Birdbrains by Thom Bluemel for April 19, 2010

Good Morning, Birdbrainiacs!

Good Morning Thom and Everyone

I see a face on John, the sucker’s chest.

I believe it’s spelled a x l e, Thom. I think I’m offended now. I like the streamers on the handle bars!

Must have seen the bulls-eye.

Thom, that spelling of axel is for figure skating. But knowing you, you might have meant it that way! LOL

Oh, and the calendar is a nice touch, too!

Look down at his sandals John, I think you may be able to line your headwear right into his eye.

two eyes, one nose, one frown I see a face in the grease on the floor.

My shrink might call it “denial” but I say we are in Egypt anyway. LUVH8, if it were a face, how come I can’t hear its voice? Heck, it ain’t even moving. Next thing you’ll tell me is that Income Tax was last week.

How come my calendar from “Bill’s Body Shop” doesn’t have Bill’s body on it?

Hey, has that thing got a Hemi?

Good Morning, MoParMitch

Face it John, Egypt you!

Lollipop, Lollipop, La-la-la-lollipop, Lollipop!

Carmy said, about 7 hours ago I believe it’s spelled a x l e, Thom. I think I’m offended now. I like the streamers on the handle bars!

Unless they built an ice skating rink. Then, it’s what they do when the suckers actually pay their rates.

Doggone it DigiF you beat me to it. LOL

Maybe he meant to say “succubuses”??!

That was a good one DF :^}

If this is how they treat a Giza, I won’t go there.

Hi all,

Today’s cartoon is dedicated to one of my readers, Johanan Rakkav, one of the big wheels in the Birdbrains audience.

About the word, “axel.” It is spelled correctly; it’s just the wrong place for it… like a lot of the faces to be found in this one.

As most of my regular (I hope you are all regular) readers know, I often put little “extras” (well, I think they are) to be “discovered” in my toons. There are many more faces to be found in this one as well. Faces and misspelled words are just the beginning of such extras. Someday, I’ll let you in on the hidden music which, if played backwards, sounds like the screams of coeds during a panty raid.

Thank you all for reading this greazy, masspelled cartune.

Thom

Carmy,

Good catch on the beer belly mug! I thought I hid that one very well… but you did miss some.

Lew,

Better ask for more meds today.

Thom

Thom, Thanks! Is that a face on the mechanic’s rag?

Congratulations Johanan Rakkav!!!

Geesh! You’d think John was wearing a target on his head!

Carmy - I put two faces in the rag. Still, very good!

LuvH8 - John is the target of this cartoon. I thought it best to express that visually. Did I miss the mark? Or should I have dedicated it to Mark somebody? :)

By the way, my hat’s off to those of you who discovered “Axel.” I’m surprised no one is offended by the fact that ancient Egyptians didn’t have motors… oh, well, I tried.

Once again, thank you all for reading this anachronistic cartoon,

Thom

Congrats, Johanan. You need a special CocoaMocha to toast this event!

Thom, I hear music whenever I read your strip. But now I am seeing apparitions & orbs! Like the one in the calendar checking out the model! But I don’t want meds for it…….I like it the way I see it! LOL

Thanks again!

Thank you again, Thom! A 2 faced rag? The audacity! (I see one face, and I think I see the second.)

Get out! I see the faces on John’s thighs/knees! You are very tricky, Thom! Are there still more faces?

Chief Thom Thom, I’m humbled; you actually managed to pull this off. And it may set a record for weirdness in this strip in the process. It even has a “bird”, sorta: what at least some of the British would call that fair lady on the calendar. (Nice puns in the acknowledgements, too, as well as in the comments.)

Alas, Pharaoh John and I look way too much alike at this stage of my life. :( Where did Thom get those secret photos of Yours Truly? ;)

Sure, chariots had motors: anywhere from 1 to 4 horsepower, depending on the maker and the period. (At least I think the minimum was 1, unless I’m misled by the perspective of Egyptian art.)

I thank you, Thom, and raise 8 oz. of CocaMocha to you and to all here.

John Wheeler aka Johanan Rakkav (יוחנן רכב)

Johanan, I have got your site bookmarked and I frequent it fairly often. Very interesting site indeed!

Congrats, once again!

Congratulations Johanan! Do you know how many John Wheelers there are out there? Which one are you?

Thanks for the CocoMocha.

@Lonewolf: Glad you frequent it, and seem to like it!

@Shikamoo: You could go to this search list and pick out which site best fits your needs. I don’t know if I’m listed on any, outside of ZabaSearch or the White Pages…and I’m not telling. :)

The first site suggests this:

Probability of name “John Wheeler”: John (male): 3.271% (about 1 in 30) John (female): 0.012% (about 1 in 8333) Frequency of John (in either sex) is: 1.6415 percent Frequency of Wheeler is: 0.051 percent (about 1 in 1960) This name is probably held by 1 in 119451 people. This name will occur with probability 100.0 percent in 300000000 people. This name will occur with probability 50% in every 82797 people. There are probably 2511.5 people with this name in 300000000 people.

So according to the first source there are probably 2512 Americans named John Wheeler…but there is only one Johanan Rakkav (because that isn’t a name listed on the Census).

And this is a musical thank-you especially for Thom, but also for you other original eclectic popular music lovers out there…

HEY, CHRISTOPHER ALAN

Very thoughtful song, Johanan!

Thanks for link on name frequency.

Congrats Johanan!

@ Johnana Rakkav: Psalm 96:10.

Shalom.

A two faced rag? I’m offended!

Actually my favorite quote responding to an accusation of being two-faced is Abraham Lincoln’s: “If I were two faced, would I be wearing this one?”

Wow!!! The MSU is in full stride today!!

Somebody is at it again. Heheh!

But all he did was use aqueduct tape. He should be reported to the Better Business Pharaoh.

Thom, I did notice that, but I don’t get a chance to read in the morning often, so you took my comment! :-P

Congrats, Johanan!!!

@Shikamoo: Did I mention at some point that Psalm 96:10 is my favorite passage of Scripture?

תודה רבה

@ Johanan Rakkav:

:-D Maybe! Lucky guess?