Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for December 27, 2024

Will you just take the popcorn bowl over to the sofa, sit down, and watch the furshlugginer game, Pmm!? Either you care about football or you don’t!

“And Bert Lahr is their quarterback!”

“So who’s the coach? The Wizard of Odd?”

Yesterday it was “the Swifter Dust Bowl game,” which made no sense. Was it a joke about Taylor Swift, or Swiffer dust mops? Now, it’s…What even is this? FiftyNiners, Detroit Lions? Are these punchlines, or “Whatcha doin’ Dad? Having a stroke?”

I thought that was a bowl of popcorn, but given Pam and Jeff’s expressions, apparently it’s edibles, and they’re kickin’ in.

Whut??

Football ad nauseam for another month or so.

I guess that’s an attempt at a joke.

i hate when people ask questions about something they have no interest maybe she can trip and spill the popcorn

It is apparent to everyone with at least a half a functioning brain, but billy is not very knowledgeable about football! LOL… Oh, and it is definitely not good to make fun of strokes!

Every college has a legendPassed on from year to yearTo which they pledge allegianceAnd always cherish dearBut of all the honored idolsThere’s but one that stands the testIt’s the stately Nittany LionThe symbol of our best

[Chorus]Hail to the LionLoyal and trueHail, Alma MaterWith your White and BluePenn State foreverMolder of men (and women)Fight for her honorFight and victory again

[Verse 2]Indiana has its HoosiersPurdue, its gold and blackThe Wildcats from NorthwesternAnd Spartans on attackOhio State has its BuckeyesUp north, the WolverinesBut the mighty Nittany LionsThe best they’ve ever seen

[Chorus]Hail to the LionLoyal and trueHail, Alma MaterWith your White and BluePenn State foreverMolder of men (and women)Fight for her honorFight and victory again

[Verse 3]There’s Pittsburgh with its PantherAnd Penn her Red and BlueDartmouth with its IndianAnd Yale her Bulldog, tooThere’s Princeton with its TigerAnd Cornell with its BearBut speaking now of victoryWe’ll get the Lion’s share

[Chorus]Hail to the LionLoyal and trueHail, Alma MaterWith your White and BluePenn State foreverMolder of men (and women)Fight for her honorFight and victory again

Hellooo?! Is there a joke here somewhere?

Once I was curious, wondering what the hell a Nittany is, so I looked it up. Apparently it’s the name of a hill overlooking the campus.

If Pam cares so little about the game that she doesn’t even know who’s playing why is she settling in with a can of pop and a big ol’ bowl of chips?

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They are “nifty” this year!!!!

Pmm, carefully holding her hard seltzer and bowl of stale Peeps from last Easter, prepares to head upstairs, curl up in front of the 14" TV and watch “Hot Frosty” on Netflix.