ignorance (well, you’ve been doing that for more than 16 years now), but what’s the joke here? I mean yeah, Cliff Clavin from Cheers, and “Clavin” is Calvin is you’re mildly dyslexic, but… so?

Filed in Bill Bickel, Bill Watterson, Brevity, CIDU, Calvin and Hobbes, Cheers, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, Guy & Rodd & Dan, Hey Geezers! Comics!, comic strips, comics, humor, lol | 29 responses so far

An LOL and a Question

Cidu Bill on Jan 6th 2013

Submitted by both Chak Olate and Morris Keesan:

Okay, here’s what I’ve always wondered: how did it get so firmly standardized that monkeys throw “poo,” rather than any other euphemism? Now granted there aren’t that many socially-acceptable euphemisms, but still… it’s always “monkeys” and “poo.” Nobody ever talks about “elephant poo,” after all, at least not as uniformly. Is it that simian excrement is somehow inherently cuter?

Filed in Bill Bickel, Brevity, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, Guy & Rodd & Dan, Winnie the Pooh, comic strips, comics, humor, lol, monkeys | 18 responses so far

Saturday Morning Ewww - January 5

Cidu Bill on Jan 5th 2013

Filed in Adam Huber, Bill Bickel, Brevity, Bug, Dagwood Bumstead, Ewww, Guy & Rodd & Dan, Mark Parisi, Mark Tatulli, Off the Mark, comic strips, comics, humor | 59 responses so far

The LOLs Before Christmas

Cidu Bill on Dec 24th 2012

Filed in Adam Huber, Amish, Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, Brevity, Bug, Christmas, Christmas trees, Close to Home, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, Cyanide and Happiness, Elton John, Francesco Marciuliano, Guy & Rodd & Dan, Happle Tea, Jimmy Johnson, John McPherson, Medium Large, Santa Claus, comic strips, comics, humor, lol | 35 responses so far

Christmas of 1972 Called…

Cidu Bill on Dec 22nd 2012

Filed in Bill Bickel, Brevity, Christmas, Guy & Rodd & Dan, Hey Geezers! Comics!, comic strips, comics, humor | 7 responses so far

Ugly Christmas Sweater Synchronicity

Cidu Bill on Dec 22nd 2012

It’s kind of tough to find real synchronicity in Christmas comics — but since I’d never seen Ugly Christmas Sweater Parties referenced in a comic before, and then saw two in one day…

And I’m not entirely grasping the second one: ugly Christmas-related characters sweating? Though Frosty (?) isn’t particularly ugly, is he? I mean for an anthropomorphized snowman.

And I’m wondering… how common are Ugly Sweater Parties anyway in the real world?

Filed in Bill Bickel, Brevity, CIDU, Christmas, Guy & Rodd & Dan, Hilary B. Price, Rhymes With Orange, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 33 responses so far

Down

Cidu Bill on Dec 16th 2012

The look on the duck’s face suggests this strip’s wandering into either Arlo or Ewww territory (or possibly Creepiosity)

Filed in Bill Bickel, Brevity, Ewww, Guy & Rodd & Dan, comic strips, comics, humor | 21 responses so far

1971 Called…

Cidu Bill on Dec 13th 2012

Do we have to file a Geezer Alert on this one as well, or will most of the non-AARP readership get it?

Filed in Bill Bickel, Brevity, Guy & Rodd & Dan, Hey Geezers! Comics!, Paul McCartney, comic strips, comics, humor | 42 responses so far

1981 Called, with a familiar ringtone…

Cidu Bill on Nov 16th 2012

I got this from two people as a CIDU this morning alone: the mechanic is giving Mick Jagger the idea for the song that would eventually be best known as the theme for Windows 95.

Filed in Brevity, Guy & Rodd, Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones, Windows 95, comic strips, comics, humor, music | 30 responses so far