Recent Comments

1. about 12 hours ago on Bound and Gagged

   The kid is a real L7…

2. about 12 hours ago on Wallace the Brave

   Wallace, if you want to observe birds and wildlife, especially at night, you need to put your mouth in “airplane mode”…hush, look, and listen…

3. about 18 hours ago on Monty

   I’ve wondered about that. Not that I hang around with drunks, but at parties I’ve seen people get wobbly, or get loud and obnoxious, or doze off in a quiet corner after drinking too much, but I don’t recall seeing anyone get hiccups…

4. about 18 hours ago on Monty

   It’s also a good way to prove you aren’t a witch (see last week’s Get Fuzzy arc)…

5. about 23 hours ago on F Minus

   It would be more impressive if it was a 1950s model with huge tail fins…

6. 1 day ago on Basic Instructions

   I dunno…given that Henry Ford died in 1947, I don’t think he was very influential in promoting square dancing in the latter 1960s when the fad briefly showed up at my elementary school. A lot of grown-ups were trying to tune out Vietnam, Woodstock, and the counter-culture stuff with various nostalgic and “down-home” programming like Green Acres, Beverly Hillbillies, Hee Haw, and so forth. The old horse opera shows were fading, but many have said that Star Trek was just a cowboy show set in space. At that point, rock’n’roll was the threat, and the only jazz I remember from that period was the music on the Charlie Brown specials (Vince Guaraldi!). The girls weren’t going to give up the Beatles for square dancing.

   I think trying to get us to square dance at that point was just an innocent attempt by our teachers to get us moving when the outdoor weather was awful. Remember, Kennedy’s physical fitness push was still happening and gym teachers tried to get us to do push ups and the other stuff that would keep America strong. Anyway, whatever their motivation, square dancing didn’t go over well because the grade-school boys thought it was (a) unmanly and (b) a disgusting exposure to girl cooties. After a couple of weeks of steadfast resistance from the boys, the teachers gave up and we went back to roller skating and dodgeball.

   So, it might have been a good conspiracy theory back in the 40s and 50s, but I don’t think it was relevant to the fads of the 60s. As some guy said long ago, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar…

7. 1 day ago on Monty

   Silly rabbit. Schlitz is for kids!

8. 1 day ago on The Barn

   Scotsmen have an affection for thistles, which seems odd given their love of kilts. I guess they like to live dangerously…

9. 2 days ago on The Argyle Sweater

   Otto works for Tesla now. He helps you drive into stationary objects while you stare at your phone…

10. 3 days ago on Get Fuzzy

    Hey, it edited out my horse laugh.