I had a friend who was a bursar at a school, but I don’t believe he suffered from bursitis. Although I could understand getting bursitis in the elbow of his check signing arm.
Bursitis is an Inflammation of a Bursa. A Bursa is a sac or saclike bodily cavity, especially one containing a viscous lubricating fluid and located between a tendon and a bone or at points of friction between moving structures.
I think what he means is his turtle / skateboard is broken… Although he looks kinda inflamed in the last panel.
Yeah, not sure about the humor in this one. It does remind me that my kids and I saved two baby turtles this week and put them back in the lake. One was in the middle of the street and the other was upside down being played with by a crow. Hopefully we helped because it sure felt good.
thanks Joe makes more sense to me now. especially since i usually hear of bursitis in shoulders or elbows - which would be analogous to areas on a bird’s wing.
Prepatellar bursitis, “housemaid’s knee”,
Infrapatellar bursitis, “clergyman’s knee”,
Trochanteric bursitis giving hip pain,
Olecranon bursitis characterised by pain and swelling in the elbow, and
Subacromial bursitis, which gives shoulder pain.
I would like to put my two cents in here. I think he was trying to combine “Bird” and “Sites” (or sighting). Probably no pun on the actual word “Bursitis”.
Birds usually fly. If not, they have a wing problem, which the bursitis joke would explain. Just because you have an ailment doesn’t mean you can’t find humor in it.
GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago
I can relate.
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yyyguy over 14 years ago
i have arthritis, but don’t get any humour in this one. oh well.
yyyguy over 14 years ago
hi Grog, Lonewolf, LuvH8 & Ladywolf
yyyguy over 14 years ago
thank you JulieP for pointing out (yesterday’s strip) that what i thought was a sham title was an actual Country song. hilarious!
COWBOY7 over 14 years ago
Advil anyone?
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Yukoner over 14 years ago
What a pain.
yyyguy over 14 years ago
i use it when i absolutely have to. i don’t want to build up a tolerance for it and have it stop working. it’s a fine balance.
ksoskins over 14 years ago
I had a friend who was a bursar at a school, but I don’t believe he suffered from bursitis. Although I could understand getting bursitis in the elbow of his check signing arm.
Rakkav over 14 years ago
He just doesn’t want to admit that he’s flown in all the way from the La Brea Tar Pits, and boy, are his wings tired…
GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago
Good Morning, yyyguy!
ladywolf17 over 14 years ago
Good morning everyone. This one is not funny. I just do not see any humor in pain.
Dkram over 14 years ago
He was walking not flying. So he was explaining. May still not be funny.
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pschearer Premium Member over 14 years ago
… or it was just such a lovely day he decided not to drive.
freeholder1 over 14 years ago
From looking at all those wild fields of burs no doubt.
freeholder1 over 14 years ago
Although too many Perry Mason reruns will do it, too.
RedCochran over 14 years ago
Bursitis is an Inflammation of a Bursa. A Bursa is a sac or saclike bodily cavity, especially one containing a viscous lubricating fluid and located between a tendon and a bone or at points of friction between moving structures.
I think what he means is his turtle / skateboard is broken… Although he looks kinda inflamed in the last panel.
gobblingup Premium Member over 14 years ago
Yeah, not sure about the humor in this one. It does remind me that my kids and I saved two baby turtles this week and put them back in the lake. One was in the middle of the street and the other was upside down being played with by a crow. Hopefully we helped because it sure felt good.
mrsullenbeauty over 14 years ago
So it wasn’t a meteor after all.
freeholder1 over 14 years ago
Thanks, lighten. Made my day.
Wildmustang1262 over 14 years ago
NO FUN! Painful like a HELL!
yyyguy over 14 years ago
thanks Joe makes more sense to me now. especially since i usually hear of bursitis in shoulders or elbows - which would be analogous to areas on a bird’s wing.
jpozenel over 14 years ago
The most common examples of bursitis are:
Prepatellar bursitis, “housemaid’s knee”, Infrapatellar bursitis, “clergyman’s knee”, Trochanteric bursitis giving hip pain, Olecranon bursitis characterised by pain and swelling in the elbow, and Subacromial bursitis, which gives shoulder pain.
Ooops! Premium Member over 14 years ago
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COGNIZANT over 14 years ago
I am aware of the pain that it brings. :o((
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carlos.gomez over 14 years ago
I would like to put my two cents in here. I think he was trying to combine “Bird” and “Sites” (or sighting). Probably no pun on the actual word “Bursitis”.
3rdbike over 14 years ago
Limping or using a cane to get up turtle’s shell would’ve helped the visual. Me, I use a cane. Bursitis isn’t very funny.
Marv Premium Member about 1 year ago
Birds usually fly. If not, they have a wing problem, which the bursitis joke would explain. Just because you have an ailment doesn’t mean you can’t find humor in it.