Big Top by Rob Harrell for October 27, 2010

Okay, breakfast will be simple and in several comments.

Good Morning Sojo

Good Morning LuvH8!

Request for help:

I’m posting here because this strip seems to have the biggest following.

We’re all sick of Spam. This strip alone seems to get 4/5 a day, The administrators are decent at deleting it when they’re on the clock, but the Spammers seem to know their hours and like to hit when they know they won’t be deleted.

I want to float the idea of “elected moderators” who would have the power to delete Spam and freeze the accounts of obvious Spammers. Those willfully elected should promise to scan the strips for Spammers and take action, or more ideally, be given access to the “flagged” messages with permission to delete only Spam (and not potentially objectionable content at this point).

I’ve seen many, many posts from users stating that reading the comments is no longer enjoyable. I’m sure you all are sick of the Spam as well.

Can anyone suggest a place where I can register this complaint/suggestion? Does anyone have other suggestions on how to battle the cancer?

And for that matter, does anyone have any nominations?

Sojo, may I have waffles with sliced strawberries, strawberry jam and whipped cream.(and a cup of Nuclear Coffee)

LuvH8 - Sure may, here you are! Enjoy!

MrGrommit,

At the bottom of the page in the gray section under HELP there is a Contact Us link. That is the normal manner of getting ahold of GoComics.

Thank you Sojo, this is delicious.

Your welcome LuvH8.

Bedtime For Me! Good Night Sojo & MrGrommit

Good Night LuvH8.

Virtual servers are on duty! Time for my zzzzzz’s.

♪ P&L ♪ ≡≡ POOF! ≡≡

SOJO May I please have a couple of pieces of GROG’S cold pizza with everything on it, including double anchovies so I shall smell sweet when I slip back in bed with SHE WHO MUST BE OBEYED. Oh yes, better make that a double DOC TOON’S WORLD FAMOUS NUCLEAD COFFEE as I may need some superhuman speed to run.

Morning TRIBE In a couple of days the lies and accusations will end and I can return to trusting those honest men in Washington.

You got an address Lew? I’d like to be able to find those guys.

News travels fast, huh Dusty? 1 super jumbo DWFNC, please. Toontour

Poof

Good Morning, Tribe

Zonked out early last night.

Grumble flag grumble flagflagflag

Poof

Good Morning, RwB.

It’s getting bad with them posting three or four in a row now.

Good Morning, Sojourner, LuvH8, MrGromit, Lewreader, ♠LoneWerewolf♠ and………

Runs with Brew!

Good Morning Grog

Morning All!

I followed one around for a little over a half hour. He got in 77 posts (of which I flagged the majority) in a half hour before they pulled the plug on him. If the mods are paying attention they do a pretty good job.

Good Morning *Lonewolf, Little Sister, LuvH8/BBS,Grog,Doctor Toon, RwB, Doc, MontanaLady, Woodeye, hopeandjoy2, Johanan Rakkav, Rmom, IstClassPeon , Digital Frog, The Sojourner,Bmonk, serenasakitty,Ladyhawk, Goodwitchescat*

Does flag the spammers really do any good seems they change names and it’s not going away? Yes I do flag and it is annoying.

Good Morning, Digital Frog, Doctor Strangetoon & Kab.

≡≡ P O P ! ≡≡ ♪ Good Morning TRIBE! ♪

Hello to all those here!

Good Morning, DFrog, DocStrangetoon, Kab & Grog.

More like:

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and Sojo!

Good morning Sojo, Grog,Kab, Dr. Strangetoon, RunswB and others here or nearby. Cool picture,* KAB* Picture of Thistles??

Curious to know if the “Divided Menu” will work….but just in case I will try some Huevos Rancheros and a delicious smoothie before it’s gone.

Speaking of Cool pictures….boo-monkyours is definitely cool alright…hope it was not taken this a.m.

Doc Strangetoon Guess your folks didn’t want to completely away from snow, however, by choosing Colorado.

Good Morning boo-monk, Doctor Strangetoon and HopeandJoycat.

Since I have logged on the menus have been deleted. The long post after that is still there. The content of the menues was not offencive. I think (but not sure) someone is flagging them and they are deleted without checking to see what they are.

Wow! The mods got the latest spammers in under4 minutes… Nice job!!

Good morning, boo-monk, HopeandJoyCat, Doctor Strangetoon and Sojourner.

Perhaps the menu should be posted later in the day.

Hi Grog maybe so. Not sure what is happening…but Sojo’s analysis sounds likely too. It was there at 9:00ish CDT and also yesterday.

Drat - I got so grumbly with the ads I forgot,

GOOD MORNING TRIBEANDALL!

and

GROG!

Good Morning Grog.

I think I will contact GoComics and ask them about it. My first post before the menus is still there. Why just the menue is deleted I would like to know. A copy of the days menu cab be made and reposted each time it is deleted. If someone is flagging them because they don’t like it or for som reason GoComics doesn’t want it that would just start a war or cause other problems. Contacting GoComics might be the best first step.

Good Morning RwB.

Doc - is your avatar Mandrake?

Hey - Sojo

Hope something is resolved, Sojo A war on a comic site doesn’t seem fitting.

Doc your avatar today IS very special.

Piddy-paw around the corner…later

Nor is a war with spammers. But we seem to be having one.

Doc Ah… Showin my age I guess. I lived through the 60’s, I just don’t remember them very well.

And BTW….Aren’t you up a little late this AM?

Good morning, tribe! Sojo - Once you find out from gocomics why breakfast keeps getting deleted before lunch time arrives, please let us know what we can do about the situation. Since breaking up breakfast into more than one post didn’t do the trick, I wonder if “potluck” would be the better way to go? Doc - You’re doing better than I am, evidently. I’m forgetting stuff from every decade I lived through. Including the current one. LOL! I think I’ve figured out why time seems to go faster the older one gets - because each unit of time is a smaller percent of one’s life the older they are.

Hello Rmom - I once read that psychologically you compare the length of time with what you have already lived (what you said). That’s why time seems to go faster the older you get. In high school I figured that if you lived to be 73 you have psycholgically lived half your life when your 18. I don’t remember how I calculated that and don’t have any idea if or how accurate that is. Just something to think about.

Thanks, I think. So what you’re saying is Time funs when you’re having flies?

What were we talking about?

love the cameos on the magazine coveers

Sojo - All I know is that a year to a five year old child seems like an eternity, and that is 1/5th of his life so far. But to his 30 year old mom, a year is only 1/30th of her life, so it doesn’t seem like such a big slice of time.

Hello Jim Jackoviak! They are good!

So that’s why every year seems like a minute to me.

I just made a post at Adam@Home about some of my Halloween costumes I had when I was younger. Rather than post it here, I’ll let you go there.

Rmom - That’s what the psychologically idea said. Seems to make sense.

Doc - I believe you’re right! I’ve noticed the first things forgotten are the nouns - that’s why older people start using words like “thingamajig”, “whatchamcallit”, “dohickey”, etc.

Doctor Strangetoon - Seems that way! :-)

you know —-THE THINGY! we get testy sometimes, too

Sojo - I thought as much, but decided to put it in “layman’s language”. I came up with that theory on my own, part of being a homeschool mom is that my kids expected me to be able to explain everything!

Doc Strange, Good Night.

He beat me by that much!

Sleep well, Doc! Hi, Luv!

Good Night Doctor Strangetoon.

Hello LuvH8.

My breakfast tasted really good, the little bit that made it inside me.

Have A Nice Day Everyone!

Hi & Bye Rmom & Sojo

Have to do Icky Stuff.

HELLO EVERYBODY!!

Bye LuvH8 - Have fun doing icky stuff.

Hello EIDo Disc Golf and Frankrstein.

Hello LuvH8, ElDo & Frankrstein

Sleep well, Doc

EIDo Disc Golf - Wish I was there!

I’m in Kansas.

Good afternoon Tribe!

I know there is something that most people do at this hour (12 noon), but I can’t remember what it is!

Hello EIDo Disc Golf and Frankrstein.

Sleep fast, Doc

Visited SoCal a couple of times didn’t care for San Diego. Course being stuck working 12hr a day 7 days a week in a computer and conference room probably didn’t give me much of a perspective.

Terry lunch? Mines around 10, but I start earlier than you.

I know what I’m doing right now, ♠LoneWerwolf♠. Do you?

That’s it!!! Lunch!! Not used to eating this early.

If I ate lunch as late as you normally do, I wouldn’t have supper. I think I’d rather skip lunch.

Grog, I eat supper late also. Especially if I have a late lunch.

The reason I am early for lunch today is I will be working at another location that will probably take me well into the evening hours.

ElDo - I can’t remember California - I had my 2nd b-day on that vacation. But my hubby, who is originally from PA, says he’s not crazy about the scenery in KS, but likes the people better here than in PA. I know whenever we’ve gone on vacation to places like Hawaii, Florida, NYC, etc., we’re always glad to get back home where the traffic isn’t so bad. Reportedly, Wichita has the same average temperature as San Diego (IIRC). We just have a wider range of temps.

do they rename it Witchita this time of the year??

Runs - No, but it is funny all the different ways people have tried to spell the name of the city.

A lot of Kansas is flat and windy. Some areas are nice though. Like everywhere you see what you want.

ElDo - I think Maui had the worse traffic I’ve ever seen, there were absolutely zero side roads to take to get away from a traffic gridlock. This was in 1988, I hope they’ve built a few since then.

Hello ♠LoneWerewolf♠ - If your still there, tied up on phone. :-)

♠LoneWerewolf♠, I think I am either in bed, or getting ready for bed by the time you are eating supper. Of course, I start my day too early to keep that kind of schedule also.

EIDo- Not much sight seeing when you go from inside a BOQ to inside a much drabber building. What little weather I was exposed to seemed nice enough tho.

Hi, EIDo, Rmom, RwB & Sojo.

Grog, I am up awake about as early as you, just not working as early as you are. :^)

Runnin down the highway….. Tomorrow’s a very bizzy day. Looking like 12+ hours. AND I gotta look good. The troll has to emerge from his dark hole and actually interact with the suits and bars and stars. Will catch the early morning people, tho

Until then, as always

PLAY NICE - - - BE SAFE (((TRIBE))) Poof!

Great picture, Rmom!

ElDo - Just so you don’t think KS is completely flat, here and here are a couple pictures of the west edge of where I live.

EIDo, I didn’t realize I was that close.

Wow LoneWerewolf Really like that silohuette of the wolf against the moon!

Speaking of lunch and memories: I just made some Quick-style chicken veggie soup with some organic chicken broth and some cooked chicken I had diced up earlier. I served Hubby and went to put clothes in the dryer before joining him.

“How is it?” I asked “Pretty good” he responds, but not as good as your chicken noodle was….I can’t seem to find the chicken in this” !!!! I go into hysterical laughter and bring the chicken from the fridge. I FORGOT TO PUT THE CHICKEN IN THE CHICKEN SOUP…..DUH!

Tomorrows soup is always better and because there will be chicken in it this time, it will be much better, I hope.

That IS funny, HopeandJoyCat

Hope&joy - LOL! Sounds like something I’d do. Thanks, ElDo - I live on the edge of the Flint Hills (east of Wichita).

Hi ElDo Disc Golf, Rmom, Grog, RunswB, Sojo

I have been in all the states and even though I detest driving I-70 through Kansas as a rule, there are some areas that are really pretty like the Flint Hills, areas around Elsworth, Manhattan, Wichita and just being able to see so far. My son as a child was amazed at the spaces when he first traveled through the state on southern route.

Come to Missouri, ElDisc Golf They play a lot of Disc golf in KC along with various other kinds. Scenery is pretty too in places….if the signs don’t get in the way.

Hope&joy - I don’t enjoy driving I-70 from Salina, KS to Lamar, CO either, the scenery is boring. Unless there is a storm rolling in, then it is a very fascinating place to be to watch the clouds. I live SE of Wichita, with that cliff as the western edge of our property. The view was what first attracted me, my husband liked it too, but he liked the rolling hills and trees in our neighborhood. We and our neighbors did plant trees, plus some by natural means, so now I have to walk closer to the edge of the cliff to get the best view of the sunsets. My husband & I have a difference of opinion on scenery - to me, trees block the scenery. To him, the trees ARE the scenery. (I’m a native Kansan, grew up SW of Wichita where it is much flatter.)

I-70 in western Kansas can be quite boring. In summer hot and windy. Once on my Goldwing it was so windy I couldn’t even do 50 mph at times. One gust of wind actually flattened the windshild down on to my hands. I couldn’t bend it that far if I had to. Several bikers often stoped to rest under the overpasses.

Bibs is still THE cat.

Rmom As someone once said, “There is no place like home” and I love trees but they do get in the way for distant views…there are so many in our neighborhood, I have to stand in the street to see a sunset. I think I have mentioned this before. Sojo the wind in Eastern Colorado we’ve found to be very threatening too all along 1-70.

Have a good afternoon. I must continue getting ready for this trip.

ElDo - Have you been to El Dorado, KS? If I remember correctly, Herman Hill park in Wichita has a disc golf course. My late mom lived about a block away from there.

Have fun, hope&joy!

ElDo - I do realize that El Dorado is a popular name. What is interesting is the different pronunciations for it. The one in KS is pronounced L-door-ray-dough. It’s been a few years since I’ve been to Hutch, although I’ve got relatives living there.

I think I know that one - LOL! I wasn’t talking about the insult versions, just the everyday pronunciations.

POP!

Router back on for awhile.

Sojo! - Did you get a new router?

Rmom - Not yet, just trying to keep this one going. Maybe in a few weeks I’ll be able to update it. I think I’ll need to leave it off at night which will mean no turnovers, at least on most weekdays.

Sojo - If you can nurse it along, good for you. At least you live a little closer to the stores to buy another one if necessary.

Rmom - The one I want is at Tiger Direct on the internet and is a good price. It will only take a few days to get it once I order it.

Sojo - We buy a lot of our computer stuff from TigerDirect. We’ve gone to having a spare router on hand that can be used until we get another one. It might be a little slower, but at least we don’t have to go without internet while we wait on the new one. One of my sons just told me today that he wants an extra battery for his laptop for Christmas. It is a Dell laptop. Do you think I’ll have to buy it from Dell, or is there a cheaper place?

Rmom - I think you can get it at most internet computer part sites like TD. However, I don’t know for sure. If you can’t get it there you might have to get it from Dell. The first laptop I bought was a high quility one (at the time). I didn’t know at the time though all parts, including hard drives etc. had to come from them, nothing generic would work with it. I got a second AC adapter for this at TD, It is generic. I checked they reviews first though. This one seemed to be good. The one at Best Buy only lasted one or two months according to the reviews. I’d like to get another AC adapter but made for this computer and it looks like I’ll have to get it from the manufacture. It would be cheaper to do that than what I got but the one I have bought will work with almost any laptop so it will probably work on my next one, that’s one reason I got it. Come to think of it, if you google laptop batteries I think there is an online store that carries original batteries. Then all you would have to worry about is the store!

Sojo - I just got a link from him for it at TD, and I think my son needs a reality check. It is $130, and we don’t spend that type of money on gifts. I just emailed my hubby and told him he needs to have a father-son talk with this son.

LOL

Sojo - My husband thought once the kids were adults, that his parenting duties were over. Wrong!

ping…ping…ping…ping……

that’s right, careful, quiet

*ping…ping…ping……

Quaby - Earlier this afternoon, the let’s-not-mention-them-or-it-might-encourage-them showed up at a lot of strips, but the mods were pretty quick in getting them removed. I was glad, as they were making my filter block the whole page of comments wherever they showed up.

Thanks for patrolling Quaby.

About forgetting nouns first–we aren’t the only beings who use “thingy” as a pronoun: see here (the first panel–the “buzzy scientific thingy”).

Hello boo-monk.

Hello, Sojo.

Hi, boo-monk - Isn’t “thingy” just short for “thing-a-ma-jig”?

Good evening Tribeandall

Done! Not as late as I thought it might be, but late nonetheless. :^(

I think I am tired!

Glad your finally done ♠LoneWerewolf♠!

Great, Wolfie!

Hi, Rmom, Sojo & Doc!

Good night, Doc.

HopeandJoycat, glad you like the avatar! :^)

Hi and Bye Doctor Strangetoon.

Hi & bye, Doc!

I’m going to be on the scarce side for a few days. There is a big (10-day) festival going on where my hubby is at, and he wants me to experience it. I can’t say I’m excited about it, because his main interest is going from food vendor to food vendor. However, I could tell it is important to him that I come, so I’m going. I might pop in, but if I don’t show up until Monday, you’ll know why.

Now I need to eat dinner. Good thing Grog isn’t around to give me heck about it! LOL

Wolfie - And didn’t you ate lunch at noon today?

Hi EIDo.

Rmom, yes I ate lunch at noon, but I knew I would have a late night with car repairs.

ElDo - Thanks! I figure I drag my husband occasionally to things he’s not real interested in doing, so I guess it has to be my turn once in a while. Do you think the basketball game is going to last forever?

Time for me to wrap things up for tonight. Good night, all!

Good Night EIDo Disc Golf and Rmom.

Good Night, EIDo & Rmom

ping…ping…ping…ping…….

look sharp lads and lassies, there be spammers sailing the murky waters of GoComics. Ready all torpedo tubes and rig for silent running

*ping…ping…………………….. *

Good evening or night all. Taking a small break. Interesting conversation about hwys, Wichita, Witchita, El Dorado. Rmom I was not aware you lived in Flint Hills area. There was a gospel corner that lived out that way, I can’t remeber his name though fun guy.

Hello Kabooo.

Did I scare you I scared me!!!!! So far and I know you live further out then I. Chain saw mascrer is staying quite. Sunday when it was going I heard the most piercing noise of a young lady screeming. Me thinks what did she expect from a haunted place.

Not sure if I will ever see the day of being further north and away from Hwy and heavy traffic noise. The street is not a thorough fare but drivers treat it that way. When I head out for work west street is west of us and not far from I235 I avoid this and head straight north to next 4 lane road then head towards west st. then head south. I wonder if flagging spam really helps who ever is gaining more momentum. And I for one do not flag ones who post morning breakfast menu.

Well for our son’s BD we had pizza from PaPa John’s, I am limited fat content. This was a quite BD for him. He does not have friends here. Back to school work.

Hi, Kaboo!

Hi and goodnight Kaboo(like that name); rest easy LoneWerewolf; Rmom(good for you) I will be gone too…for me it is Wednesday next unless I have time in Colorado to check things out. Then I think I will be home for the duration of the college basketball season in all likelihood.

Goodnight too Sojo, Quaby the Zapper and the rest of you folk…Happy Haunting now!

Oh yes, Lonewolf your avatar inspired me…although mine is not as good. Peace

Good Night HopeandJoycat - Have a good time!

Good Night EIDo Disc Golf.