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I really don’t know why Dad’s complaining, given the fact that the throw at least cleared that big window…

Cidu Bill on Jun 28th 2011

Filed in Bil Keane, Bill Bickel, Family Circus, comic strips, humor | 5 responses so far

Speaking as somebody who might be shoveling at least five inches of snow today, I’m actually rather impressed.

Cidu Bill on Apr 1st 2011

Filed in Bill Bickel, Family Circus, comic strips, comics, humor, snow | 13 responses so far

One Leg at a Time

Cidu Bill on Aug 13th 2010

Maybe I’m missing the whole concept of this comic strip: Are the Keane children supposed to be brain-damaged or something? Because seriously, kid, just put the damn thing back on. It’s not rocket science.

I keep thinking this kid’s going to grow up and write a comic strip with jokes revolving around a kid losing his bathing suit and forgetting how to put it back on.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Family Circus, comic strips, comics | 29 responses so far

I finally figured it out:

Cidu Bill on Jul 20th 2010

Crankshaft is actually Billy from Family Circus, 70 years later.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Crankshaft, Family Circus, Tom Batiuk, comic strips, comics, humor | 10 responses so far

New Year’s Eve Time Zone Synchronicity

Cidu Bill on Dec 31st 2009

Eh, not really a great bit of synchronicity, I guess. Though as long as I’m here, I was wondering… Do any west-coast parents let their younger kids watch the Times Square ball fall at 9pm local time, convince the young’uns that they’ve stayed up until midnight, and then herd them into bed?

Elyrest: Here’s one to throw into your New Year’s Eve Time Zone Synchronicity. It even deals with the ball falling in another time zone. The strip’s “Home and Away”

Filed in Bill Bickel, Dilbert, Family Circus, Hi and Lois, New Year's Eve, Scott Adams, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 23 responses so far

Unexpected Haloloween

Cidu Bill on Oct 31st 2009

Filed in Bill Bickel, Daylight Saving Time, Family Circus, Halloween, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol | 30 responses so far

Ewww Hat Trick

Cidu Bill on Sep 30th 2009

Rasheed: Between today’s (Wednesday the 30th) Family Circus, Fast Track, and Rhymes with Orange, this is probably the grossest day of my Houston Chronicle comics page NOT involving the Argyle Sweater!

Filed in Bill Bickel, Bill Holbrook, Dogs, Ewww, Family Circus, Fast Track, Hilary B. Price, Rhymes With Orange, comic strips, comics, humor | 23 responses so far

Water

Cidu Bill on Sep 26th 2009

Okay, seriously now… Is Dolly supposed to be brain-damaged, or what?

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Family Circus, comic strips, comics, humor, indoor plumbing | 33 responses so far

Family Circle

Cidu Bill on Aug 6th 2009

Okay, so this is where the Family Circus family used to live. What’s the joke?
Actually, at first I thought this was supposed to be a grown-up Charlie Brown and Lucy Van Pelt. That would have been kind of funny.

Filed in Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Family Circus, Scott Hilburn, comic strips, comics, humor | 25 responses so far

What the @#$%?

Cidu Bill on Jul 23rd 2009

eeyore19: It would be one thing if the caption said “Mommy, what do the little stars and symbols mean?” The way it’s written has Dolly actually saying “# @ X*&!” (or at least trying to “spell” it out). To me, if she’s sounding it out loud, she’s actually asking “Mommy, what does ‘pound at X asterisk ampersand exclamation point’ spell?” It’s just really bothering me.

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Family Circus, comic strips, comics, humor | 22 responses so far

LOL-July 19

Cidu Bill on Jul 19th 2009

Filed in Bill Bickel, Dean Booth, Dean's Comic Booth, Family Circus, Francesco Marciuliano, Harry Potter, Mark Parisi, Medium Large, Non Sequitur, Off the Mark, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Wiley Miller, Zach Weiner, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol | 12 responses so far

Family Mail

Cidu Bill on May 21st 2009

And some synchronicity (even though Medium Large happens to be a repeat today):

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Doug Bratton, Family Circus, Francesco Marciuliano, Medium Large, Pop Culture Shock Therapy, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 12 responses so far

Current Events

Cidu Bill on Mar 25th 2009

Of course for Billy the comics page is current events, but somehow I doubt Family Circus intended the joke to be that “meta.”

Filed in Bill Bickel, Family Circus, comic strips, comics, humor | 7 responses so far

Okay, not every gag is going to work… but for God’s sake, at least make an effort!

Cidu Bill on Feb 19th 2009

Filed in Bill Bickel, Family Circus, comic strips, comics, humor | 36 responses so far

No Strings

Cidu Bill on Oct 2nd 2008

Filed in CIDU, Family Circus, comic strips, comics, humor | 17 responses so far

I Don’t No

Cidu Bill on Sep 10th 2008

Yes, I know what many of you are going to say, but isn’t there supposed to be at least the pretence of a joke?

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Family Circus, comic strips, comics, humor | 33 responses so far

Like a Racehorse?

Cidu Bill on Aug 26th 2008

Is there an actual joke here?

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Family Circus, comic strips, comics, humor | 20 responses so far

Black and White

Cidu Bill on Jul 30th 2008

Most schools still have blackboards as well — but whether or not they do, the white slates are never called blackboards. They go by various names including… wait for it… whiteboards.Yes, I know, I’m commenting on the logic of a Family Circus comic.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Family Circus, blackboards, comic strips, comics, humor, whiteboards | 24 responses so far