Bloom County 2019 by Berkeley Breathed for April 10, 2016

No way — I wanna see this!

Binkley’s big hair still annoys me

It is useless. Too many of us have gotten too use to technology to bother what’s around us, even if our lives depended on it!

No worries…Snorklewackers have free Wi-Fi and cable TV.

Oh, for Pete’s sake! The Snorklewacker (Snorkelwackerus purpureus) is in no sense whatsoever “reticulated.” Giraffes and pythons are reticulated, this thing is more like “blue-spotted.” As for “Western,” well, whatever, Berkeley’s the Boss. But I’d always keyed it out as a “Giant Purple Snorkelwacker,” no reticulation.

Should have gone with “bite you in half”.

Eat ’em! Eat ’em!

Public Service Announcement: The last two times I ate at an Applebee’s, I woke up the next morning violently ill. You have been warned.

Product placement.

The modern ‘head in the sand’ reaction to most cataclysmic events. They probably will be posting selfies while being devoured.

I love a local movement to get people to stop crossing the street on the phone. The phone people say the cars should look out for them. Since most of the drivers are on the phone, I wonder how that will work out. The good news is that phone slaughter will eventually be greater than gun slaughter, taking the heat off gun nuts.

My favorite pastime is to go downtown and count how many people walk into light poles, corners of buildings, and each other while distracted by their devices, The record so far is three inside 45 minutes one of which had to be stopped by a little girl from wandering into the street. It can be quite hilarious but also a bit sad to watch. I’m not sure but I believe it was Jane Goodall who observed that humans are the least aware of their environment in the animal kingdom. That was before technology enslaved us.

Maybe we should just let them walk into the street. Thin out the herd.

@Alexander: we’ve never seen the back half, maybe he is reticulated.

“not so bad” – Capt’n Jack Sparrow.

Hope he doesn’t get indigestion from that group.

Binkley, how do I tell the difference between Eastern and Western Snorklewakers?

What makes it any of Binkley’s business what people at other tables do, as long as they’re not disruptive?

Look’s like mom will get it first to get it “WOW”!,

Guess we’re never going to see closure on the Ernie Dinklefwat affair. But you never know. BB has been known to put a plot device aside for months and then pick it up again. Such as in early 1987 when the plot mostly focused on Billy and the Boingers and then suddenly Opus remembered that his wedding to Lola Granola was set for May (they were engaged the previous summer). At any rate, Abby and Binkley are just like my mother. She hates it when people are fiddling with their electronics during social gatherings. Probably the first time I’ve seen Binkley and the Snorklewacker on the same side since Geraldo Rivera invaded the Anxiety Closet hoping to find something more exciting than Al Capone’s vault

Just for fun, let’s do a list:5 Bloom County Characters You Might Not Remember:1. Pops Popolov- Way back in the very first week of Bloom County in December 1980, Milo Bloom was first seen talking with this “famous Russian washout” who would rent a room in the Bloom boarding house. The polite but naive Popolov would strike up a brief romance with another long forgotten character (Widow Tucker) before being wiped from strip the following February (U.S./Soviet relations had hit a new low in the early 1980’s and even a harmless Russian like Popolov was not likely very popular).2. Ashley Dashley III- This obvious caricature of Ted Turner took over the Bloom County TV station in the summer of 1981 and clashed with a couple of other mostly forgotten characters (the eccentric bum Limekiller whom he had hired as a reporter and the self appointed Moral Majority censor Otis Oracle) before he permanently departed a few months later.3. Blondie- Binkley met and fell in love with this black beauty from Los Angeles in the fall of 1982, despite his father’s gentle reminder that whites and blacks shouldn’t date each other. After her first date with Binkley, Blondie rarely appeared again.4. Big Pig Peaches- Despite the fact he was morbidly obese and woefully out of shape, Peaches preached physical fitness like a drill sergeant. He appeared for a few days in the fall of 1985.5. Gladys- One of the very last characters introduced in the original Bloom County in July 1989. The still liberal, vegan, and pacifistic Steve Dallas fell madly in love with her only to have her dump him a couple days later. Steve’s grief over losing her drove him to transforming back into a conservative, chauvinistic jerk. But just think, if it hadn’t been for Gladys, Steve Dallas might still be a namby pamby to this day.

Didn’t think I’d ever be cheering for Binkley’s Snorklewacker, but today, maybe….

Also, I’d much rather be “distracted” by a table with quiet kids absorbed in quiet devices, than screaming kids throwing tantrums or running amok.

I’ve said it many times. Modern cellphones are great at keeping you connected to everyone… except the people you are actually with!