I like how we’re left to imagine what would happen to Earl in Panel 5. BTW, Maggie and Jiggs are still going strong in reruns of vintage strips at Comics Kingdom.
Not funny! My husband and I usually think Brian is tapping into our lives as we stumble into old age. But, neither of us would have ever said something so hurtful.
Most couples, over a long period of matrimony, develop a thick hide and a wicked sense of humor. Sarcasm and irony can be used as weapons in the domestic wars or they can be used as mutually deprecating humor.
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I don’t see this as a dark or disrespectful remark. Rather, it’s a flippant slip-of-the-tongue meant to to be funny, but bound to get Earl into trouble, for letting his mouth outrun his brain.
Please, if you use words not quite Anglicized, be careful. Forte (no accent) is from the French, but pronounced and defined like fort, a strong point.
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The word that would be pronounced as you spelled it (for-tay) comes from the Italian, does not have an accent, and exists in English mainly in music, where it means loud.
Templo S.U.D. about 8 years ago
And Pearl still loathes Earl as her brother-in-law.
horsegal1 about 8 years ago
Earl may be sleeping on the couch for a while!
burkeknight about 8 years ago
And then the fight started…
davidf42 about 8 years ago
That was cruel. These two people are getting to be almost as bad as Andy Capp and his wife.
1953Baby about 8 years ago
Well, at least no rolling pin has appeared yet. . .anybody remember Maggie and Jiggs. . .
jski14 about 8 years ago
I like how we’re left to imagine what would happen to Earl in Panel 5. BTW, Maggie and Jiggs are still going strong in reruns of vintage strips at Comics Kingdom.
alondra about 8 years ago
He sounds like Leroy Lockhorn. Well, Earl if you’ve been so unhappy why have you stayed with her for 50 years?
GROG Premium Member about 8 years ago
Score one for Earl for a change.
jtviper7 about 8 years ago
Earl’s like Frank on Everybody Loves Raymond.
phredturner about 8 years ago
earl, earl, earl…..WRONG response………have you learned nothing all these years.
cubswin2016 about 8 years ago
Spoken like Fred Mertz.
ebevey about 8 years ago
Not funny! My husband and I usually think Brian is tapping into our lives as we stumble into old age. But, neither of us would have ever said something so hurtful.
Radical-Knight about 8 years ago
Diplomacy is certainly not your forté, Earl.
LuvThemPluggers about 8 years ago
Nah, it’s just their shict. Anybody remember, “To the moon, Alice! To the moon!”
Linguist about 8 years ago
Most couples, over a long period of matrimony, develop a thick hide and a wicked sense of humor. Sarcasm and irony can be used as weapons in the domestic wars or they can be used as mutually deprecating humor.
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I don’t see this as a dark or disrespectful remark. Rather, it’s a flippant slip-of-the-tongue meant to to be funny, but bound to get Earl into trouble, for letting his mouth outrun his brain.
Number Three about 8 years ago
No dinner for Earl tonight.
Actually try about 2 weeks!
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hcarpenter1 about 8 years ago
oh for gods sake, drop the whole stupid thing Opal
Daeder about 8 years ago
The point is you’re in the doghouse, Earl.
JP Steve Premium Member about 8 years ago
masimaninlv about 8 years ago
Earl is just joking like the way Archie Bunker joked around with Edith.
hippogriff about 8 years ago
Radical-Knight
Please, if you use words not quite Anglicized, be careful. Forte (no accent) is from the French, but pronounced and defined like fort, a strong point.
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The word that would be pronounced as you spelled it (for-tay) comes from the Italian, does not have an accent, and exists in English mainly in music, where it means loud.