Cidu Bill on Dec 17th 2012
If you’ve ever worked in an office, or lived in a college dorm, you’ve probably encountered the Secret Santa phenomenon: you’re given the name of a random person, and told to buy a present for him or her.
And that’s what several dozen CIDU members inadvertently signed up for: they were each assigned a comic strip character (from one of their favorite strips), and told to choose the perfect holiday gift (with a $25 spending limit).
In no special order, this is what you came up with:
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Filed in Bill Bickel, Chanukah, Christmas, Secret Santa, comic strips, comics | 10 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Dec 12th 2012
In the meantime, LOL
Filed in Bill Bickel, Chanukah, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, Hilary B. Price, Mister Potato Head, Rhymes With Orange, comic strips, comics, humor, lol | 4 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Dec 20th 2011
And does it help that the first one is actually a billboard put up by a church, or that the ad agency responsible for the second one is run by a Jewish man?
Filed in Bill Bickel, Chanukah, Christmas, advertising, religion | 41 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Nov 7th 2011
Other nominees?
Filed in Bill Bickel, Chanukah, Christmas | 14 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Dec 16th 2010
If the dog means that only he and the cat are Jewish, I don’t get it. If he means the whole family is Jewish, I don’t get it.
Filed in Bill Bickel, Brevity, CIDU, Chanukah, Christmas, Dogs, Guy & Rodd, cats, comic strips, comics, humor | 33 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Dec 6th 2010
He thinks it’s funny because he’s tacking a Jewish name onto the end of the word??
Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Chanukah, Hilary B. Price, Rhymes With Orange, comic strips, comics, humor | 28 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Dec 1st 2010
(no, not the usual line about almost all Jewish holidays sharing the same theme of “They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat”)
Chanukah begins tonight, so I have officially gone an entire year without getting around to putting away the menorah from last Chanukah.
We’re talking about moving a pound-and-a-half piece of metal from the windowsill to a shelf maybe ten feet away. Never happened.
Can you imagine if I had to string Christmas lights across the front of my house and set up some elaborate animated Santa?
Filed in Bill Bickel, Chanukah | 35 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Dec 25th 2009
Filed in Bill Bickel, Chanukah, Christmas, Christmas trees, Leigh Rubin, Rubes, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Six Chix, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol | 15 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Dec 23rd 2009
The first two panels comprise a set-up and punchline. The third panel baffles me.
Filed in CIDU, Chanukah, Christmas, Cow and Boy, comic strips, comics, humor | 24 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Dec 17th 2009
Okay, this would kind of make sense if the family in Baby Blues were Jewish. But they’re not. Or if they are, this seems to be the first time it’s been referenced in close to 20 years. And their last name is MacPherson.
I actually do have a theory, but it’s way too convoluted to be what Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott had in mind.
Filed in Baby Blues, Bill Bickel, Chanukah, Santa Claus, comic strips, comics | 32 responses so far
