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1. 5 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   “Yes.” (I’m glad someone else on this thread remembers the routine by The Credibility Gap. Dr. Demento used to play it a lot.)

2. 15 days ago on Wizard of Id

   Where are his bowl and his fiddlers three?

3. 26 days ago on Wizard of Id Classics

   That was the monetary policy half of the equation. The Reagan admin finally brought the fiscal policy into alignment with it.

4. 26 days ago on Wizard of Id Classics

   You youngsters! The Whip Inflation Now slogan and WIN lapel buttons came out during the Ford term.

5. 26 days ago on Wizard of Id Classics

   We had serious inflation in the latter part of the Nixon years and all through the Ford and Carter years. It was Reagan that finally beat it.(One contributing factor to inflation was that the country’s fiscal and monetary policies were pushing in opposite directions.)

6. 26 days ago on Wizard of Id Classics

   That was during the Ford presidency.

7. 28 days ago on Back to B.C.

   Beats me.

8. 30 days ago on Back to B.C.

   It means, “I could use some rock or clean dirt to fill in here. If you have some clean material (not garbage or junk) to dispose of, dump it here.”People who just excavated a basement or a hole for a pool, or who have excavated a road cut, are sometimes looking for a place to dispose of the excess material.

9. about 2 months ago on Arlo and Janis

   Yep, they’re definitely in the South. He’s wearing a teeshirt and shorts, and neither one of them has a coat or boots on.

10. about 2 months ago on Pearls Before Swine

    Once upon a time (~50 years ago) there was a brief fad in California with adults going house to house after putting the kids to bed. They’d hold out a glass and say, “Trick or liquor.”It didn’t catch on.