Comics I Don’t Understand

Archive for the 'The Norm' Category

Picket

Cidu Bill on Feb 14th 2009

What exactly does “picket” mean in their universe?

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

An Even More Important Tip: Never Congratulate a Woman on Her Pregnancy Unless You’re 100% Certain She IS Pregnant

Cidu Bill on Jan 11th 2009

This just baffles me: Is complimenting a woman on her varicose veins something that anybody actually does, at any time or under any circumstances?

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, The Norm, comic strips, comics, humor, pregnancy | 16 responses so far

Cake and Pie

Cidu Bill on Oct 29th 2008

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, The Norm, cake, comic strips, comics, humor, pie | 23 responses so far

And Stay Out

Cidu Bill on Oct 9th 2008

Yeah, always a good plan on general principle, but what’s the connection to the first few panels and what’s the joke?

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, The Norm, comic strips, comics, humor, prisons | 13 responses so far

The Beauty, the Splendor and the Wonder

Cidu Bill on Oct 6th 2008

Okay, what about the mom?

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, The Norm, comic strips, comics, humor | 18 responses so far

No Kidding

Cidu Bill on Oct 3rd 2008

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, The Norm, comic strips, comics, humor | 7 responses so far

Parent Season

Cidu Bill on Sep 12th 2008

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, The Norm, comic strips, comics, humor | 6 responses so far

Do You Like It?

Cidu Bill on Aug 28th 2008

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, The Norm, comic strips, comics, humor | 10 responses so far

Happy

Cidu Bill on Aug 24th 2008

This strip

was a CIDU for me, which wasn’t at all cleared up
by this follow-up strip:

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

Meanwhile, on Planet CIDU…

Cidu Bill on Aug 14th 2008

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, The Norm, comic strips, comics, humor | 13 responses so far

Tick

Cidu Bill on Aug 12th 2008

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, The Norm, comic strips, comics, humor | 9 responses so far

Too Tight

Cidu Bill on Jun 29th 2008

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, The Norm, comic strips, comics, humor | 8 responses so far

Gen H

Cidu Bill on Apr 27th 2008

Okay, if rather than showing the latte business they showed us kids with their 50-pound high school backpacks, I’d at least see where this was going, sort of, but…

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, The Norm, comic strips, comics, humor | 15 responses so far

”How many lights do you see, Norm?”

Cidu Bill on Apr 9th 2008

Okay, unless she’s giving him an oblique sexual come-on, I’m stumped.

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, The Norm, comic strips, comics, humor | 11 responses so far

Multitasking

Cidu Bill on Mar 9th 2008

I can think of no interpretation of this that doesn’t place it firmly on the Arlo Page.

Filed in Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, The Norm, comic strips, comics, humor | 9 responses so far

Pendant

Cidu Bill on Mar 9th 2008

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, The Norm, comic strips, comics, humor | 7 responses so far

Olives

Cidu Bill on Mar 4th 2008

Is he saying that old people have a fixation on olives? Hey, I’m getting to the stage in my life where I’m going to have to start learning these things…