Barney & Clyde by Gene Weingarten; Dan Weingarten & David Clark for March 03, 2012

You be earnest, I be “DOC”.

Pity the Linguist.

where’s Frank?

there’s some importance coming, I betcha

Please, no one tell him about doughnuts and hiccoughs!!!

And long ago @ used to mean “about”. Which, looking at the symbol makes perfect sense. ð would’ve made more sense for “at” in the internet age, but it’s not on the keyboard. So @ got kidnapped and ruined.