Boy: Where's Mrs. Olsen today? Frazz: She has a stye. Boy: So do I, according to my mom, still had to comet to school. Frazz: A stye in her eye, not a sty in her room.
Webster’s says the medical condition can be spelled either S-T-Y or S-T-Y-E. However, the plural of BOTH words is either sties or styes, so cannot be differentiated.
chess18 almost 13 years ago
One letter makes all the difference.
Harryfan almost 13 years ago
This might have some people running for the dictionary.
Varnes almost 13 years ago
capndunzzi, you mean eyesores? That’s funny…………
Zaristerex almost 13 years ago
Webster’s says the medical condition can be spelled either S-T-Y or S-T-Y-E. However, the plural of BOTH words is either sties or styes, so cannot be differentiated.
chris_weaver almost 13 years ago
They’re both in the eye of the beholder.
tigre1 almost 13 years ago
In “Housekeeping” I’ve never gotten beyond the sixth grade.Even the Army couldn’t cure me.Servants? Probably worth a try.
whitecarabao almost 13 years ago
…Or the dreadful comments at Alley Oop almost every day. There, I enjoy the strip and avoid the comments.
whitecarabao almost 13 years ago
All the puns flying around the comments today almost qualify as a Frank & Ernest crossover.
witthoftwh almost 13 years ago
Conjunctivitis.com: a site for sore eyes.
georgeshute almost 13 years ago
So… a stye sore? Ha! … I’ll show myself out…
childe_of_pan over 7 years ago
One letter; the difference between “feast” and “fast”.