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1. 4 days ago on Wizard of Id Classics

   True. But I’ve been assuming Id exists during Medieval times, when the Hohenstaufens were a dynasty. Even during the early Renaissance in Italy, the bloodshed between the Guelfs and Ghibbelines was a feud between Guelfs supporting the Pope as civil ruler and the Ghibbelines supporting the Hohenstaufens (whose estate was named Waibling — mispronounced by the Italians).

2. 5 days ago on Wizard of Id Classics

   Or the Holy Roman Emperor (House of Hohenstaufen).

3. 10 days ago on Speed Bump

   Obviously she won’t date most of the people who make comments on news sites too (or to or two).

4. 24 days ago on Arlo and Janis

   The black death was spread by rats and fleas but not by bad sanitation. Ditto for typhus; rats and lice spread it. OTOH, cholera and typhoid fever are spread by bad sanitation and bad drinking water.

5. about 1 month ago on Wizard of Id

   That would depend on the salinity, wouldn’t it? Solutes in the water would raise the boiling point.

6. about 1 month ago on Arlo and Janis

   Mosquitoes big as hummingbirds, alligators, hurricanes…it looks like an easy choice to me.

7. about 1 month ago on Arlo and Janis

   The answer is “Yes.” It’s either/or. They don’t know either.

8. about 1 month ago on B.C.

   Ditto.

9. about 2 months ago on Pickles

   Holy cow! She’s criticizing him for being overweight? Pot, meet kettle.

10. about 2 months ago on Baby Blues

    You must live pretty far south. Here in Montana it’s a warm day in June if it hits 70 degrees. It’s only a week or so since we had snow.