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1. 5 days ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Than I must have character coming out of my ears.

2. 8 days ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Maybe made by the same company? I got it as a gift about 40 years ago.

3. 10 days ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   I had a T-shirt whose care label said, “Machine wash. Tumble dry. Do not stay out past 11:00 without calling.”

4. 10 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   That was my first thought. I was going to ask if that poster’s mother was Joan Crawford.

5. 24 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   It’s like that old saying that hating someone is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

6. 26 days ago on Peanuts

   So true! I especially liked this one.

7. about 2 months ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   That’s why there were no kids on The Bob Newhart Show. Bob Newhart said he didn’t want a show where the bumbling dad gets into trouble and the wife and kids had to fix things. In later seasons, the writers suggested Emily (Suzanne Pleshette) get pregnant. Bob said, “That’s a great idea. Who are you going to get to play Bob.”

8. about 2 months ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   I don’t think he reads, period. But even if he did read this strip, he wouldn’t have the insight to relate it to himself.

9. 2 months ago on Peanuts

   I remember Jim Fixx who wrote The Complete Book of Running in the 1970’s. Several years later, he died of a heart attack while jogging at the age of 52, granted he did have a genetic disposition for heart disease.

10. 2 months ago on Peanuts

    At about age nine: Adam-12

    At about age 12: The Bob Newhart Show

    All time: Mad Men