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1. 2 days ago on Non Sequitur

   That reminds me of my all time favorite “literalist” western cartoon, from the Far Side, in which a sheriff is looking at a pile of horses and people, saying “So you just threw everything together? Matthews, a posse is something you have to organize!” >

2. 2 days ago on Non Sequitur

   Agreed! Over a decade ago, I worked at a large company that had a pretty good cafeteria, but the food truck that showed up in the parking lot for lunch was incredibly popular with the employees, including the executives. A Vietnamese couple ran it, with the husband taking orders and handling money and the wife doing the cooking. Along with the typical fast-food menu (hamburgers, burritos, fried rice, etc.), you could ask for ANYTHING and if they had the ingredients on hand, the woman would make it for you and the man would name a fair price. Sometimes they’d put it on the menu if it got enough requests; the salmon stew was one such item. I patronized that food truck at every opportunity. I regret that I never asked them to cater a large party.

3. 4 days ago on Frazz

   Um…. Mr Mallett doesn’t seem to be aware that the orbital periods of some planets in our solar system are very close to powers of the golden ratio compared to earth’s period. For Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn, the powers of the golden ratio are -3, -1, 5, and 7, respectively, accurate to a couple of decimal points.

4. 12 days ago on Baby Blues

   If that was one of the billions of cicadas that have arrived this season, well, a lot of people eat them.

5. 18 days ago on Non Sequitur

   I had a similar experience, was driving with moderately heavy traffic when I saw this muscle car in my rearview mirror weaving around all the cars at a much higher speed. He passed me and I watched him weave his way through the traffic until he disappeared over an overpass. When I got over the overpass, there he was on the side of the road getting cited by the highway patrol. My wife and I actually cheered out loud. As I’m sure everyone else did.

6. 18 days ago on B.C.

   I’m retired but I still need to set my alarm to help my son get ready for school. Looking forward to the day when he can do it himself.

7. 18 days ago on Lost Sheep

   A spell checker wouldn’t catch that. Both “accept” and “except” are correct. A human proofreader would do wonders here.

8. 19 days ago on Baby Blues

   My son’s first word was “bu-yao!” (“don’t want!”) in Mandarin and “No!” in English. Both within about a week of each other. We speak English in the house but my wife was trying to speak to him in Mandarin whenever possible.

9. 19 days ago on Big Nate

   There’s a little bit of uncle Ted in all of us, though. Very little. But it’s still there.

10. 25 days ago on Baby Blues

    Maybe they think “25 cents after four? What does he mean?”