Big Top by Rob Harrell for March 25, 2010

Breakfast? Hmmmmm:

Grits Cold Pizza Chocolate Pudding (Laced with Bookers) 2” Ribeye Steaks Eggs, Your Choice Ham, Bacon & Sausage French Toast Pancakes Maple or Chokecherry Syrup Cinnamon Rolls Juice, Your Choice Tea, Your Choice Pirate Coffee Cocoa Mocha

Good Morning Tribe

Sell it, Dusty!

Good Morning Marg!

HI, MARG!!!

Good Morning, JFri! I think I’ll have the ribeye and some scrambled eggs. Thank you kind sir!

What a great breakfast JFri

Good one Dusty. To bad Pete doesn’t quite get it yet.

Oh that’s great Dusty! Very original! Why don’t Pete and Wink get it>

JFri I’ll have my Eggs Benedict, ham, pancakes with chokecherry syrup, V8 with Tabasco and Horseradish and a celery stalk and Pirate coffee! Thank you, Sir!

HI MARG!

Good Morning LW18.

Wink seems out of it, too.

HI JFRI & DRY!!

’Morning Carmy and Terry!

Good Morning Dry and Marg!

Well, let’s see… I’ll have some cold pizza Chocolate pudding w/ Bookers Rib eye steak And a cinnamon roll for each hand for a balanced meal!

Looks like a vicious cycle.

Good morning TRIBE.

Hi Marg. I missed it yesterday but congrats on your anniversary. I hope it was a happy one.

Yesterday seemed kind of sad for a lot of people here. Hope today is better.

JFri to answer your question from yesterday….umm the butler did it??? hee hee.

Hi, Serena

Thank you, Serena!

Nighty nite, All!

G’Night, Marg!

Goodnight Yappy Nuts, where ever you are!

Short day so far

Good morning Tribe! It’s been a busy day. I totally missed you guys. Today’s going to be just as busy, so, I’ll say Good Night too!

Thanks for the steak and Bookers-laced pudding. Nice touch, JFri!!

peace and love!

just flying by to say a quick “hi” to all my yappy friends here. i’ve been quite busy the last while, but want to reassure anyone who may be concerned that all is well with me and mine. i’ve missed yapping at you all and seeing what you have to say, but, hopefully, things will ease up a mite and i’ll be able to visit regularly again. a deposit for the karma bank is long overdue. (((Tribe)))

good morning and Happy Thursday. JFri thank you for the grits!!

JFRI Looks great but can I pour Pirate coffee in the same cup that was formally used for DOC TOON’s nuclear coffee.? Its a virgin cup, never touched by soap or water. Should safety welding loves be worn and what about eye protection? Should I notify OSHA or the USNRC?

Morning TRIBE! Hang on to your leash.

Good morning all and thanks for all the warm wishes relative to my son. I think I gave the wrong impression that his passing was very recent, but in truth it’s been 4 years now. It gets a little easier as we move on, but I still think of him at least once every day. We do a celebration of his life rather than mourning of his death, so it’s not all a sad occasion any more.

Good Morning Tribe!

Hello Doc, MisngNOLA & Lewreader

Doc–Nothing wrong with having something in common with Dennis. My relatives called me Dennis the Menace for most of my childhood! LOL

Good to see you Yguy! Even for a minute. Good morning to this morning’s group, Akenta, Lewreader, Doc, MisngNOLA, Shika.

Good Morning Tribe! Good Morning, Doctor Toon, MisngNOLA, Lonewolf & Fellow Baby!

Good Morning Grog

It is 45° & drizzling here, but all in all it is a beautiful morning!

Looks like the rain cleared out of here earlier than expected. Looks like it could be a nice sunrise.

Doc - I like the fat cat avatar.

Good Morning, Rac0308.

Good Morning Shika, yyyguy, Akenta, Doc, Lewreader, MisngNOLA, Lewreader, Dry, Grog and Rac0308 yyyguy, glad to hear all is well!

Good Morning, Carmy & Rac0308!

Good Morning All, not a bery catchy catchphrase.

Good Morning All!

At leashed Dusty didn’t come up with a rude catch phrase….

Morning Cleo and DFrog!

Morning, Cleo

Good Morning, Cleo & DFrog

As always Digital, the Pun Maestro! LOL!

Good Morning DFrog, Carmy, Grog, Doc & Terry. WhooHoo, we set a record high yesterday. Man, it was beautiful. We even made the national news when a local school principal declared it a sun day and let everyone out of school.

Hi rac, Carmy, Cleo, Doc,and of course Fellow Baby!

Good Morning Dry.

yyyguy, nice to see your avatar here once again. Hope to see it more often once again.

Good morning, tribe.

Going to be gorgeous here today (of course, I have to work) before it rains and turns colder for the weekend (naturally). We’ve had just enough good weather that I need to break out the lawnmower on Saturday.

Morning Saucy.

Good Morning, Saucy

Hello Saucy. So Doc have you given notice at your old place, or are you just moving some stuff. I know you mentioned that Krewd didn’t have another place.

So… what happens to your comic archives?

I need to get to work on a vehicle so I will catch you fine people a little later.

Doc, I know you’ll probably be off to get some sleep before I get done. Rest well & I’ll talk to you later on.

BBL

Good Morning, (((Tribe)))!

How come nobody noticed yesterday that Cathy wanted to join the tribe?

Good Morning bunny.

…and “Who’s on first?”

(My first impulse when I read daaaaaaa STRIP!)

In and out today. Greetings to anyone I missed before.

Good Morning all!

Hi, margueritem. I know this comment is late in the day, but I wanted to compliment you on your avatars. I especially enjoy the ornate eggs you use around Easter time.

Hello johnnyd & chromsome.

Hello everyone nice sunnyday here but cool almost time for me to eat. Doctor Toon on your stuff try garage sale or Craigslist. It’s getting time where people are ready to buy. Have a great day.

Hello kab2rb.

Message from Noreen Klose on The Barn for:

@Doctor Toon, Is your icon photoshopped? Did you “blow up” the image, then swap the original head back on?

Boy, that’s a wide cat!! ;-)

(message from 3-24, similiar message day before after your normal posting times)

MisngNOLA The loss of a child is worthy of regret and sympathy whether it happened 4 days ago, 4 years ago or 4 decades ago. It is nice that the people who love your son have found a way to celebrate his life and stay connected to each other.

Good Morning & Good Afternoon Everyone!

Doc T I’m at the other pole, not much socializing there.

Grop ~ Those fingers of yours did it again.

UncleWhy ~ It was nice of you to let us know you are okay. Hope you are enjoying being busy.

Have a Happy Day Everyone!

Hello LugH8

Hello Grug!

I must go I have NO SUGAR!!!

Bye

Houston, we have a problem!

Good Afternoon All

Done with my work. Turned out to be a starter. Done and delivered. Got to go get my son in about 45 min. Is anyone around? Hellooooo……………

I’m here off & on. I’ll be leaving in about 45 minutes.

Thanks for the warning, Grog–or was it a threat? ;-)

@DocT, Nuclear coffee will do that to a guy.

OTOH, when my dad had an espresso with double shot, for the first time he enjoyed coffee…

I feel lucky to get 5 hours some times, Doc.

Bunnyface, it was a statement of what I hope will be fact. If I leave any later then traffic gets really nasty.

I tend to (unfortunately) overcompensate on weekends.

Doctor Toon, they’re even nicer if you can stretch them into 3 or 4 days. 5 would be even better. I think I’d much prefer the 2 day work week as I slowly inch closer to retirement.

Bummer. I get 5 weeks of paid vacation/yr, but rarely can I get as much as a week off all at once, unless it’s included with the Thanksgiving or Christmas holidays.

Anyway, that’s it for me for now. I’ll give you all fair warning (per bunnyface’s comment) that I may drop by a little later tonight.

To quote Buggs, the idol of bunnydom,

“Ain’t I a stinker!”

Hello Bunnyface(bmonk), Doc & Grog.

Somebody I was in the service with at Ft Hood found me on Facebook. So I was IM back and forth with him.

Hello all. I just got back from errands in town and spending money. As beautiful as yesterday was today is very varied. Coming home from town on the freeway the rain was so heavy my wipers couldn’t keep up. Now, it is drizzling.

Hello, Cleo.

Doc & Terry hello. I finally got all my groceries, etc. put away and now I can relax for awhile.

Winds have been gusting here up to 24mph and the temp has dropped to 34° but it feels like 22! Quite a change here also.

Take it easy Doc. Catch you later.

James caught the bus home today after homework club, so I think I am done except for rustling something up for dinner.

See you Doc. There is a debate going on at Cul DE Sac that could happen nowhere else but at gocomics.

I’m laughing my tail off and most of it was the humor of your post, Cleo. You made my day, sir! LOL

It is pretty bizarre how discussion here can take many forms Terry. :-)

Yes, it is Cleo. I like to watch those sometimes but unfortunately I’ve been on the other end on a couple of occasions. lol Now I just watch and laugh. Took me a while to learn that!

I used to get wrapped up in political discussions, but quickly realized that you can not change a person’s leanings and what is the point of trying. Now, I just come to gocomics to relax and enjoy those comments that are witty or bright. It is always fun to see what DFrog will have to say.

Yes, DFrog is in a league by himself with those quips!

So do you have a large shop at home where you work on your customers cars Terry.

No, Cleo, just a 2.5 car garage. It’s got a heater, but it doesn’t work real well. And of course no vehicle lifts either.

Well, it seems to work well for your purposes.

The village allows you to run the business out of the home at the present time, so I would fall under the “Grandfather” law if the village changed that. That’s why I put out the money for my license and insurance even though it really wasn’t affordable at the time.

I still am working on getting into a shop with lifts but I need enough regular customer’s to warrant the move. The last place I worked at ripped people badly and I just can’t do business that way. I love my profession and enjoy doing it the honest way.

Good for you. It must make the job tougher, not having lifts?

Cleo, It does once in a while, but I’ve been doing this on the side along with my full time mechanic job for the better part of 30 years, except for the time in the military. I am used to it and don’t really mind. If I need one I have a friend with a large shop on his property and he will let me use the lift he has.

Where is everybody? We have a two man show here.

I see that and I’m about to go figure out what James & I are having for dinner. The #1 daughter is working so we are on our own tonight. I’ll be back later, Cleo. Good yapping with you.

See you Terry.

Welll, Booker’s is peeking at me so I better bring is out in the open. Anyone around who would like a snifter? Or, am I all alone in this Big Top?

Wow, it is a vast and empty Big Top…Hello…o…o …o…o…ooo

cleo, a Bookers, please!!

Hello, cleo & JFri I’ll join you in a few minutes. Gotta do the garbage thing first.

Hi JFri and Fellow Baby!

Cleo Get your butt back here, mister! I am in need of a serious Bookers fix!

Booker’s all around.

Hey, Fellow Baby

and a latte for me, please!

I would never forget you Carmy.

Hello, Carmy.

Cleo My rescurer! Is it permissible to mix a Latte with a Bookers?

HOLA CARMY, GIRLFRIEND!

I saw Doc’s comment about Cathy needing to come on here and post nonsense to be considered a Troll. Not quite, besides posting asinine comments, she would also need to pretend she is someone that she is not and basically try to garner as much attention as possible, perhaps posting made-up stories to invoke sympathy too. Creating an alter-ego to communicate with when everyone on to her ignores her is optional.

Hi Cleo, Grog and Dry! I took so long posting my comment, that the dinner bell has rung. Please keep my latte warm, I will be back asap.

Will do Girl!

Hi, cleo, Grog, Dry & Carmy! cleo, thanks for the Bookers! Carmy, exactamundo!!

Thom posted on Bird Brains recently.

Carmy, nothing wrong with a latte and Booker’s mix. I wouldn’t do it, but that is because I like my Booker’s unadulterated. It is no different then combining Irish Whiskey with sugar, coffee and whipped cream. So go for it sister.

Well dinner is calling and my Korean dish from a couple of nights ago is my leftovers. LilG proclaimed it to hot to eat and has said that it is even hotter tonight. She is having salmon tacos and I am having napalm.

Uh Cleo that was me that asked! But if it’s the same as coffee and whiskey with whipped cream, hey, hit me up Sir!

Cleo if here’s any napalm left, I’ll have some!

Salmon Tacos? Different.

I’d like to try that biscuit on the Geico commercial in red eye gravy.

Thanks for the latte, Cleo! i have a fire extinguisher close by if needed. Dry, a latte with Bookers? Yikes, girlfriend! I’m with Grog, Salmon Tacos? We just had enchiladas. Thanks JFri ;-)

Grog, what is red eye gravy?

Red-eye gravy is a thin sauce often seen in the cuisine of the Southern United States and associated with the country ham of that region. Other names for this sauce include poor man’s gravy, bird-eye gravy, bottom sop and red ham gravy. The gravy is made from the drippings of pan-fried country ham. Some people add black coffee, but REAL red-eye gravy doen’t have coffee - the red colour being produced by the fried ham drippings. The same drippings, when mixed with flour, make the flavouring for a white gravy. Red-eye gravy is often served over ham, cornbread, grits, or biscuits.

Carmy, As an aside to last night’s conversation, I may not have seen Honor Blackman in The Avengers, but I did see her in Goldfinger, which is my favorite Bond movie.

Grog, thanks for the red eye gravy info. I’ve heard of it, but I didn’t know what it was. I do like Goldfinger (Oddjob was cool) but I think my fav is Live and Let Die. Honor Blackman’s character’s name was um, too much!

I have to admit that was my favorite Roger Moore Bond.

Don’t forget Plenty or even Octopussy. Admittedly many of the names used were halarious…like Shady Tree or Tiffany Case.

Hello Tribe

Heck of a week. Taking a large Karma withdrawal from the bank. Work is rough, I’ve been flip-flopped again and my accounts are no longer mine. We got another ‘head’, the one who replaced me while I was in Imports. It’s good we have another body, but handling all the ‘new’ accounts (until they’re big enough to be reassigned) is proving a hassle right now. I think it’ll work out…I’m trying like heck…but I’m tired.

P&L Tribe

Hello, Quaby

Carmy, how ‘bout Kissy Suzuki?

(((((Quaby))))) take all ya need!

Grog, I don’t remember Kissy, but I remembered Holly and I’m not saying her last name.

There is some napalm left Dry and It was not appreciably hotter than the other night as far as I was concerned.

I’ll take it! You know I love hot food!, Cleo!

Cleo, you are very brave!

Or just plain crazy!!!

and naked! :-o

Carmy, I forgot about Holly - the brainiest of the Bond Girls up to that point.

Grog, supposedly her unusual last name was on account of her brains.

Hi carmy Coming in at the last minute like this makes me wonder:

Who is naked?

as per your last post.

HI JFRI!

HI GROG!!

HELLO?

I got three hours of sleep last night and I have an early day tomorrow. I’ll check the toons and then say good night.

Carmy, I found a James Bond site that actually ranks the names. Holly came in #2. Ms. Galore came in # 1

The top 5 are rounded out as follows:

3 Honey Ryder

4 Octopussy

5 Plenty

Even some of the conventional names are amusing, like Paris Carver or Wai Lin, May Day, Miranda Frost, Dr. Molly Warmflash & Strawberry Fields.

Hi Shika. I guess I missed you. I was just doing a little research.

Hi Grog You didn’t quite miss me. I was doing some research of the toons. I am done now, and am now going to bed, as promised.

Any minute now…

Hi Shika!

Riiiiight

Actually, I should do the same. 1 more work day to endure.

Gunite All

Grog, I only remember some of those names. What was the name of Jane Seymour’s character in L&LD? Was it Solitaire?

Shika I KNOW you are going to pull a Shika! So do it now, lady, do it now!

Yes it was Carmy. I don’t even think I saw the movie Strawberry Fields was in.

Okay Dry Delayed reaction. I am exhausted, but stopped to check my mail

Shika move!

HI DRY!!

Gunite! Sleep tight! Don’t let the bedbugs bite!

And on that pleasant thought, bon nuit!

Goodnight Shika, Goodnight Grog!

Missed ‘em both! Dang it!