Brevity by Dan Thompson for July 08, 2013

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    emjaycee  over 11 years ago

    Um, I don’t get it?

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    ctsignguy  over 11 years ago

    Cain and Able….

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    chireef  over 11 years ago

    someone named Kane is on a hockey team in Illinois "Abe L’incon also comes from Illinois…. play on words for the biblical characters Cane and Able. not Dan’s best joke but it must be hard to come up with something every day

    Hi Ms. Sunshine

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    Banjo Evans  over 11 years ago

    @alexikakos kind of like you and your recipes that no one reads.

    I think it’s hysterical.
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    Banjo Evans  over 11 years ago

    Someone named Kane on a hockey team? Not big on current events, chi reef?

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    Varnes  over 11 years ago

    Info, stop being rude, these are nice people…behave or go away….see ya wouldn’t wanta be ya….Go away…

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    Varnes  over 11 years ago

    Please…

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Dog… ya beat me to it!!

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Hi Chireef… nice to see you!

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Funny that Cain and Abel are from Illinois… it’s not really part of the Bible Belt…

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    jreckard  over 11 years ago

    American Goths?

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    Rumsy4  over 11 years ago

    Kane and Abel is a 1979 novel by Jeffrey Archer.

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    Ottodesu  over 11 years ago

    Hi Susan!And I got this gag right away.

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    wpr  over 11 years ago

    dogsniff, Mr Lincoln played hockey as well as some of the Hawks opponents this year. #Stanleycupchamps!

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    Vermont Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Abe and Kane are Illinoisans. What does one call people from Connecticut? Not “Connections”, please, which is what I’m told.

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    Digital Frog  over 11 years ago

    Would November 3, 1954 be considered Adam Ant Eve?

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    maldo  over 11 years ago

    Lincoln served as a militia captain during the Blackhawk Wars in 1832.

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    hippogriff  over 11 years ago

    maldo: Most militias elected their officers, Lincoln won his captaincy in a wrestling match.

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    maldo  over 11 years ago

    @hippogriff: So I understand! Maybe there is room to expand that for other political contests?

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    ChucklinChuck  over 11 years ago

    Abe is an Illinoisan. Kane is an Illinoyance—and I love the Hawks! Not Dan’s best joke, but the MVP of a major sports championship is certainly fair game for a subject. Many more minor pop references have been the subject of prior “Brevity” strips.

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    corwinamber  over 11 years ago

    Patrick Kane was born in Buffalo, NY

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    Davepostmp  over 11 years ago

    Up here we have names for people down there.

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    hippogriff  over 11 years ago

    maldo: By wrestling, I am not so sure; officers by ballot of those they will lead in battle, I am all for. A well-regulated militia was prescribed as the way to defend the nation without using conscripts, mercenaries, or a large standing army. It worked until WW-I and quite a few in that war came from militias. My father-in-law’s uncle was a brigadier general in that war and made the jump to officer rank by election by his militia.

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