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1. 21 days ago on Shoe

   Unfortunately, it’s pronounced Goch (rhymes with loch), not Go.

2. 25 days ago on Arlo and Janis

   The Incas called the moon goddess Coyolxāuhqui. Does that help?

3. 3 months ago on Arlo and Janis

   Janice, if you ever come to England, please don’t say that. Over here, the ‘fanny’ is not a euphemism for the rear, it means the female front.

4. 5 months ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   December 25 is the old Anglo-Saxon pagan midwinter festival of ‘geol’ (pronounced “yule”), following ‘modraniht’ (mothers’ night). Christianity stole it on the basis that if people were going to have a feast anyway, they might as well do it for Jesus. rather than Woden.

5. 8 months ago on Over the Hedge

   Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player,That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,And then is heard no more. It is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing.(Macbeth, by William Shakespeare)

6. 10 months ago on Over the Hedge

   Shakespeare, Sonnet 18.

7. 12 months ago on Non Sequitur

   A grey squirrel comes into our garden every day and I can assure you that squirrels do poop, as my 3-year-old granddaughter loves to point out: “Look, Grandad, squirrel poo!”.

8. about 1 year ago on Andy Capp

   Andy Capp lives in the town of Hartlepool (northeast England). Its football (soccer for Americans) team (Hartlepool United) is about to be relegated from the top tier of football (i.e they are 91st out of 92 teams). Hence the disappointment and misery.

9. over 1 year ago on Frazz

   Four types (Arab proverb)

   He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool; shun him. He who knows not, and knows that he knows not, is a student; teach him. He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep; wake him. He who knows, and knows that he knows, is Wise; follow him.

10. almost 2 years ago on Arlo and Janis

    Beer is the answer. Come to think about it, it’s probably also the cause.