FurBabies by Nancy Beiman for January 19, 2024

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    JLChi  11 months ago

    Hmmm, wonder who it could have been?

    The picture looks familiar. Shawm, any guesses who it was?

    I love the parent being a vet!

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    FreyjaRN Premium Member 11 months ago

    It must have been Shawm.

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    stairsteppublishing  11 months ago

    LaVa’s drawing certainly is a broad hint as to it must have been. Shawm?

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    saylorgirl  11 months ago

    Shawm is the big news in their household.

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    DeerOrchid Premium Member 11 months ago

    That’s hilarious. Perfect.

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    nancyb creator 11 months ago

    The twins’ biography is now on the Characters page.

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    markkahler52  11 months ago

    He knows where you’ve been!!

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    TekoaMT  11 months ago

    Shawm! Oh, Shawm…Way to leave an impression.

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    ddjg  11 months ago

    A shawm is the double reed ancestor of the oboe, used in Europe from the 12th century through the 17th, and revived in the 20th by early music musicians. Shawms were made in different sizes and so had different ranges, from very low in pitch to very high. By the 14th century it was also referred to as a hoboy, and in the 15th c., hautbois, “high wood.” That name was transferred to the true oboe when it was invented in the 17th c.—not that I expect any of you would confuse the two. Pogo Possum at times played an instrument (vaguely) resembling a shawm—or possibly an early oboe, which went right along with the confusion that was so much a part of that cartoon. Research has not yet shown if Mr. Walt Kelly knew the difference, anyway. See, exempli gratia, the Sunday strip of Dec. 26, 1971, https://static0DOTcbrimagesDOTcom/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/pogo-christmas-11DOTjpg

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    ladykat  11 months ago

    Shawm’s veterinarian, perhaps?

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    meadowmarya  11 months ago

    Great story line!

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    slelareader  11 months ago

    Small world, isn’t it?

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    christineracine77  11 months ago

    I wonder how Shawm will feel about Kate fraternizing with the enemy’s children . . .

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    Just-me  11 months ago

    Rut Rho. Could he possibly be referring to Shawm?

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    kinich79  11 months ago

    Oh, oh! Poor Shawm has just been exposed!

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    tammyspeakslife Premium Member 11 months ago

    The 3rd panel says volumes.

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    darcyandsimon  11 months ago

    Good likeness of Shawm, there!

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    GSD Mom Premium Member 11 months ago

    LOL! Poor Shawm – he’s never going to live this down.

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    Mike Baldwin creator 11 months ago

    You want to see the security footage!

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    davewhamond creator 11 months ago

    Oooo, a twist! (which is what Shawm was doing trying to get away from the vet)

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    vlbrown Premium Member 11 months ago

    Uh oh

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    StephenRice  11 months ago

    Time to withdraw in shame. (Bag over head optional but recommended.)

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    Aladar30 Premium Member 11 months ago

    What amazing coincidence!

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    nancyb creator 11 months ago

    Once again, folks, the server does not always send me your comments, and so I answer them rather late. Thank you for enjoying the strip.

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    NyahNyahNyah  9 months ago

    OOOOOOHHHHH! I just got it! (I had to come back and look a second time at the comic)

    Barbara (aka Lava) drew a pic of the problem their mother had to deal with, and it’s Shaum!

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