Brevity by Dan Thompson for November 02, 2011

Might want to take note of that!

Something about this one rings a bell….But, I don’t like heavy metal music….

They’d heard he was taking notes!

To even the score, they knocked him flat — Flags flying, they gave no quarter…

But they weren’t too sharp — they forgot about the rest of the staff.

They’ll soon end up behind bars, singing a different tune.

Once again SusanSunshine needs to go into the comic business! GREAT lines!

All I thought to add to Guy & Rodd was:

(Weak muffled) ……duly noted.

Insurance rep(after reading report of incident): “Uh-huh, seems legit.”

I guess eighth notes are more recognizable in a comic drawing @ bigg- wouldn’t rouge notes be red?

those low notes always were killers

At least we now know For Whom the Bell Tolls…

On another note, this cartoon has a lot of appeal.

Does he have a (twin) brother who usually does that?

That’s the treble you get when your staff flat out fails to clean your bells properly.

I don’t remember his name, but his face sure rings a bell!

The bell’s a-peal knocked him flat….

Attack of the notes!!!

He had to hold on to his ding-a-ling too long!

Madvirgo,

Do you mean “bowing motions”? Bowing movements brings up an odd mental image (fiber might help with that, by the way).

That’s my bell; can’t carry a tune either…………………

(Apologies – my inner eighth-grader couldn’t resist.)

Wow….. As my alter ego Goofy would say, “Gawrsh….. err… thanks, fellers..”

Lots of good ones today from everybody, though.

Dogsniff beat me to “noted”…

In fact, Gameguy, “duly noted” was all I had planned to say, and then after I wrote all the rest, I realised I’d never used it.

@Bigg and Beau (hmm… is that a men’s clothing store or a law firm?) — I wondered about the rouge notes too. I even Googled it to see whether it was some musical term I didn’t know.

I do think it’s funny that eighth notes signify music, so much so that ♪’s are used to represent melodies in text.

I think it’s just that the flag makes them ever-so-much more decorative than quarter notes, and not all systems support typing “♫”, including this one.

Then theres the one about the armless Campanologist, I can’t remember his name but his face sure rings a bell.

And…. NightOwl, I’m all for inner eighth graders.

Personally, I thought my own pos would have been funnier (or at least kinda funny) had I stopped after the first line….

But my inner 8th (or 3rd) grader insisted on more puns.

And could somebody please explain the twins thing?

Which reminds me — if you see this, Larry, thank you for the comment on Birdbrains last week.

I know it’s been a long time, but it was the night before a very busy few days, and I was having trouble keeping up with my usual strips.

I do intend to try that strip again and I appreciate your explanation.

Thanks yet again, Larry!

And Dogsniff — you mean you only have to play it through twice?

A notable achievement.