Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for April 08, 2023

“Boinging” sounds absolutely filthy to me.

According to the Urban Dicionary, “a super energetic individual ‘going off’ verbally or physically, consequently ‘bouncing around the room’ and off the walls like a ‘super ball’”

Let us take a moment to remember Sport Boinging.

Probably inspired by Billy Vera and the Beaters, a popular band at the time.

Do you remember where YOU were on 2/12/1987 when the band’s name was changed to “Billy and the Boingers”? It is a day that has the same impact as the day they got rid of “New Coke” and when “Saved by the Bell” premiered". Legendary days…like that.

Yeah, I don’t remember either. But what a great name!

Super balls… now there’s a memory. In the mid 60’s when super balls were introduced as toys (and they were amazing at the time) a 12-13 year old me found one and after playing with it for a while, my nascent impulse control slipped and I bounced it off the pavement and smacked it with a baseball bat. I don’t know if it burned out on reentry, stayed in orbit or exactly what happened to the thing, but it sure vanished.

Let’s just hope the Blue-Noses don’t know what “Boingers” means… ☺

The hearing is much too intense for Bill…

It’s a good thing Frank Zappa, Dee Snider, and John Denver didn’t cave!

I prefer to do my boinging in private.

also the name of a collection (I have) … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_and_the_Boingers_Bootleg

“Boingers” from the sound Bill makes twanging his tongue?

Any logical Deathtongue listener would know that a boinger is a unwholesome tougue played well. Good play Steve… everyone’s happy, right?

WOW was I on the wrong trail… I didn’t see the “i”

You can actually hear their hits on You Tube.

This may be a reference to how the Rolling Stones got their name. Legend has it that Brian Jones just blurted it out when a promoter asked what the band was called.

The second worst name for a band in history: Oingo Boingo

Better than Mr. Johnson and the Juice Crew

Behold, the birth of Billy and the Boingers!

It was a difficult birth….