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1. 10 days ago on Over the Hedge

   When I looked it up to confirm my recollection, I found that it could be (1) any pool, (2) an indoor pool, or (3) a building containing an indoor pool. The OED seemed to lean toward any pool, while other sources leaned strongly toward the building. I think the meaning has been evolving differently in different circles.

2. 11 days ago on Over the Hedge

   I don’t know, but they seem to be spending the winter in a natatorium.

3. 20 days ago on The Duplex

   Don’t forget National Gall Bladder Week!

4. 28 days ago on Rubes

   Surely if he’s going by Ulysses he should be telling the tale in Latin…?

5. 3 months ago on The Argyle Sweater

   A computer language indigenous to the Netherlands….

6. 3 months ago on Bloom County

   “He glides like a brick, floating over the ocean…”

   (Annwn, “Penguin Lust”)

7. 4 months ago on Over the Hedge

   Curiously enough, I thought of him just a couple of days ago, for reasons I don’t recall.

8. 4 months ago on FoxTrot Classics

   “A stone the weight of a small child!”

9. 4 months ago on F Minus

   Or: Google knows where your phone was when you paused to chat and look at seashell art. Also… it’s not complete tinfoil-hattery to suspect that Google is listening to your phone for marketing keywords, especially with the newfangled phones that support voice commands when idle.

10. 4 months ago on JumpStart

    Check out Spinnyverse.