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1. about 17 hours ago on Arlo and Janis

   And the more you eat, the more you toot!

2. about 17 hours ago on Bliss

   Must have been converts. [—)]

   On a more serious note, whether the geographic location under discussion was Judea, Scandinavia, Sub-Saharan Africa, China, or even the New World, I’d think that there was less cultural and ethnic diversity in biblical times than contemporary times. Of course, the presence of, and attitudes towards, ethnic stereotypes influenced the priest’s remarks, too.

3. 1 day ago on Wizard of Id

   Let me put the observation another way then, by means of passive voice (a favorite ploy of politicians and other mountebanks who seek to avoid responsibility and hide the real blame#):

   “Conversely, the title panels on some GC comics are omitted, I think.”

   (#) Can you say: “Mistakes were made.”
4. 1 day ago on Wizard of Id

   I don’t recall a specific example of GC axing title panels. That’s why I qualified my comment with the phrase “I think.” So it’s possible that I am wrong in this regard.

   However, the title panel for today’s “Baby Blues” at GC seems to be one of the persistent variety, and it’s different than the one in today’s Indy Star, which also seems persistent in layout but changes in appearance week to week. The “Baldo” title panel is omitted in today’s GC, but there is one for the “Indy Star’s” version.

5. 1 day ago on Wizard of Id

   Conversely, GC omits the title panels on some comics, I think. Some artists use the same title panel all the time, too.

6. 3 days ago on Chuckle Bros

   Brings to mind the view of the Emerald City in the distance. (An illustration in a Wizard of Oz book.)

7. 3 days ago on That is Priceless

   Don’t know. But it’s an old chestnut. Always gets a groan at the doctor’s office if you can sneak it in on him or her.

8. 3 days ago on Speed Bump

   Moderates (to inflect the statement like Twain), h’ain’t go no show up agin’ the unwarshed (right-wing extremists) ’r the overwarshed (the left-wing extremists), neither.

   Doesn’t matter much if moderates are one to a hundred or a hundred to one. Closed minds are pretty much impervious to reason. Dialectic is anathema to the closed mind.

9. 3 days ago on Viivi & Wagner

   Brought to mind the scene in “Blaze” where the Gov’ner (Newman) jumps in the sack with Blaze (Davidovich) whilst wearing his boots — to “get purchase.”

10. 3 days ago on That is Priceless

    “Tell me straight, Doc, will I be able to play the piano after this surgery?”

    “Of course you will.”

    “That’s great!! I’ve never been able to play the piano before!”