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Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - August 20, 2025 [Comic Rex]
Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety.
Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT. Pull up a chair and sit a spell. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors.
"Doonesbury" bathed in woke and warrants no further mention here.
"Eyes saying: ‘Wait… what just happened?!’ 👀" pic.twitter.com/3Gi3pMHh66
— Nina Deer (@longdepzai_n) August 15, 2025
Joe Caroff, the unheralded graphic designer whose iconic creations included James Bond's 007 gun logo, posters for West Side Story and A Hard Day's Night and typography for Last Tango in Paris, Manhattan and Rollerball, died Sunday. He was 103. Caroff died one day short of birthday No. 104 in hospice care at his home in Manhattan.
Joe Caroff designed the famous logo - which features a gun as the 7 - for the first Bond film, Dr. No, in 1962. He was paid $300 and it was originally meant to be used as a letterhead for the studio's press release. But it has gone on to be used in every subsequent Bond film, albeit with minor adjustments.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 20, 2025 10:00 PM (Zr554)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 20, 2025 10:00 PM (Zr554)
Posted by: YellowBird at August 20, 2025 10:00 PM (MEbkQ)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 20, 2025 10:00 PM (Zr554)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 20, 2025 10:00 PM (Zr554)
Posted by: mindful webworker - not even trying tonight at August 20, 2025 10:01 PM (+LBpX)
Sluggo. Who could have guessed?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 20, 2025 10:01 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: tankdemon at August 20, 2025 10:02 PM (FVLcK)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 20, 2025 10:03 PM (LAw/P)
Posted by: YellowBird at August 20, 2025 10:04 PM (MEbkQ)
Posted by: Chinese proverb at August 20, 2025 10:04 PM (k2LUN)
Posted by: YellowBird at August 20, 2025 10:04 PM (MEbkQ)
Posted by: tankdemon at August 20, 2025 10:05 PM (FVLcK)
Doonesbury heavily influenced my political views from the war to Watergate to Carter to Reagan.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2025 10:05 PM (RIvkX)
Sluggo. Who could have guessed?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 20, 2025 10:01 PM (JkO4W)
Die, sock…
Anyways, Nancy swore she could “fix” Sluggo…: )
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 20, 2025 10:05 PM (k2LUN)
I might as well watch Jimmy Kimmel
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 20, 2025 10:05 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 20, 2025 10:06 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 20, 2025 10:06 PM (zZu0s)
Bloom County
The Far Side
Calvin and Hobbes
My favorites.
Li'l Abner, Prince Valiant, and Pogo I remember ,but mostly for the art work. I was far too young to follow the dialogue.
Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 20, 2025 10:06 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 20, 2025 10:06 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 20, 2025 10:06 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 20, 2025 10:07 PM (k2LUN)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 20, 2025 10:07 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: tankdemon at August 20, 2025 10:07 PM (FVLcK)
Posted by: davidt at August 20, 2025 10:07 PM (i0F8b)
The Golden Rule: He who has the gold makes the rules.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at August 20, 2025 10:07 PM (6nQni)
Posted by: YellowBird at August 20, 2025 10:08 PM (MEbkQ)
Posted by: YellowBird
I'll live. How was your day? Mine was chock full of holding executive's hands while they worried over trivia no one else gives a damn about.
Big iron bird is gonna whoosh me out of Grand Prairie, TX back home to North Alabama in the morning so it's Saul Goodman.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 20, 2025 10:08 PM (Zr554)
The Golden Rule: He who has the gold makes the rules.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at August 20, 2025 10:07 PM (6nQni)
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Honorable Mention: The king is a fink!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 20, 2025 10:09 PM (JkO4W)
Why are they both wearing Charlie Brown's shirt?
Posted by: mikeski at August 20, 2025 10:09 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 20, 2025 10:06 PM (zZu0s)
Soap operas, all, and I hated them as a kid. Resolution of a story took, what, 40 years, showing 2 panels at a time every day?
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 20, 2025 10:09 PM (k2LUN)
Posted by: 496 at August 20, 2025 10:09 PM (HIHJq)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 20, 2025 10:09 PM (LAw/P)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 20, 2025 10:10 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Cicero
Word! "Midvale School for the Gifted" may, in fact, be the greatest comic of all time.
In every IT shop I ever worked in, they were posted all over.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 20, 2025 10:10 PM (cYBz/)
1. Doonesbury was pretty good when it first came out. BD on the football team with Zonker, Zonker prepping for his tanning competitions, Uncle Duke. Just lost before the others, and loudly.
2. Andy Capp has been a major influence on my life.
Posted by: From about That Tim at August 20, 2025 10:10 PM (iwe3o)
Posted by: huerfano at August 20, 2025 10:10 PM (98kQX)
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Hagar the Horrible
Broom Hilda
Branda Starr, Reporter (I never really got that one, though)
Posted by: Methos at August 20, 2025 10:11 PM (zLwRl)
Alex the Chick was the most offended by this, I think.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 20, 2025 10:11 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: davidt at August 20, 2025 10:11 PM (i0F8b)
Li'l Abner, Prince Valiant, and Pogo I remember ,but mostly for the art work. I was far too young to follow the dialogue.
Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo
GetFuzzy
One of the examples of why.
https://archive.org/details/get-fuzzy-20230115
Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 20, 2025 10:11 PM (Zr554)
--damn it.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 20, 2025 10:06 PM
***
Glad you're here either way. But we won't tell anyone else.
Posted by: Sgt TRex - I know nothing! at August 20, 2025 10:12 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 20, 2025 10:06 PM (mT+6a)
By the time I hit “y” I was reminded of my fourth grade teacher having two or three of these strips clipped out of newspapers and posted behind her desk. I never read this anyplace else because I never knew of a paper that carried it.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 20, 2025 10:12 PM (k2LUN)
Posted by: gKWVE at August 20, 2025 10:12 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: The Grateful at August 20, 2025 10:12 PM (IQ6Gq)
1922 to 1982 they were written by Earnie Bushmiller. They were fine.
1982-2018 they were produced by a variety of artists and was mostly shit.
2018 it became a surrealistic nightmare. I kinda ...like it.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at August 20, 2025 10:12 PM (gDhA9)
(br)
my brain still translates those Pittsburgh Scanner tweets in Pittsburghese. Downtown = dahntahn, etc.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 20, 2025 10:12 PM (naiw2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 20, 2025 10:10 PM (63Dwl)
'Blondie' gets an honorable mention for getting a comic sandwich into mainstream, The Dagwood.
Posted by: RickZ at August 20, 2025 10:12 PM (gKDq2)
Wishing you better tomorrows. Farewell to TX!
Posted by: YellowBird at August 20, 2025 10:12 PM (MEbkQ)
Posted by: JackWayne at August 20, 2025 10:12 PM (PcEmA)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 20, 2025 10:13 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 20, 2025 10:13 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 20, 2025 10:13 PM (0aYVJ)
Bluff. Watson Street. Caller has a business and says a person they have never seen before is claiming they work there and is requesting a paycheck.
"Mr. Biden, this is a Wendy's."
Posted by: mikeski at August 20, 2025 10:13 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 20, 2025 10:13 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 20, 2025 10:14 PM (SnC8S)
And currently, Wallace the Brave is excellent.
Posted by: From about That Tim at August 20, 2025 10:14 PM (iwe3o)
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 20, 2025 10:07 PM (k2LUN)
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He was a damn commie.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2025 10:14 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 20, 2025 10:14 PM (LAw/P)
Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 20, 2025 10:14 PM (0aYVJ)
That gun looks more like the Remington XP-100 than anything Bond ws seen using.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 20, 2025 10:14 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 20, 2025 10:15 PM (LAw/P)
The Wizard of Id.
Advisor runs in shouting "Your Majesty, your majesty, the peasants are revolting!"
King: "Oh no! What are we gonna do?"
Another advisor runs in shouting, "Your majesty, your majesty, the moat monsters are starving!"
King: "Wait. We may be able to work this out."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 20, 2025 10:15 PM (ny95y)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 20, 2025 10:15 PM (mT+6a)
You nailed my top three comics. And yes, I miss them.
Great scanner action from the folks of Pittsburgh! So glad I don't live among such ninnies who can't stand to see anyone have a good time. Although that wanting a paycheck might be an idea for future income...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 20, 2025 10:16 PM (kB9dk)
I am generally impressed by Pearls Before Swine, but mostly because it is the opposite of Magical Realism.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 20, 2025 10:16 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 20, 2025 10:17 PM (63Dwl)
The Phantom was just Batman in Africa. But for an 8-year-old, Africa was mysterious.
Posted by: RickZ at August 20, 2025 10:18 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 20, 2025 10:19 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: QED Texan at August 20, 2025 10:19 PM (fveCG)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 20, 2025 10:13 PM
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I got that reference, and you're a bad man!
Posted by: 496 at August 20, 2025 10:19 PM (zs22P)
Posted by: The Grateful at August 20, 2025 10:19 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 20, 2025 10:16 PM
***
Wow. A double mighty night! Woo hoo!
Posted by: TRex - mighty upgraded! at August 20, 2025 10:19 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: The Grateful at August 20, 2025 10:12 PM (IQ6Gq)
Pogo
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 20, 2025 10:19 PM (SnC8S)
Yep. Almost forgot. I grew up in the golden age for newspaper comics. The old standards were still around while the new kids were moving into the neighborhood. Imagine, we had Lil' Abner and not long after, Doonesbury first appeared
Posted by: YellowBird at August 20, 2025 10:19 PM (MEbkQ)
In the Far Side spy center shot, she appears to have a machine gun. So she probably could have.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 20, 2025 10:19 PM (3nLb4)
Posted by: davidt at August 20, 2025 10:07 PM (i0F8b)
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Yeah. No.
Posted by: Cream at August 20, 2025 10:19 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 20, 2025 10:19 PM (LAw/P)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 20, 2025 10:19 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: YellowBird at August 20, 2025 10:20 PM (MEbkQ)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 20, 2025 10:20 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: gKWVE at August 20, 2025 10:20 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Miklos, pronounced Eye-gore at August 20, 2025 10:21 PM (vEse0)
Posted by: Slabs at August 20, 2025 10:21 PM (Rpm40)
As young newly weds on road trips we'd always take the latest Calvin and Hobbes book with us for the long drives. (Mid-1980's)
To the end of my working career in aerospace (2024) people had Far Side cartoons in their work spaces. The one you picked ('car') is among the best but so was the 'we're not rocket scientists' one and the dolphins trying to communicate in Spanish with the clueless scientists one.
I used to think Dilbert worked in a place very similar to my job but then realized later in life 'they're all the same'!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 20, 2025 10:21 PM (v5g6s)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 20, 2025 10:22 PM (rbvCR)
Thank you for the ONT Mr. Rex
Posted by: 496 at August 20, 2025 10:22 PM (osUDQ)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 20, 2025 10:22 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 20, 2025 10:22 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Little Annie Fanny at August 20, 2025 10:22 PM (i0F8b)
Canonically, Beetle is the brother of Lois from the Hi and Lois strip.
And nothing was more fun than seeing that young character from Jeff MacNelly's "Shoe" spend every summer going through Marine basic training.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 20, 2025 10:23 PM (FVLcK)
1. Doonesbury was pretty good when it first came out. BD on the football team with Zonker, Zonker prepping for his tanning competitions, Uncle Duke. Just lost before the others, and loudly.
2. Andy Capp has been a major influence on my life.
Posted by: From about That Tim
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BD in 'nam hanging with Charlie.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 20, 2025 10:23 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 20, 2025 10:23 PM (LAw/P)
Posted by: davidt at August 20, 2025 10:07 PM (i0F8b)
Nothing tops the cool jazz/rock/fusion funk of 'The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys', all 11 minutes and 44 seconds of it.
Posted by: RickZ at August 20, 2025 10:23 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Nuts About Comics at August 20, 2025 10:23 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Miklos "Mary" Worth at August 20, 2025 10:24 PM (vEse0)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
I thought Chic Young didn't begin Blondie until 1930.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 20, 2025 10:24 PM (cYBz/)
Bloom County was a hoot. Steve Dallas having his personality reversed by aliens was great.
Doonsebury was funny with Duke. He coached the Redskins and signed a 600lb Samoan named Lava Lava Lenny. One practice Duke said "Lenny give Jones back his head". BD was modeled after Brian Dowling Yale QB who played for the Patriots.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 20, 2025 10:24 PM (so5nu)
Posted by: Cosda at August 20, 2025 10:25 PM (wamAH)
Posted by: Nuts About Comics
It was all a setup
Posted by: The Jif cartel at August 20, 2025 10:25 PM (vEse0)
Posted by: Little Annie Fanny at August 20, 2025 10:22 PM (i0F8b)
That's not a lizard, Annie. Not a four-legged one anyway.
Posted by: RickZ at August 20, 2025 10:26 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 20, 2025 10:26 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: davidt at August 20, 2025 10:26 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Slabs at August 20, 2025 10:26 PM (Rpm40)
Posted by: Nuts About Comics
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Wow!
Posted by: The Grateful at August 20, 2025 10:26 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 20, 2025 10:12 PM (naiw2)
* * * *
It's a language all its own. Once you hear it, you cannot un-hear it! I still find myself saying "O-hi-yah" when referring to the Ohio River.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 20, 2025 10:26 PM (kB9dk)
"There Oughta Be A Law" which stuck me as being very old-fashioned, even in the 1960's.
Buzz Sawyer, the poor man's Steve Canyon.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 20, 2025 10:26 PM (SnC8S)
Posted by: RickZ at August 20, 2025 10:23 PM (gKDq2)
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Low Spark is amazing. I've tried to turn younger folks on to it. No success with my co-workers, but my two daughters ended up loving it.
Roll Right Stones is another fantastic long one - it took me a couple of listens to dig it, but it's great. I recommend it.
Posted by: 496 at August 20, 2025 10:27 PM (FN3wE)
It’s very interesting how so many in “conservative” media has done a 180 on this. There’s some serious money being sent to them to take these positions.
Sad.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 20, 2025 10:27 PM (4HxCT)
And The Far Side makes me laugh at things I really shouldn’t.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 20, 2025 10:28 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: gKWVE
They should apply for a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.
Posted by: Carnivorous Miklos, but no like Long Pig at August 20, 2025 10:28 PM (vEse0)
I heard that song for the first time ever riding to the Oakland, CA airport as I was leaving home to join the Army. So, yeah, it made an impression.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 20, 2025 10:28 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 20, 2025 10:28 PM (kIhGR)
None of that Blondie and Dagwood crap... she would not even make him samiches!
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 20, 2025 10:28 PM (mP0Kj)
https://youtu.be/0Anbx8fNGX8
https://youtu.be/oxsLw7_hBkg
Posted by: mikeski at August 20, 2025 10:28 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 20, 2025 10:29 PM (LAw/P)
Posted by: Skippy News at August 20, 2025 10:29 PM (G5+As)
I was old enough to notice that.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 20, 2025 10:29 PM (Lo97M)
I still have multiple collections of Peanuts comic strips and other memorabilia squirreled away somewhere at home.
Posted by: Dr. T at August 20, 2025 10:29 PM (lHPJf)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
The one that's not locked.
Posted by: mikeski at August 20, 2025 10:31 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: javems at August 20, 2025 10:31 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 20, 2025 10:29 PM (Lo97M
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Veronica and Betty from the Archie comics always wore very fetching sweaters
Posted by: 496 at August 20, 2025 10:31 PM (bx0xv)
I was old enough to notice that.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 20, 2025 10:29 PM (Lo97M)
You vill eat the schmoo!
Posted by: WEF and Other Villains at August 20, 2025 10:32 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: tankdemon
Was Shoe an owl?
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 20, 2025 10:32 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 20, 2025 10:06 PM (mT+6a)
Was that funny at some point? Because I remember seeing it in the comics pages in the '00s and just thinking, Holy shit this is depressing.
Posted by: Dr. T at August 20, 2025 10:32 PM (lHPJf)
Get Fuzzy is pretty good. Calvin and Hobbes holds the crown.
Doonesbury has been progressive slop since I was old enough to read it. XKCD can be funny but strikes me often as 'I'm so progressive I believe whatever a scientist says." I still read Buttersafe every once in a while. I read Penny Arcade regularly even though it's also left wing.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at August 20, 2025 10:33 PM (6nQni)
Posted by: Inquiring Mind of Miklos at August 20, 2025 10:33 PM (vEse0)
But it is still a great video and a great song.
Thanks, TRex.
Posted by: GWB at August 20, 2025 10:33 PM (rSsQh)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 20, 2025 10:34 PM (SnC8S)
Posted by: Dr. T
It was funny in the 70s and early 80s.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 20, 2025 10:34 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 20, 2025 10:28 PM (kIhGR)
* * * *
Glad to see you here this evening.
My sincere condolences on your loss and prayers for strength and comfort in the days to come.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 20, 2025 10:34 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 20, 2025 10:16 PM
Wow. A double mighty night! Woo hoo!
Posted by: TRex - mighty upgraded!
One more, and you'll outrank the Bosstones!
Posted by: mikeski at August 20, 2025 10:35 PM (DgGvY)
Roll Right Stones is another fantastic long one - it took me a couple of listens to dig it, but it's great. I recommend it.
Posted by: 496 at August 20, 2025 10:27 PM (FN3wE)
I have to say, while I like individual songs from their albums (I have four), the one album I enjoy as a whole is 'When The Eagle Flies'. That one doesn't seem to be everybody's cup of Traffic but I like it; Traffic's last album (I don't count the release in 1994). 'John Barleycorn Must Die' is another solid album.
Posted by: RickZ at August 20, 2025 10:35 PM (gKDq2)
She was the villain but she was a smart villain who recognized that the Japanese were bad news and even worked with Terry to stop the Japs. But she also told Terry she would go back to her wicked ways once it was all over.
And she launched a lot of nose art.
https://www.b24.net/noseArt/42-94906sm.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2025 10:35 PM (rn0nN)
My dermatology surgery was rescheduled for tomorrow. The doctor had to attend a funeral. I might have to reschedule again because my right knee is having bad pain. I'm not sure I'd make it in or out of the house with our steps.
Posted by: Joyenz at August 20, 2025 10:35 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: TRex - mighty upgraded!
One more, and you'll outrank the Bosstones!
Posted by: mikeski
MOAR SAXOPHONE
Posted by: Miklos can be persuaded to dance at August 20, 2025 10:36 PM (vEse0)
https://www.tcj.com/chics-blondie/
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 20, 2025 10:37 PM (LAw/P)
For some reason I remember this one from decades ago.
Two goldfish are standing on a table looking over at the bowl which is on fire and they've just escaped it. The caption:
"Whew! That was close. Of course, now we're equally screwed."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 20, 2025 10:37 PM (XQo4F)
Posted by: Mrs JTB at August 20, 2025 10:37 PM (yTvNw)
And there were humorous strips, too. George Herriman's "Krazy Kat" was something special - and a great influence on Bill Watterson. (In one "Calvin and Hobbes" strip, the family is visiting an art gallery, and in the background you can see "Dad" looking at a portrait of Offissa Pupp.)
The problem with modern strips, as Bill Watterson has pointed out, is that not nearly enough space is given to strips - they're too compressed - and the printing nowadays is distinctly inferior to what it was in the 1930s and 1940s. What we see now is just a shadow of the riches that once were included in the Sunday newspaper.
Posted by: Nemo at August 20, 2025 10:38 PM (4RPgu)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 20, 2025 10:38 PM (ppi9s)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 20, 2025 10:32 PM (mT+6a)
I think Shoe was the crow, and The Professor was the owl.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 20, 2025 10:38 PM (SnC8S)
I was old enough to notice that.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 20, 2025 10:29 PM (Lo97M)
Ever see the old Lil Abner movie?
Julie Newmar as Stupifyin Jones.... yum...
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 20, 2025 10:39 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2025 10:39 PM (rn0nN)
I was earlier thinking of dancing with TRex to all of this music...I just couldn't reach his lovely little arms...
I ended up going over and sitting at the wobbly table🦖
Barkeep! Drinks all around😜
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 20, 2025 10:39 PM (3wXSL)
???
Posted by: Miklos at August 20, 2025 10:40 PM (vEse0)
Today he would be saying that about Trump.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 20, 2025 10:40 PM (XQo4F)
I built up a lot of trust with my kids when they were little, such that I just scraped by with their bare minimum of trust during the "troubled teen" years.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 20, 2025 10:41 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 20, 2025 10:32 PM (mT+6a)
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I think Shoe was the crow, and The Professor was the owl.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 20, 2025 10:38 PM (SnC8S)
Didn't Shoe always seem to have a stogie in his beak?
Or am I misremembering something that never happened?
Posted by: RickZ at August 20, 2025 10:42 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 20, 2025 10:42 PM (XQo4F)
Barkeep! Drinks all around😜
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 20, 2025 10:39 PM
***
Dance the night away, but be careful if you dance on the wobbly table!
Posted by: TRex - safety first at August 20, 2025 10:42 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: COMountainMarie
Fine, Lady
Cash only, you know the rules
It is Ladies Nite, so 8-4-1
Posted by: The name is Miklos, not "barkeep" or "hey you" at August 20, 2025 10:43 PM (vEse0)
Other greats:
B.C.
Tumbleweed
Stuffy Smith
Willy and Ethel
George
Posted by: Galt at August 20, 2025 10:43 PM (9UnaD)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 20, 2025 10:43 PM (3wXSL)
I have one daughter that watches a lot, and reads some, and tells me about story lines that fascinate her.
They are kind of like the old Superman and Batman comics with heroes and villains and flawed characters that try to do the right thing.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 20, 2025 10:44 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: TRex - safety first
Seriously
We play roulette on that
Posted by: Genial late Nite Croupier Miklos at August 20, 2025 10:44 PM (vEse0)
Posted by: Galt at August 20, 2025 10:44 PM (9UnaD)
Sluggy Freelance
https://www.sluggy.com/
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2025 10:44 PM (rn0nN)
https://tinyurl.com/LakeBetweenTheLines
(not a Traffic tune)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 20, 2025 10:45 PM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 20, 2025 10:45 PM (XQo4F)
I read that one. The nerd jokes are worth the random raging leftishness.
"Freefall" is good, too. Serial sci-fi comedy since 1998. Starts here: https://is.gd/J8Sa4D
The current story arc is a bit "furry," but at a 1955-rom-com level, not a creepy 2025-comic-convention one.
Posted by: mikeski at August 20, 2025 10:45 PM (DgGvY)
Calvin and Hobbes (greatest of all time)
Dilbert
Wallace The Brave
Hagar the Horrible
The very early Doonesbury strips were laugh out loud hilarious. It took a few years before he became an unfunny scold.
Peanuts was more droll than funny.
Lil Abner always seemed to have an adult aspect that escaped little kids.
Posted by: JTB at August 20, 2025 10:46 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 20, 2025 10:46 PM (3wXSL)
Posted by: Snoteye at August 20, 2025 10:46 PM (Gu65h)
Posted by: Frankie at August 20, 2025 10:47 PM (DkAjB)
B.C.
Posted by: Galt
I still make references online, including here, to the TRVTH.
Posted by: mikeski at August 20, 2025 10:47 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Mrs JTB at August 20, 2025 10:47 PM (yTvNw)
Manga and light novels are akin to the better American comics. But mangaka can detonate their works also; Usagi Drops and Love Hina are two that instantly pop to mind.
As for anime, there is still plenty that can make you cringe.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2025 10:48 PM (rn0nN)
It is in my Favorites, and I click on it at any low point of the day when I need a chuckle.
https://tinyurl.com/mu2yea3n
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 20, 2025 10:49 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Miklos at August 20, 2025 10:49 PM (vEse0)
Charlie Brown and Linus are sitting on a curb eating hot dogs.
"Pretty good hot dogs, huh Charlie Brown?"
"Fair, I guess... A hot dog just doesn't taste right without a baseball game in front of it "
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 20, 2025 10:49 PM (XQo4F)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 20, 2025 10:50 PM (XeU6L)
Dozens of others. Milton Cannif's Terry & the Pirates. Jack Berril's Gil Thorp. Stan Drake's The Heart of Juliet Jones.
The list goes on and on.
Posted by: Cowboy Wally at August 20, 2025 10:50 PM (vXpaj)
https://tinyurl.com/LakeBetweenTheLines
(not a Traffic tune)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 20, 2025 10:45 PM (vd6bO)
Haven't listened yet but cool album cover. We had such great album art. Yes' covers are iconic. Roger Dean.
My favorite album cover is still King Crimson's 'In The Court Of The Crimson King'. A real classic piece of album art, that one.
Posted by: RickZ at August 20, 2025 10:50 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: mikeski at August 20, 2025 10:50 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2025 10:51 PM (rn0nN)
Mom and my little brother to go to Mass every Sunday at 7am. It was torture.
But.
After Mass we went out to breakfast. Sometimes a truck stop with amazing waffles, sometimes an I hop type place or a Trader Vic’s. And sometimes something fancy like the coffee shop at the Fairmont Hotel or the Mansion on Turtle Creek.
And every Sunday mom and dad would
Read the Sunday paper and my brother and I would study the big six pages of IN COLOR comic strips.
I wish I had done that with my boys. But by then, Sunday papers were 75%ads and the comics were
Down to two pages maybe.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 20, 2025 10:52 PM (mT+6a)
All prayers
Posted by: Miklos at August 20, 2025 10:49 PM (vEse0)
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Prayers and condolences, rickb.
Posted by: mikeski at August 20, 2025 10:50 PM (DgGvY)
What they said.
Posted by: RickZ at August 20, 2025 10:52 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 20, 2025 10:52 PM (3wXSL)
Prince Valiant (especially the Sunday version in color)
The Phantom
Steve Canyon
Never cared for the soap opera type strips like Brenda Starr or Mary Worth. I read them because they were in the comics section but never liked them.
Posted by: JTB at August 20, 2025 10:52 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: The name is Miklos, not "barkeep" or "hey you"
********
It's good to see you back in and under the gray box!
Posted by: The Grateful at August 20, 2025 10:52 PM (IQ6Gq)
Look up “Mistakes were made.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2025 10:53 PM (PfGa7)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 20, 2025 10:06 PM (zZu0s)
Does anyone here remember the Comics Crumudgeon blog? Would have been early 2000's. The guy riffed on comics and his takes on Mary Worth, Rex Morgan, et al, were hilarious.
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 20, 2025 10:53 PM (nbLIj)
Manga and light novels are akin to the better American comics. But mangaka can detonate their works also; Usagi Drops and Love Hina are two that instantly pop to mind.
As for anime, there is still plenty that can make you cringe.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2025 10:48 PM
My comment was pure "second hand" knowledge. I knew that we did have some anime/manga fans among the Morons that could give better advice.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 20, 2025 10:53 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 20, 2025 10:50 PM (XeU6L)
So did the Shadow... a couple of em... Long Slides...
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 20, 2025 10:53 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: javems at August 20, 2025 10:53 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2025 10:54 PM (rn0nN)
Today he would be saying that about Trump.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 20, 2025 10:40 PM (XQo4F)
And the newspaper editor who would rouse himself from a drunken stupor just long enough to yell, "It's Reagan's fault!"
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 20, 2025 10:54 PM (SnC8S)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 20, 2025 10:55 PM (XQo4F)
Posted by: Goatweed at August 20, 2025 10:55 PM (jK3NL)
Posted by: lin-duh at August 20, 2025 10:55 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 20, 2025 10:55 PM (4rUTl)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 20, 2025 10:56 PM (vd6bO)
East Liberty- Whole Foods on Penn Ave. Caller reporting a person on an electric scooter just drove up and stole a watermelon.
_______________________________________
Follow up: Suspect was last seen heading towards a Popeye's Chicken on N. Penn.
____________________________________
You are making assumptions, and that makes you racist. Now, que the Benny Hill music as a store clerk hops on an electric cart and gives chase.
Posted by: Orson at August 20, 2025 10:56 PM (dIske)
Epic... and Erie... both Cartoon long stories carried across multiple issues... GREAT Artwork.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 20, 2025 10:56 PM (mP0Kj)
???
Posted by: Miklos
My wife lost her fight this morning with endometrial cancer.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 20, 2025 10:56 PM (kIhGR)
Posted by: Joyenz at August 20, 2025 10:56 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Nay nay my Good Man.
From his bio _. . . .and then landed in New York in 1922. His first strip there, Beautiful Bab for the Bell Syndicate, earned him a job offer from King Features Syndicate.
His first strip for King, in 1924, was Dumb Dora. In April of 1930, Young turned this strip over to Paul Fung so that he could devote himself to his new creation, the strip for which he is best known—Blondie.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 20, 2025 10:56 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 20, 2025 10:56 PM (4rUTl)
Like Paul McCartney's "Goodnight Tonight"
Like David Bowie's "Let's Dance"
KC and the Sunshine Band at least respected the medium.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2025 10:56 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 20, 2025 10:57 PM (kIhGR)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 20, 2025 10:57 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2025 10:54 PM
Oh, yes. That's right.
And do most people understand why Calvin and Hobbes are named Calvin and Hobbes?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 20, 2025 10:58 PM (XQo4F)
Posted by: JTB at August 20, 2025 10:58 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 20, 2025 10:56 PM
***
[insert thoughtful words of comfort and condolence here]
Posted by: TRex - small brain, bad with words at August 20, 2025 10:58 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
The current highest-rated show on Anime News Network is "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End." I can't argue with that.
Think "Lord of the Rings." But, it's the story that happens after all the books.
Posted by: mikeski at August 20, 2025 10:58 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 20, 2025 10:55 PM (XQo4F)
I think of that every time I answer my watch.
Posted by: javems at August 20, 2025 10:58 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 20, 2025 10:58 PM (WM2cv)
I really liked that one where Opus' girlfriend tells Opus she has a tattoo of Dan Fogelberg's face on her "tushie". "Dan Fogerburp!?!? Who in the heck is Dan Fogerburp!!?!?"
Sorry, got a little froggy kn the post button earlier.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 20, 2025 10:58 PM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 20, 2025 10:59 PM (671IT)
Posted by: Tuna at August 20, 2025 10:59 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 20, 2025 10:56 PM (kIhGR)
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May her memory be a blessing.
I am very saddened by your loss.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2025 10:59 PM (RIvkX)
Condolences and prayers for you and your family.
Posted by: lin-duh at August 20, 2025 11:00 PM (VCgbV)
Please take comfort that your sweet bride is no longer cold or hurting or worried about you. She is in the presence of the Lord and will still love you.
Peace be with you.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 20, 2025 11:00 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 20, 2025 11:00 PM (snZF9)
There will be a Season Three of Frieren.
But I seriously do not want to deal with Ubel anymore.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2025 11:00 PM (rn0nN)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 20, 2025 11:00 PM (XQo4F)
Western "Rick O'Shay",
Informative and outdoorsy "Mark Trail
Yes, I'm 29+
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 20, 2025 11:01 PM (2xthb)
It looks like it will be hot there today.
They issued a Heat Alert for Thursday and Friday.
High tomorrow is 72. Not hot.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2025 11:01 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 20, 2025 11:01 PM (WM2cv)
May God's love and deep compassion comfort you.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 20, 2025 11:02 PM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at August 20, 2025 11:02 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 20, 2025 10:56 PM (kIhGR)
Once again, my condolences and prayers.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 20, 2025 11:02 PM (snZF9)
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of its release, starting Sept 1 HBO Max will carry the 4k remastered version of Angel's Egg. And if you want the cinema experience, it will show on Nov 19th.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2025 11:02 PM (rn0nN)
Posted by: tankdemon at August 20, 2025 11:03 PM (FVLcK)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 20, 2025 11:03 PM (b6zMF)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 20, 2025 11:03 PM (XQo4F)
It looks like it will be hot there today.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2025 11:01 PM (RIvkX)
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Nah. 90f on a summer day is quite alright.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 20, 2025 11:04 PM (WM2cv)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 20, 2025 11:04 PM (kIhGR)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 20, 2025 11:03 PM
***
Oooohhh!!! wing night! Good evening AOP!
Posted by: TRex - not collecting broken studebakers at August 20, 2025 11:05 PM (IQ6Gq)
I never paid too much attention to lyrics, a lot of tunes surprised me later on in life, when it was explained to me what they were actually singing about.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 20, 2025 11:05 PM (W8kN7)
Posted by: scampydog at August 20, 2025 11:05 PM (276lA)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 20, 2025 11:06 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Shipoopi at August 20, 2025 11:06 PM (t1uwd)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 20, 2025 11:03 PM (b6zMF)
Good thing you weren't on the Celebrity cruise ship.
Posted by: javems at August 20, 2025 11:06 PM (8I4hW)
Except Family Circle...good for going to sleep. Jeez.
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 20, 2025 11:07 PM (3wXSL)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 20, 2025 11:05 PM (W8kN7)
It was the '60s'-early '70s. What can I say? We've talked here about the hideous clothes from that time, but the shoes weren't so great, either. Platform rock star shoes.
Posted by: RickZ at August 20, 2025 11:08 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 20, 2025 11:08 PM (2xthb)
Want me to start quoting excerpts from The Brass Ring?
The 487th Bomb Squadron in the Med was known as the Dog Face squadron and their planes carried Bill Mauldin nose art.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCKw0CYZ-Yc
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2025 11:08 PM (rn0nN)
At least every other day I feel like I'm in a Dilbert cartoon.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 20, 2025 11:10 PM (XQo4F)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 20, 2025 11:11 PM (WF/xn)
Posted by: scampydog at August 20, 2025 11:11 PM (276lA)
“Fair is fair, Larry. We drew straws.You lose.”
I like the Dilbert where the secretary is told by her Doctor “Switch to DeCaff” and she swaps out all the Coffee at the office to unleaded for her convenience.
Everybody is wiped out in the hall … dilbert is the last one conscious, muttering “Must. Find. Antidote”
Posted by: Common Tater at August 20, 2025 11:12 PM (W8kN7)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 20, 2025 10:56 PM (kIhGR)
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I'm so sorry for your loss. May she Rest in Peace
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 20, 2025 11:12 PM (2xthb)
The things you learn.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 20, 2025 11:12 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Goatweed at August 20, 2025 10:55 PM (jK3NL)
That's a weird one. Used to be funny, but it turned into a somber pity fest. All the characters grew into disillusioned adults.
Found the Comics Crumudgeon. He's still active, which could be bad for me...
https://joshreads.com/
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 20, 2025 11:13 PM (nbLIj)
I'll tell you the one I remember because it's funny:
The Mom is in the laundry in front of the washer, a basket full of clothes at her feet. She's holding a shirt with a label that reads 'Machine Wash Seperately'
Her thought bubble: Just who do you think you are?
Posted by: RickZ at August 20, 2025 11:13 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Joyenz at August 20, 2025 11:13 PM (sPQoU)
I'm neutral on Nancy and Sluggo.
The rest above, I like.
Top 3 for me was always Bloom County, Calvin and Hobbes and The Far Side.
After that, I was a fan of Foxtrot. It was on a 3 year clock and reset everyone back to their starting ages again. It took me a while to notice.
And I liked Get Fuzzy.
The grand champion was Buck Rogers. I didn't get to read it 'live' but there was collected comic hardcover in my middle school library. I read the HELL out of that thing. Stunning. Loved those weird and weirdly detailed spaceships and rocket pistols and jump belts.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 20, 2025 11:13 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Fritzy at August 20, 2025 11:14 PM (T5dpv)
I was old enough to notice that.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 20, 2025 10:29 PM (Lo97M)
They made a movie musical of L'il Abner, and Julie Newmar played the role of Stupefyin' Jones. Fun movie, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 20, 2025 11:15 PM (xSb3N)
Posted by: gKWVE at August 20, 2025 11:15 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 20, 2025 11:15 PM (mT+6a)
He was pretty good when just doing the Willie and Joe stuff
Posted by: Common Tater at August 20, 2025 11:15 PM (W8kN7)
Posted by: Fritzy at August 20, 2025 11:16 PM (T5dpv)
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of its release, starting Sept 1 HBO Max will carry the 4k remastered version of Angel's Egg. And if you want the cinema experience, it will show on Nov 19th.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2025 11:02 PM (rn0nN)
That the weird Miyazaki short with high speed, low drag room cleaning at the start?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 20, 2025 11:16 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 20, 2025 11:16 PM (XQo4F)
Posted by: javems at August 20, 2025 11:17 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 20, 2025 10:56 PM (kIhGR)
I'm very sorry for your loss, rickb223. May God comfort you and yours.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 20, 2025 11:18 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 20, 2025 11:18 PM (lUFok)
He was pretty good when just doing the Willie and Joe stuff
Posted by: Common Tater at August 20, 2025 11:15 PM (W8kN7)
So many end up taking themselves too seriously and forgot what got 'em there in the first place. That applies to all enterainment media.
Posted by: RickZ at August 20, 2025 11:18 PM (gKDq2)
Epic... and Erie... both Cartoon long stories carried across multiple issues... GREAT Artwork.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 20, 2025 10:56 PM (mP0Kj)
Agreed. Dunno if the Savage Sword of Conan counts or not but I also loved them...when I could find them.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 20, 2025 11:19 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 20, 2025 11:19 PM (naiw2)
Posted by: javems
That would be a special treasure.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 20, 2025 11:19 PM (kIhGR)
It is an experimental movie heavy with visuals and little dialogue. When it first came out, it was a failure and damaged Oshii's reputation. Amano almost ended up on his death bed creating the art.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2025 11:19 PM (rn0nN)
I have a Far Side collection. My all time favorite comics. For me, no one beats Gary Larson.
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 20, 2025 11:19 PM (3wXSL)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 20, 2025 11:20 PM (2xthb)
Posted by: scampydog at August 20, 2025 11:05 PM
***
Good evening Doggo. Hope you had a good day.
Posted by: TRex - fore! at August 20, 2025 11:20 PM (IQ6Gq)
THBBFT!
Posted by: Bill the Cat at August 20, 2025 11:20 PM (XQo4F)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 20, 2025 11:21 PM (W8kN7)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 20, 2025 10:56 PM (kIhGR)
I like to think I listen to people around here, but I had not known/overlooked that you were married. I am very sorry for your troubles, rick.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 20, 2025 11:21 PM (guCHD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2025 11:21 PM (rn0nN)
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As an aside, the post where 'Sad Sack' was assigned wa modeled on Camp Hero. Camp Hero was constructed to look like a village. I visited there when some of the original buildings were still being used.
"The camp was designed to look like a fishing village to fool enemy aircraft. It’s hard to believe that was the thinking at the time, but the U.S. was worried about an attack that never came other than the famous U boat landing of the German men to blow up Grand Central Station. The big guns were never fired in hostility, although there are some still living in Montauk who remember the test firings, which according to legend shattered windows all over town."
Those 'guns' were 16" naval guns.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 20, 2025 11:21 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 20, 2025 11:22 PM (W8kN7)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 20, 2025 10:56 PM
Sorry, rick.
As Sponge and many others have said: F*ck cancer.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 20, 2025 11:23 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 20, 2025 11:19 PM (kIhGR)
It is. Again, my condolences and best wishes.
Posted by: javems at August 20, 2025 11:24 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: COMountainMarie
Midvale School for the Gifted
Bummer of a birthmark, Hal
Posted by: rickb223 at August 20, 2025 11:24 PM (kIhGR)
Posted by: The Grateful at August 20, 2025 11:24 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 20, 2025 11:25 PM (LAw/P)
It's a fun and somewhat thrifty hobby but we got many wholesome laughs out of it. You should try it!
Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 20, 2025 11:25 PM (8NgMi)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 20, 2025 11:26 PM (XeU6L)
Bloom County was great. So many great scenes. The sunday strip where it was lampooning the 1992 presidential race with Bill the Cat standing in as the Bill Clinton character was priceless. He's got some buxom bimbo on his lap and is holding a sign saying something like "I do not know this woman. Aliens dropped her". Just zingers.
Posted by: SimoHayek at August 20, 2025 11:26 PM (EWq0C)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 20, 2025 11:26 PM (LAw/P)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 20, 2025 11:27 PM (XeU6L)
https://youtu.be/mOV0BV45NqA
They recycle old strips, just updating the backgrounds, like flat screen TVs instead of tube types.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 20, 2025 11:27 PM (SnC8S)
Even Groenings objections to Republicanism was stuff like schools and teachers telling you what to do. Which let's be honest all the schools even then were commie shithouses so he was just a highly un self-aware prick.
But something something Fuck Your Fascist Rules or something.
Posted by: ... at August 20, 2025 11:27 PM (E0p3T)
Bloom County was liberal but I don't think I would call it woke. It was pretty damn funny even when he took the piss out of Republicans.
Posted by: Critique section at August 20, 2025 11:27 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 20, 2025 11:27 PM (8NgMi)
Posted by: fly gal at August 20, 2025 11:27 PM (IY7PK)
Poor Jon.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 20, 2025 11:28 PM (gKWVE)
Been thinking about you much of the day. Nothing I can say.
Posted by: ... at August 20, 2025 11:28 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: TRex - Let's go exploring! at August 20, 2025 11:29 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Mrs JTB at August 20, 2025 10:47 PM (yTvNw)
rickb - I'm so sorry for your loss. We've had way too much loss here at The Horde this year. My heart goes out to you and your family at such a terrible time.
I'm praying for you right now.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 20, 2025 11:29 PM (0CU3H)
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You are probably thinking of the women drawn in "Steve Canyon"
Posted by: Anonymous at August 20, 2025 11:30 PM (2xthb)
Midvale School for the Gifted
Bummer of a birthmark, Hal
Posted by: rickb223
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Crisis Clinic
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 20, 2025 11:27 PM (XeU6L)
Imbeciles of America - Had that one on a tee shirt...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 20, 2025 11:30 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 20, 2025 11:22 PM (W8kN7)
Mark Trail?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 20, 2025 11:30 PM (SnC8S)
...
Posted by: Critique section at August 20, 2025 11:27 PM (TbWk/)
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I am confident each of those kids got their fill of cotton candy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2025 11:31 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: The Grateful at August 20, 2025 11:31 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: The Grateful at August 20, 2025 11:31 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 20, 2025 11:22 PM (W8kN7)
That was Mark Trail.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 20, 2025 11:32 PM (xSb3N)
Mike Nomad had the crew cut. I once saw the women of the strip described as "pneumatic."
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 20, 2025 11:32 PM (SnC8S)
Posted by: SimoHayek at August 20, 2025 11:32 PM (EWq0C)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 20, 2025 11:33 PM (naiw2)
I really enjoyed tonight's content. Brought back a lot of good memories.
Thank you !
Bang a gong!
I do wonder how the comics will survive without newspapers. I don't believe they existed in strip or panel form prior to newspapers. Perhaps they did....
Off to read thru everyone's comments....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 20, 2025 11:33 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 20, 2025 11:33 PM (wVcYX)
At least every other day I feel like I'm in a Dilbert cartoon.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
Only every other day? You must work for one of the sane companies.
Posted by: mikeski at August 20, 2025 11:33 PM (DgGvY)
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What's on the walls inside the Elnora hotel? Local decor?
Posted by: TRex - cultured(ish) at August 20, 2025 11:33 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Miklos "Mary" Worth at August 20, 2025 10:24 PM (vEse0)
no love for Dondi?
That's ok - I never saw the point of that comic strip, growing up.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 20, 2025 11:33 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: The Grateful at August 20, 2025 11:24 PM
Everything is pretty good here, except Bride of PI now has nerve damage or a ruptured tendon in her hand after the fracture.
Goes back in to see the Doc tomorrow. With soft tissue damage, I assume she needs an MRI?
Do you know if she can do an MRI with the stainless steel plate on her wrist? (Internet says yes for surgical stainless steel, but I no longer trust the internet on medical questions.)
I hope things are going well at your end of the world. (And you are performing well at your full-time job of keeping TRex out of trouble!)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 20, 2025 11:34 PM (HlyYF)
Bummer of a birthmark, Hal
Posted by: rickb223
--
Crisis Clinic
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 20, 2025 11:27 PM (XeU6L)
Imbeciles of America - Had that one on a tee shirt...
Posted by: Joe Kidd
I bought my now ex the Midvale one when she graduated with her BS in OT.
Hell, I thought it was funny.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 20, 2025 11:34 PM (kIhGR)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 20, 2025 11:34 PM
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Best wishes. She needs a functioning flipper to pick up cool rocks.
Posted by: TRex - troubled at August 20, 2025 11:36 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 20, 2025 11:37 PM (kIhGR)
Posted by: TRex - troubled at August 20, 2025 11:36 PM
Fortunately for her, she planned ahead and married an Idiot to perform that particular task!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 20, 2025 11:38 PM (HlyYF)
Bummer of a birthmark, Hal
Posted by: rickb223
--
Crisis Clinic
The Untold Ending of D.B. Cooper
Posted by: Fritzy at August 20, 2025 11:38 PM (T5dpv)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 20, 2025 11:33 PM (0CU3H)
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Dondi was a hero story about an American GI rescuing an Italian orphan from the ruins of war and raising him into an American boy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2025 11:38 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 20, 2025 11:38 PM (3wXSL)
Posted by: RickZ at August 20, 2025 11:39 PM (gKDq2)
Bummer of a birthmark, Hal
Posted by: rickb223
I would add the 'Tofudebeast' to the list.
Posted by: javems at August 20, 2025 11:40 PM (8I4hW)
The Comics were just neat, even if I didn’t like all or even most of them. The different styles of drawing.
Peanuts or Charles Schultz had a neat relationship with Apollo era NASA, who issued a “Silver Snoopy” award for Excellence, which was highly coveted. And ai think 16 named one of the spacecraft Snoopy, which I thought was pretty cool as a little kid.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 20, 2025 11:41 PM (31AX4)
My guess is that in addition to a physical exam, they will use MRI, imaging (xray), ultrasound tests to support a diagnosis. OK for MRi with metal plate on wrist, but do be sure to alert the tech about said plate.
As for keeping TRex out of trouble? I am failing miserably...
Posted by: The Grateful at August 20, 2025 11:41 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: TRex - troubled
Or nimble toes.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 20, 2025 11:41 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 20, 2025 11:42 PM (ffaUw)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 20, 2025 11:43 PM (31AX4)
Poor Calvin. Oh, the humanity!
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 20, 2025 11:43 PM (2xthb)
"Love is...sleeping on the wet spot."
heh
Posted by: Noam Sayen at August 20, 2025 11:43 PM (Jz2uI)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 20, 2025 11:43 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 20, 2025 11:44 PM (ffaUw)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 20, 2025 11:45 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Minuteman at August 20, 2025 11:46 PM (47/pr)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 20, 2025 11:46 PM (ffaUw)
Posted by: JML at August 20, 2025 11:47 PM (wFFVS)
Posted by: The Grateful at August 20, 2025 11:41 PM
Like Sisyphus, you have a difficult task that begins anew every time you achieve a tiny bit of success!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 20, 2025 11:48 PM (HlyYF)
Silver Snoopy awards were still being handed out for shuttle missions in the 1990's. One of my coworkers got one.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 20, 2025 11:49 PM (lUFok)
Poor Calvin. Oh, the humanity!
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 20, 2025 11:43 PM (2xthb)
Today that would be viewed as detrimental to the child's psyche and child abuse. Would never get printed.
We could laugh at stupid shit. That's the biggest change I've seen in the last couple decades, the lack of a sense of humor. Maybe losing the funny pages had a Butterfly Effect on society. Seems like everyone's so damn serious and can't poke fun at themselves.
Posted by: RickZ at August 20, 2025 11:50 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: TRex - cultured(ish) at August 20, 2025 11:33 PM (IQ6Gq)
Some historic photos, a lot of cattle brands burned into wood plaques, and a photo of the Stanley Cup perched on one of the bar tables. Nice little pub in an historic old building over a century old.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 20, 2025 11:50 PM (o9S4q)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 20, 2025 11:45 PM
How to tell us you raised boys, without telling us you raised boys!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 20, 2025 11:50 PM (HlyYF)
I hope sleep is ... uneventful.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 20, 2025 11:50 PM (2xthb)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 20, 2025 11:51 PM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 20, 2025 11:52 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Jen the original at August 20, 2025 11:52 PM (Cpv8k)
(lifts glass towards rickb)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 20, 2025 11:43 PM (nbLIj)
Does likewise.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 20, 2025 11:53 PM (o9S4q)
Posted by: PabloD at August 20, 2025 11:53 PM (oWkVO)
The Golden Rule: He who has the gold makes the rules.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at August 20, 2025 10:07 PM (6nQni)
My preference was for:
The peasants are revolting! to which the King replied, "Yes, they really are."
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 20, 2025 11:54 PM (1Gsou)
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 20, 2025 11:55 PM (1Gsou)
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 20, 2025 11:55 PM (1Gsou)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 20, 2025 11:50 PM
***
Ahhh...makes sense. Saw lots of those in there but I didn't know what they were. Thanks.
Posted by: TRex - getting sleepy at August 20, 2025 11:56 PM (IQ6Gq)
Thanks TRex🤪 This has been a blast of an ONT!
See you all tomorrow 🙂!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 20, 2025 11:57 PM (3wXSL)
Posted by: Skeezix And Uncle Walt at August 20, 2025 11:58 PM (G5+As)
We could laugh at stupid shit. That's the biggest change I've seen in the last couple decades, the lack of a sense of humor. Maybe losing the funny pages had a Butterfly Effect on society. Seems like everyone's so damn serious and can't poke fun at themselves.
Posted by: RickZ
I think it’s far more damaging to do pranks on your little ones and put it all over social media like the cotton candy gag. I thought that was outright mean.
Who thinks that’s funny? Not me. And then to post it all over the internet? Asshole parents.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 20, 2025 11:58 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 21, 2025 12:00 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 21, 2025 12:00 AM (kIhGR)
Who thinks that’s funny? Not me. And then to post it all over the internet? Asshole parents.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 20, 2025 11:58 PM (mT+6a)
Seems like the kind of thing my father would have done, and he was definitely a world-class asshole.
I don't get it either.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 21, 2025 12:02 AM (guCHD)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 20, 2025 10:19 PM (LAw/P)
Blondie and Dagwood were brought to life on the silver screen in a series of 'Blondie' movies starting in the 1930's until about 1950. They starred Penny Singleton as Blondie and Arthur Lake as Dagwood, a bumbling beta soy who usually got into trouble due to his own stupidity and had to be saved by either Blondie, Daisy the family dog, a small child or a combination thereof
As many of you know from my previous unhinged rants, I maintain Arthur Lake is the 'singularity' to which we can trace the entire cultural decline of men, particularly white men.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 21, 2025 12:03 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 21, 2025 12:04 AM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 21, 2025 12:05 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2025 12:06 AM (EYmYM)
That was Apollo 10, the dress rehearsal for the actual landing with Apollo 11. CSM was named Charlie Brown and the Lunar Module was Snoopy.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 21, 2025 12:06 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Shipoopi at August 20, 2025 11:06 PM (t1uwd)
Pickles is pretty funny. When I had surgery last year it was impossible to sleep in a bed, and I couldn't get off the couch during the night to hit the bathroom easy. I ended up getting one of those lazyboy chairs that has the extra forward lift that made life easy. Its diabolical though. Every time I got in it I fell asleep because it was so frigging comfortable. I ended up sleeping in it for a few months. Me and the wife always laugh when pickles is in his chair laid out flat and the wife is nagging him. The wife asks "is that where we're heading?" lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 21, 2025 12:06 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Adriane the Critic. . . at August 21, 2025 12:07 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 20, 2025 11:58 PM (mT+6a)
The mockery of the kids or even the mockery of the dogs is just outright retarded.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 21, 2025 12:08 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2025 12:09 AM (EYmYM)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 21, 2025 12:04 AM (mT+6a)
...and his never-ending battle against the evil Mom Lady!!
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 21, 2025 12:09 AM (nbLIj)
Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2025 12:06 AM (EYmYM)
The wife is a snoopy freak. Snoopy Lenox, snoopy tree ornaments, snoopy decorations for different holidays. Always subtle, but if you look close enough he's there somewhere.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 21, 2025 12:10 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Vivi at August 21, 2025 12:10 AM (cpunl)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 21, 2025 12:10 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 21, 2025 12:11 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 21, 2025 12:12 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 21, 2025 12:13 AM (31AX4)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 21, 2025 12:00 AM (0nHVk)
You might be thinking of congress. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 21, 2025 12:13 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Vivi at August 21, 2025 12:13 AM (cpunl)
Posted by: Vivi at August 21, 2025 12:10 AM (cpunl)
I remember another "slice of life" comic strip, called "Out Our Way". Well-drawn, relatable characters in it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2025 12:14 AM (3Hwb5)
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 20, 2025 11:55 PM (1Gsou)
BC was great.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 21, 2025 12:17 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 21, 2025 12:17 AM (31AX4)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2025 12:18 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 21, 2025 12:20 AM (snZF9)
I have every Calvin and Hobbes book. It's where I first learned the word spelunking.
Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2025 12:21 AM (EYmYM)
I like several of those mentioned, but an unmentioned favorite is Red Meat (usually featured in alternative publications, like the Dallas Observer).
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 21, 2025 12:22 AM (guCHD)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 21, 2025 12:22 AM (31AX4)
I have every Calvin and Hobbes book. It's where I first learned the word spelunking.
Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2025 12:21 AM (EYmYM)
Marmaduke is great.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 21, 2025 12:22 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: nurse ratched
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It teaches the kids an important lesson- do not trust your a-hole parents
Way to go, parents
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 21, 2025 12:24 AM (ffaUw)
I remember him from the 70s. Guys. You’re killing me here.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 21, 2025 12:24 AM (x8pAv)
Thomas Stafford petting Snoopy on the way to boarding the Saturn V for launch:
https://tinyurl.com/2csvowqe
As a kid in the early '70s, I was obsessed with the Apollo missions. I remember that photo from some of the books I had (and still have somewhere).
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 21, 2025 12:24 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Tommy Shanks at August 21, 2025 12:25 AM (KDpmu)
Yep, in 2019, a group of astronomers are 98% they found Snoopy:
https://tinyurl.com/2mgqqu6o
To confirm it 100%, they'll need to see it again, and that won't happen until 2037.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 21, 2025 12:27 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 21, 2025 12:28 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Tommy Shanks at August 21, 2025 12:25 AM (KDpmu)
Doonesbury was shit. The writer was probably an aged out hippy vietnam war protester .
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 21, 2025 12:28 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 21, 2025 12:22 AM (snZF9)
It always reminded me of the Disney movie I loved as a kid . The Ugly Dachshund
Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2025 12:29 AM (EYmYM)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 20, 2025 11:58 PM (mT+6a)
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"Here, kid. Let me tell you how to turn your delicious cotton candy treat into...water. Haha!" Some people are just mean.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 21, 2025 12:30 AM (2xthb)
Posted by: 496 at August 21, 2025 12:30 AM (FN3wE)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 21, 2025 12:28 AM (0nHVk)
It sucked because it never went anywhere. Morgana butanna crouches behind a bush....yeah thats it for this week.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 21, 2025 12:31 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 21, 2025 12:22 AM (31AX4)
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But Scott Adams is still hanging in there.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 21, 2025 12:32 AM (2xthb)
A legend about Apollo 10 is that NASA was afraid the Stafford and Cernan might go rogue and try to land the LM on the Moon. Whether that was a serious worry or not, I'm not sure. They debated about whether to just attempt to land with Apollo 10, but decided they needed the dress rehearsal to develop the landing procedures.
Anyway, Snoopy's descent stage was a little too heavy, dry weight wise, and they only loaded the ascent stage with enough fuel to get back up from the planned lowest altitude. Had they tried to land, they wouldn't have a had enough fuel to get back into lunar orbit.
The story is this was done on purpose to keep Stafford and Cernan from getting an ideas when they got so close to the surface. I don't know if I really believe that or not.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 21, 2025 12:32 AM (w6EFb)
And Apollo 10 was the mission with the infamous floating turd incident. Somebody got a little careless with the "fecal disposal system", which was just a plastic bag they had to tape to their ass.
All three vehemently denied the turd was theirs.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 21, 2025 12:34 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2025 12:34 AM (EYmYM)
This came up a few weeks ago one ONT, but they kept meticulous records of their, uh, "leavings". Turns out that 96 bags of human waste, including shit, urine, and vomit were left on the Moon over the whole program.
96 bags of poop on the Moon, 96 bags of poop....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 21, 2025 12:39 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius
What if none of them were lying?
[sci-fi novel begins here]
Posted by: mikeski at August 21, 2025 12:39 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at August 21, 2025 12:39 AM (V362x)
Posted by: raimondo at August 21, 2025 12:40 AM (SsG8l)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 21, 2025 12:28 AM (snZF9)
Gary Trudeau is married to Jane Pauley for 45 years.
Jane Pauley and David 'The Weatherman' Letterman both worked together at an Indiana tv station when they were just starting out.
Posted by: RickZ at August 21, 2025 12:40 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2025 12:34 AM (EYmYM)
In a better world, the answer would be, "I dunno. Who's there right now?"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2025 12:42 AM (b47tW)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at August 21, 2025 12:39 AM (V362x)
And Alley Oop was a cave man from the Old Stone Age. He was recruited from that time by the scientist with the time machine to go back further in time to the era of the dinosaurs. And Alley got educated, and could read and write, and wore a suit on occasion.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2025 12:46 AM (b47tW)
Good evening from the now seasonal temperature Adirondacks.
May all effort from you result in cascading benefit to you and resultant heartburn for the leftwit fungi present.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 21, 2025 12:49 AM (hKoQL)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 21, 2025 12:49 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: publius
What if none of them were lying?..........
They weren't lying . That turd was actually raimondo.
Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2025 12:50 AM (EYmYM)
I did not know this. Stafford had quite an Air Force career after leaving NASA. He retired as a 3-star general, and was involved with development of the F-117 stealth fighter.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 21, 2025 12:51 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: azjaeger at August 21, 2025 12:53 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at August 21, 2025 12:53 AM (V362x)
Posted by: Reforger at August 21, 2025 12:56 AM (pxUkb)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 21, 2025 12:56 AM (31AX4)
"Abnormally strong trough expected to move through the Great Lakes as we go into next week... first time we have seen those bright anomaly colors show up on @SynopticWX in a minute!" private weather forecaster BAM Weather wrote on X, adding, "A true taste of fall on the way!"
https://tinyurl.com/bdca292r
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 12:56 AM (671IT)
Posted by: Lord Percy at August 21, 2025 12:57 AM (nftVU)
Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at August 21, 2025 12:58 AM (tRYqg)
Posted by: Reforger at August 21, 2025 12:56 AM (pxUkb)
That dude was just flat out weird before. Doesn’t surprise me.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 21, 2025 01:01 AM (k2LUN)
96 bags of poop on the Moon, 96 bags of poop....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 21, 2025 12:39 AM (w6EFb)
We came, We saw, We shitted up the moon. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 21, 2025 01:01 AM (snZF9)
I did not know this. Stafford had quite an Air Force career after leaving NASA. He retired as a 3-star general, and was involved with development of the F-117 stealth fighter.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 21, 2025 12:51 AM (w6EFb)
I drove through his hometown in OK the week he died. There’s a museum there that I need to check out, focused on aerospace.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 21, 2025 01:03 AM (k2LUN)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 21, 2025 01:03 AM (31AX4)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 21, 2025 01:05 AM (snZF9)
“What’s wrong with you guys!?
“It ain’t one a mine”
Etc
Posted by: Common Tater at August 21, 2025 01:06 AM (31AX4)
“There’s two kinds of countries. Those who use the Metric system, and those who have walked on the Moion”.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 21, 2025 01:09 AM (31AX4)
“There’s two kinds of countries. Those who use the Metric system, and those who have walked on the Moion”.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 21, 2025 01:09 AM (31AX4)
And left a car there with the keys in it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 21, 2025 01:12 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 21, 2025 01:12 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 21, 2025 01:14 AM (31AX4)
If I heard that right, apparently there was a second turd loose. "What's the matter with you guys!"
Cernan did finally say he couldn't neither claim nor disclaim. Stafford said his were "stickier than that".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 21, 2025 01:16 AM (w6EFb)
Cernan: "Well, if it was me, I'd sure know if I was shittin' on the floor".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 21, 2025 01:18 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 20, 2025 10:06 PM (zZu0s)
Mary Worth, Apartment 3G, Rex Morgan MD, Judge Parker, The Heart of Juliet Jones. I'm sure all of those must've been entertaining reading at some point, say, in the '30s or '40s.
The paper where I used to live was courteous enough to put all of those in one region of the page, which the late Mrs. Borgia and I dubbed "the suck corner".
Different genre, but equally shitty: The Phantom. Had the potential of being a good action strip, except there was never any action. About once a week whatever OCD sufferer was drawing it would feel the need to go through the origin story YET AGAIN, and inform us that his alias, "Mr. Walker", came from "The Ghost Who Walks".
Good lord, what a shitshow.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 21, 2025 01:20 AM (qpyNK)
Again, the Apollo "waste management system" was just a plastic bag you taped to your ass. It was quite crude, and I can see how that happened.
I won't regale with the details, but I've read the procedures for that. It ain't pretty. Without gravity, things just don't fall loose. You have to use your hands to make sure things come loose....
NASA has spent no telling how much money on space crappers. You can read about the Shuttle and ISS space toilets.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 21, 2025 01:22 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 21, 2025 01:23 AM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 21, 2025 01:25 AM (qpyNK)
One poor ISS astronaut got a bad case of the runs when he got on board (this can happen when adjusting to weightlessness).
Now, did you know the ISS toilet has a duty cycle? It can't operate continuously for more than so many minutes. He exceeded the duty cycle, and had to shut it down. He was in a mess. A really bad mess.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 21, 2025 01:25 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 01:27 AM (rdVOm)
"Space Toileting" was originally the title of a Deep Purple tune. The record company insisted that they change it to the more commercially-marketable "Space Trucking".
Posted by: That Guy Who Pulls Made-Up "Facts" Out of His Ass at August 21, 2025 01:29 AM (qpyNK)
One has to align one's ass precisely on that space toilet. In training -- no joke, as Biden would say -- they have a camera with cross hairs so you can practice aligning your butthole properly.
If you don't get it right, it can clog somehow.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 21, 2025 01:29 AM (w6EFb)
So very sorry to read that your beloved wife has passed.
Stay strong. May the Lord ease your pain.
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 01:31 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: That Guy Who Pulls Made-Up at August 21, 2025 01:33 AM (qpyNK)
This place...
Posted by: JQ
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Any place that anyone can learn something useful from someone with experience is an educational institution.
-- Al Capp
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2025 01:35 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2025 01:36 AM (2WRlI)
Images
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An interference engine is a type of internal combustion engine where the pistons and valves share the same space, leading to potential catastrophic damage if the timing belt fails.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 01:38 AM (671IT)
-- Al Capp
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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I have *always* considered AoSHQ to be "a place of learning" LOL!
Learned to NOT do intertubewebs searches for unfamiliar terms, anyway...
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 01:39 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 01:40 AM (671IT)
An exposition on the subject, including the ISS space terlet:
https://tinyurl.com/27d7ygbg
That thing cost $22 million. This I didn't know. SpaceX's Crew Dragon has a terlet. It's in the ceiling. Relative to the capsule "up", your doing your business upside down.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 21, 2025 01:41 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Hmm. Can ya drop a Chebby SB350 in it?
/s, maybe
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 01:41 AM (rdVOm)
Images
Videos
An interference engine is a type of internal combustion engine where the pistons and valves share the same space, leading to potential catastrophic damage if the timing belt fails.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 01:38 AM (671IT)
Yeah. I know that. Have seen the results of broken timing belts on interference engines. *Usually* timing chains just get real noisy, but don't jump teeth. No guarantees, though.
Just wondering if there would be any upside in this car to fix and resell. Heads with valves are only a few hundred bucks on eBay.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2025 01:42 AM (2WRlI)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 21, 2025 01:46 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 21, 2025 01:41 AM (w6EFb)
Seems to me a little hand-held device with a nice soft rubber gasket on the perimeter, and a hose leading to the vacuum of outer space would work fine. Have a reliable limiter valve in the line so that it pulls only a couple of inches of vacuum, of course.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2025 01:46 AM (2WRlI)
have a warrant for "aggravated sexual battery against a minor under 13 ".
Oops....
Obviously just the sort of "Dreamer" that we don't have enough of, right?
Posted by: That Guy Who Pulls Made-Up at August 21, 2025 01:46 AM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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IMO, your time would be better spent on 'The Wretched Panhard'
Maybe offer to tow away that Tiguan for the low, low sum of $200 CDN, then turn around & sell the carcass to a scrap yard. Might break even while doing the guy a favor.
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 01:47 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 21, 2025 01:22 AM (w6EFb)
So basically it was an ass sickness bag. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 21, 2025 01:47 AM (snZF9)
Good night, all.
Posted by: R at August 21, 2025 01:48 AM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 21, 2025 01:49 AM (qpyNK)
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 01:50 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 01:51 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 01:47 AM (rdVOm)
Well, I think I will give the seller a call, and get some details. "As is, where is" sounds like maybe the car was stolen and trashed, and is now sitting in an impound lot with a storage bill against it. Could be a bag of snakes, but you never know. If it has 4 good tires on it, there's 400 bucks right there.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2025 01:52 AM (2WRlI)
Posted by: Donovan Nuera at August 21, 2025 01:53 AM (LKMDZ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Ewwe, something just splatted my visor.
_space walker jargon
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 01:53 AM (671IT)
That "as is, where is" does sound like a trap, though.
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 01:54 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2025 01:46 AM (2WRlI)
Like this one?
tiny.cc/nogr001
(Goes to picture of a very complicated valve.)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 21, 2025 01:55 AM (SnC8S)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 21, 2025 01:57 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2025 01:36 AM (2WRlI)
Well you know how that goes. Could be something really simple...or not. Chances are nothing happened to the valves if its a chain, unless some tensioner grenaded. Seller might not be much help explaining things if he has no clue what makes it tick to start with. Like is it making noises, or just don't start, etc. Seems pretty cheap. How old is it, and how many miles?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 21, 2025 01:58 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 01:54 AM (rdVOm)
"It's a trap!"
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 21, 2025 01:58 AM (SnC8S)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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Keepin' it simple...
Manual unit, much cheaper:
https://tinyurl.com/2a4f8h56
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 01:59 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 21, 2025 01:58 AM (snZF9)
It's a 2010, miles unknown. If it's within a couple hours' drive, I may take a look. If it is way out in the boondocks, I won't.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2025 02:01 AM (2WRlI)
https://tinyurl.com/2a4f8h56
Posted by: JQ
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15psi, no constipation there.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 02:04 AM (671IT)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2025 02:01 AM (2WRlI)
You never know the evil that men do. A friend of mine bought a really clean 10 year old mustang GT for next to nothing because the dude could not get the car to run right. It sat. We looked at it and saw it had some gay ass multi horn assembly that made it sound like you were at a frigging carnival. Where did the ass hat get the power to run it? From the ignition circuit power. Duh. Got rid of all the crap, the car was fine.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 21, 2025 02:05 AM (snZF9)
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Egyptians aren't as lax as Americans.
Video at link: https://tinyurl.com/296hpeu8
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 02:09 AM (671IT)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2025 02:12 AM (2WRlI)
A comic strip ONT and I was absent for all of it. Sigh. Looks like almost everything got said that needed to be.
•Very long-running online comic I didn't see mentioned: Kevin & Kell.
•I started reading a book about Krazy Cat creator Harriman. Still plan to go back to it, but it was dauntingly huge.
•Tulsa World and Tulsa Tribune, lots of comics and features back in the '60s. I used to read everything. Only one paper left now, a few worthless comics on one page.
•I briefly aspired to be a comic strip creator. Had some very nice rejection letters from syndicates.
•Little Nemo. A great large-size reprint book used to be available. Mine is somewhere buried in the catacombs.
•Mark Evanier has a new book on Peanuts. His site also has blurbs for Pogo collection. Right-hand column at his site, https://www.newsfromme.com
•Thimble Theater was where Popeye originated.
•Mind Fuel — my online comic strip that didn't quite make it, from 1996
mindfulwebworks.com/art-of/mind-fuel
Good Grief! And g'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - rowrbazzle at August 21, 2025 02:14 AM (+LBpX)
8h
Hamas carried out a highly sophisticated attempt to kidnap IDF soldiers this morning, just a day after they say they agreed to a ceasefire.
Hard to believe they actually want one.
Long story short: the IDF was ambushed but responded immediately. One terrorist was run over, while Apache helicopters and two drones provided close air support, eliminating about 10 terrorists. Three IDF soldiers were wounded, one of them seriously
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 02:15 AM (671IT)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 02:15 AM (671IT)
IDF ought to pull Hamas terrorists out of Israeli prisons, load them up with sleepy pills, and dress them in IDF uniforms loaded with plastic explosive. Post them on "sentry" duty near the Gaza border. When Hamas sees the "sleeping sentry", and try to kidnap him, the radio operator hits the detonator button. News report: "four would-be infiltrators blown up by mine".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2025 02:22 AM (2WRlI)
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Dang. Why do peeps do that kinda crap? I mean, if you're gonna swap out your horn, why settle for wimpy gay-ass garbage?
Go for the GUSTO!
tinyurl.com/udkr8c3w+
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 02:23 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 02:24 AM (671IT)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 02:27 AM (671IT)
Go for the GUSTO!
tinyurl.com/udkr8c3w+
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 02:23 AM (rdVOm)
That'd be loud. Also very expensive.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2025 02:32 AM (2WRlI)
The order would direct Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice to review cases where someone burned an American Flag and determine whether charges can be brought under existing laws such as public nuisance, disorderly conduct or potential environmental violations, but would not criminalize the actual burning of the American Flag, which would violate the First Amendment of the Constitution
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 02:33 AM (671IT)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2025 02:33 AM (2WRlI)
Posted by: Braenyard
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I guess they figure that it (proportioning valve) won't need to be serviced. Ever? So place it accordingly.
My old F100 has a brake 'distribution block' tucked up between the steering gear and frame rail. Real b!tch to get to it.
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 02:33 AM (rdVOm)
If you don't get it right, it can clog somehow.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 21, 2025 01:29 AM (w6EFb)
Wait, the toilet, or your butthole? Either one would be a dis-ass-ter.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 21, 2025 02:34 AM (1Gsou)
Just checked-- over 23k views. LOL. 4x drums.
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 02:44 AM (rdVOm)
, off the coast of Okinawa, Japan
caught fire at 1600. It was out at 0400. Two sailors were treated for injuries.
Video of Japanese CG assisting. Ships on either side of the bow spraying water.
https://tinyurl.com/mr9d686b
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 02:45 AM (671IT)
I'm digging this farmin'. Even if it is micro-farmin'.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 21, 2025 02:54 AM (1Gsou)
Most of the strips and webcomics I like are sweet and quirky, (Humble Stumble, Raising Duncan) and often disappear (Catena).
Freefall and Girl Genius are still kicking along, though.
Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at August 21, 2025 02:56 AM (0lzjf)
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 02:56 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 02:58 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 02:59 AM (671IT)
Life is less colorful now.
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 02:58 AM (rdVOm)
My niece wants dilly beans at all times. I will do the next batch in pickles. I am, after all, the Pickle Queen.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 21, 2025 03:00 AM (1Gsou)
Posted by: Braenyard
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360.
C6 auto, ps, manual brakes
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 03:01 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 03:03 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 03:03 AM (671IT)
I learned to drive in that beast. I felt like a Queen driving up so high.
Dad built a camper on the back so Mom would to into the woods with us. For some reason, he painted it green. No idea why, except that he was an engineer so somewhat aesthetically challenged.
Every kid in high school wanted that truck. That was in the 70's.
My brother took it to airplane school in the Lower 48 in the 80's. Replaced the springs, that was about it.
It finally died for good in the 90's. Ford built to last. I kinda miss it.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 21, 2025 03:04 AM (1Gsou)
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 03:06 AM (rdVOm)
1970 "Ranger XLT" with fake wood burl dash & side trim. 2-tone white/burgundy paint. Must've been a beauty, right off the assembly line...
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 03:11 AM (rdVOm)
Oh, can you say "can of worms"?? LOL
Still wish I'd gone for that 390... but maybe it's better that I didn't.
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 03:17 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2025 03:22 AM (ZVgZ4)
Sen. John Cornyn's allies rolled out a new digital ad Wednesday, attacking Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, his Republican primary opponent, for accepting nearly $660,000 in potentially illegal campaign contributions.
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And the Bush mud slinging begins.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 03:27 AM (671IT)
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 03:32 AM (rdVOm)
As it is, alarm just went off
Posted by: Skip at August 21, 2025 03:32 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: JQ
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If you have one of the newer de-tuned 360's, getting a hot shop to set things back to more hp. Write up said the 360 was a horse.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 03:34 AM (671IT)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 03:38 AM (671IT)
What a guy! (asshoe...)
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 03:32 AM (rdVOm)
And he’s desperate.
Come primary time, I will not be voting Cornyn.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 21, 2025 03:38 AM (k2LUN)
Posted by: Sally Rogers at August 21, 2025 03:42 AM (D0HYP)
My 87 Ramcharger that I grudgingly sold sported a great running 5.9 (360). I tweaked it just a bit, RV cam & flattop pistons with valve reliefs--the original pistons were dished to lower the compression ratio, 1.5 rocker arms and a real picky 3 angle valve job plus a double roller timing chain. A sweet, solid engine that would spin the rears on a full throttle start.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 21, 2025 03:44 AM (hKoQL)
No, the reman I bought is just that-- an old, reconditioned 360. Nothing special, and likely done by cranksters in a sweatshop enviro. Meh. It still runs. That's all I need.
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 03:44 AM (rdVOm)
Sometimes I have to drive in the rain
Posted by: Skip at August 21, 2025 03:53 AM (+qU29)
and there ain't no way for you to feel any pain...
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Mornin' Skip!
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 03:55 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 03:57 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at August 21, 2025 03:57 AM (rdVOm)
caught fire at 1600. It was out at 0400. Two sailors were treated for injuries.
Video of Japanese CG assisting. Ships on either side of the bow spraying water.
https://tinyurl.com/mr9d686b
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 02:45 AM (671IT)
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Plus another Hornet lost:
https://tinyurl.com/3d642269
Pilot safe.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 21, 2025 04:10 AM (WM2cv)
Posted by: Skip at August 21, 2025 04:26 AM (+qU29)
Honorable mentions: The Piranha Club, Get Fuzzy.
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at August 21, 2025 04:30 AM (xverI)
Posted by: m at August 21, 2025 04:35 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: Kreskin at August 21, 2025 07:17 AM (tDZig)
But Breathed lost the lane with his follow-up and short-lived Outland and then his Sunday-only strip Opus.
Like Gary Trudeau, he needed to follow Leno's advice- 'Tell joke, get paid.' - and tried to do something that made statements.
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