How come Phil Harmonic doesn’t recognize his son? Virgil Ohso’s “liar” is a high rise now. A few weeks ago, he was in a ratty old house as I recall. Tess wants Dick to enjoy the buffet…petifors?
Tracy was a cop, one of the best
His powers of deduction were put to the test
The violin didn’t go through the security scanner
Something was in the works, maybe a spanner
Exposition was to be the rule of the day
So many words with so little to say
Tess had no grasp on their reason to be there
Maybe it was because of her head of blond hair
She and Tracy were putting on the ritz
He just couldn’t believe she was such a ditz
The story continues to move at its snail pace
The plot has long disappeared without any trace
I’m surprised at you, Flight Suit, you have a lot of room to talk about misspelled words… you spelled “petifors” with an “e”. Everyone knows that is is “petifors” without an “e”. Now write it on the blackboard 50 times.
‘Round here, I’ve seen it spelled with and without the e, and I’ve seen it spelled “petite fours.” I just didn’t give enough of a bleep to remind myself which one was correct.
Hi Margueritem, sorry for the delayed response. I have had an attack of the punies lately, just a slight illness, enough to knock me off my feed. As Monty Python would say “I’m getting better”. Wish I could say the same for this strip.
The sort of updated overview Locher should read. Although I’d qualify the first line with “once one of the best” and consider personalizing the spanner with “a Naperville spanner” ;)
Not that it would help *..* I’m sure he fortifies himself with iron clad denial.
Macy notices that the Strad didn’t get scanned. Hmmm…… I wonder if their body scanner picked up that hogleg he’s toting inside his jacket? Maybe they’ve got those full-body scanners and they were “distracted” when Tess went through. Woof! Woof!
I’m with barticle35.
Tess has poisoned the petifors, a plot to purloin the policeman’s pension and marry Pat Patton.
(My ‘pologies for the poor phrasing.)
I think this Locher guy should just throw it in, and they should rerun the whole strip back from the 1940’s. I’d enjoy that a lot more. This is like watching an old friend die a “long, slow, boring, miserable death, like the English Patient’s girlfriend.”
Locher has certainly built this plot with Swiss cheese hole assumptions. Like it was certain, the Stradivarious would get to the Embassy (and then, be right “beside” the Ambassador when the bomb exploded) - to justify the Two million dollar investment.
Seems Virgil failed to do his “homework”, why, even young Harmonic knew and said … “The Ambassador likes American Rock, we gotta be good !”. Odds were the Embassy would have IN, a Rock Band, not a String Quartette which with a $2 million violin (bet), seemed more of a hope-on-a-prayer, flukey “assisination” route.
Locher painted the whole landscape with many options but the “route” he selected seemed the least “certain”.Better to have chanced rigging a guitar and save the money..
So Locher, what with “clumsy” effort to move Tracy around to be “there”, seems a hopelessly confused Writer. He even appears to have assigned story names incorrectly, “Virgil” would more appropriately have been “fitted” with “Ludwig” (given the 12-10-09 indiscretion). Phil Harmonic’s role more in “tune” (forgive the pun) with the “Virtuoso” moniker and sonny coming on stage as “Low Note” - refecting his propensity for theft.
It all reminds me of recent addled contributions here, intelectually flavored perhaps, but not unlike the Author in seemingly selecting - the wrong holes in the confusion of a Swiss Cheese dilema.
Tess looks - mouth opening, more interested in the food Pot than the Plot by assasian Ohso Polpot
And Anthony 2816, I thought it was the shadow of the DOTY guy but he’s now jumped in. I guess you’re just indirectly giving him the old “mamaguy,” and he’s chosen not to recognize it as such.
Check the “meaning” of that Trinidad word on the MSN Encarta Dictionary.
More seriously if the visable 5th string is a shadow of the 4th, where are the shadows of the other three ? Are you going to tell me directly under each suceeding string ?
Most unlikely, from an artist as careless as Brozman has proven to be. He even got the word “LAIR” wrong today, unless Doty thinks it’s “shadow” looks like “LIAR” (? ;)
If you look at the neck above the hand, it seems there are only four strings plus the two edges.
However, the edge line seems to take a jump to the left somewhere under his hand, because I can’t make a continuous line through his hand
So I’d say it’s really hard to tell what exactly is going on with the violin strings.
Steve Bartholomew almost 15 years ago
I suspect Tess is in on the plot.
FLIGHT SUIT almost 15 years ago
Sure looks that way!
Also…
Virgil Ohso’s liar?
margueritem almost 15 years ago
I caught that too, Flight Suit. Guess no one proof reads this mess. Tess has become a Stepford wife, I think…
Llewellenbruce almost 15 years ago
Or a “Desperate Housewife”.
FLIGHT SUIT almost 15 years ago
If I was at a buffet that had all-you-can-eat petifores, I wouldn’t even be thinking about the violin!
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ almost 15 years ago
How come Phil Harmonic doesn’t recognize his son? Virgil Ohso’s “liar” is a high rise now. A few weeks ago, he was in a ratty old house as I recall. Tess wants Dick to enjoy the buffet…petifors?
wndrwrthg almost 15 years ago
Tracy was a cop, one of the best His powers of deduction were put to the test The violin didn’t go through the security scanner Something was in the works, maybe a spanner Exposition was to be the rule of the day So many words with so little to say Tess had no grasp on their reason to be there Maybe it was because of her head of blond hair She and Tracy were putting on the ritz He just couldn’t believe she was such a ditz The story continues to move at its snail pace The plot has long disappeared without any trace
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margueritem almost 15 years ago
wndrwrthg, where have you been?
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ almost 15 years ago
I’m surprised at you, Flight Suit, you have a lot of room to talk about misspelled words… you spelled “petifors” with an “e”. Everyone knows that is is “petifors” without an “e”. Now write it on the blackboard 50 times.
FLIGHT SUIT almost 15 years ago
‘Round here, I’ve seen it spelled with and without the e, and I’ve seen it spelled “petite fours.” I just didn’t give enough of a bleep to remind myself which one was correct.
wndrwrthg almost 15 years ago
Hi Margueritem, sorry for the delayed response. I have had an attack of the punies lately, just a slight illness, enough to knock me off my feed. As Monty Python would say “I’m getting better”. Wish I could say the same for this strip.
LudwigVonDrake almost 15 years ago
It’s LAIR not LIAR. Sigh…
sydney almost 15 years ago
wndrwrthg. back, concise, and in great form.
The sort of updated overview Locher should read. Although I’d qualify the first line with “once one of the best” and consider personalizing the spanner with “a Naperville spanner” ;)
Not that it would help *..* I’m sure he fortifies himself with iron clad denial.
Morrow Cummings almost 15 years ago
Macy notices that the Strad didn’t get scanned. Hmmm…… I wonder if their body scanner picked up that hogleg he’s toting inside his jacket? Maybe they’ve got those full-body scanners and they were “distracted” when Tess went through. Woof! Woof!
veldy almost 15 years ago
Plus flightsuit isn’t getting paid to publish something 75 people might read
Ray_C almost 15 years ago
I’m with barticle35. Tess has poisoned the petifors, a plot to purloin the policeman’s pension and marry Pat Patton. (My ‘pologies for the poor phrasing.)
jimeritano almost 15 years ago
I think this Locher guy should just throw it in, and they should rerun the whole strip back from the 1940’s. I’d enjoy that a lot more. This is like watching an old friend die a “long, slow, boring, miserable death, like the English Patient’s girlfriend.”
idarke almost 15 years ago
And why didn’t the violin go through the scanner? Did I miss something? Are they still trying to jam the cello through it?
sydney almost 15 years ago
Locher has certainly built this plot with Swiss cheese hole assumptions. Like it was certain, the Stradivarious would get to the Embassy (and then, be right “beside” the Ambassador when the bomb exploded) - to justify the Two million dollar investment.
Seems Virgil failed to do his “homework”, why, even young Harmonic knew and said … “The Ambassador likes American Rock, we gotta be good !”. Odds were the Embassy would have IN, a Rock Band, not a String Quartette which with a $2 million violin (bet), seemed more of a hope-on-a-prayer, flukey “assisination” route.
Locher painted the whole landscape with many options but the “route” he selected seemed the least “certain”.Better to have chanced rigging a guitar and save the money..
So Locher, what with “clumsy” effort to move Tracy around to be “there”, seems a hopelessly confused Writer. He even appears to have assigned story names incorrectly, “Virgil” would more appropriately have been “fitted” with “Ludwig” (given the 12-10-09 indiscretion). Phil Harmonic’s role more in “tune” (forgive the pun) with the “Virtuoso” moniker and sonny coming on stage as “Low Note” - refecting his propensity for theft.
It all reminds me of recent addled contributions here, intelectually flavored perhaps, but not unlike the Author in seemingly selecting - the wrong holes in the confusion of a Swiss Cheese dilema.
sydney almost 15 years ago
Seems too … Brozman has FIVE strings on the Violin again today (panel 1). Working too fast ?
Hope no one calls me a liar
A Speedy Gonzales kind of thing ? “Wham! Wham! Thank you Mam … Wham! Wham! Sorry Sam! (?)
riley05 almost 15 years ago
Sydney, what you think is a fifth string is actually the shadow from the fourth string.
Our view of shadows from strings 1 through 3 are blocked by strings 2 through 4.
See? I have what it takes to appreciate Locher’s Tracy: Psychotic Rationalization!
Richard Amidei almost 15 years ago
Tribune Company , why don’t you drop Dick Tracy instead of Get Fuzzy and the others you will no longer be publishing in your paper?
sydney almost 15 years ago
Tess looks - mouth opening, more interested in the food Pot than the Plot by assasian Ohso Polpot
And Anthony 2816, I thought it was the shadow of the DOTY guy but he’s now jumped in. I guess you’re just indirectly giving him the old “mamaguy,” and he’s chosen not to recognize it as such.
Check the “meaning” of that Trinidad word on the MSN Encarta Dictionary.
More seriously if the visable 5th string is a shadow of the 4th, where are the shadows of the other three ? Are you going to tell me directly under each suceeding string ?
Most unlikely, from an artist as careless as Brozman has proven to be. He even got the word “LAIR” wrong today, unless Doty thinks it’s “shadow” looks like “LIAR” (? ;)
Ray_C almost 15 years ago
If you look at the neck above the hand, it seems there are only four strings plus the two edges. However, the edge line seems to take a jump to the left somewhere under his hand, because I can’t make a continuous line through his hand So I’d say it’s really hard to tell what exactly is going on with the violin strings.
MYankeeClipper almost 15 years ago
I believe he is being cute with musical term “”liar” which is used to hold your music in a marching band.
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ almost 15 years ago
MYankeeClipper said, “I believe he is being cute with musical term “”liar” which is used to hold your music in a marching band.”
I thought that was a lyre.