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1. about 16 hours ago on Back to B.C.

   Peter’s a computer technology company?

2. about 16 hours ago on Momma

   Not quite every family. Any time someone asks me whether I’m a dog person or a cat person, I always say I’m a plant person.

3. about 16 hours ago on Luann Againn

   “I would have guessed that Norwegians and Icelanders would name there relatives the same way, but evidently not.”

   In some ways we do. For example, as I said above, the word “frændi” can refer to an uncle or a male cousin, but we also have the words “föðurbróðir” (lit. “father’s brother”) and “móðurbróðir” (mother’s brother) for uncles on our father’s and mother’s side respectively. Norwegian has “onkel” for uncle, but also has “farbror” and “morbror” for “father’s brother” and “mother’s brother” respectively. “Tante”, “faster” and “moster” mean “aunt”, “father’s sister”, and “mother’s sister” in Norwegian. Obviously, a “father’s brother’s” wife can’t be a “mother’s sister” or “father’s sister”, but I’m not sure whether the Norwegian terms “onkel” and “tante” cover an aunt’s or uncle’s spouse.

4. 1 day ago on One Big Happy

   Banana banana.

5. 1 day ago on Pearls Before Swine

   I don’t remember what time of day Betty White used the frying pan in Boston Legal, but I assume it worked in the mornings.

6. 1 day ago on Pearls Before Swine

   A frying pan worked for Betty White in Boston Legal. It even worked more than once.

7. 1 day ago on Ziggy

   You mean that wasn’t a can of spaghetti I opened yesterday?

8. 1 day ago on Overboard

   I heard somewhere that you should always go with the next-lowest bidder.

9. 1 day ago on Lola

   Shouldn’t that be “swipe right” in the last panel?

10. 1 day ago on Pearls Before Swine

    Many analogies don’t work if you examine them closely. For example, “below par” is good on the golf course, but bad everywhere else.