Brevity by Dan Thompson for August 12, 2011

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    luckylouie  about 13 years ago

    Brevity has officially jumped the shark.

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    PatchworkDoll  about 13 years ago

    ….. Okay, I admit I’m a little impressed on this.

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    Futabakun Premium Member about 13 years ago

    Aww, c’mon, it was cute, if not thigh-slappingly funny. The joke was that it took five days to tell because there were ‘Slow Children At Play’. Maybe it wasn’t the best use of the format, but at least it’s distinctive and original to Brevity.

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    k2legacy  about 13 years ago

    Bwahahahaha!!! Totally worth the wait! I thought it would be lame like the time when they had a strip about the bench that wouldn’t end, but this one was totally hilarious!

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    machpovii3  about 13 years ago

    Yes.

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    Ottodesu  about 13 years ago

    Briliiant!

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    Yochanan204  about 13 years ago

    Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member about 13 years ago

    Ok, maybe I’m just easy to amuse, but it made ME laugh out loud.I didn’t take it that the kids were slow, though that’s the joke I usually make about that sign (yeah yeah, I’m pretty predictable.)I took it that Guy and rOdd were merely obeying the warning…. and slowing down the strip while the children were playing. LOL

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    Hillbillyman  about 13 years ago

    lol THIS WAS FUNNY…

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    rogerdr  about 13 years ago

    Well, Well, nay-sayers. There WAS a funny joke after all!

    (I hope one day to own a race horse just so I can name it “Neigh-sayer”)

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    baileydean  about 13 years ago

    They never disappoint. First the trees, now slow kids… both in my favorites. Thanks guys!

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    thewoodman1  about 13 years ago

    eh

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    rockngolfer  about 13 years ago

    Slow children……………………………..at play. That has been a joke for me for 20 years.

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    pschearer Premium Member about 13 years ago

    This would be funny to me if G&R hadn’t spent 4 days wasting my time. But since the last time they did a sequence it lasted 7 days, are we sure this is all there is?

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    MixedMedications  about 13 years ago

    It takes a lot of guts to do this. The anticipation creates an impossible expectation. This series reminds me of LOST.

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    CrazyManNo9  about 13 years ago

    Totally weird and funny. Very out there. I am LOL!

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    duggersd Premium Member about 13 years ago

    I loved it. It had me wondering.

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    Mongo Wildman  about 13 years ago

    OK, I get it now…

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    gorba  about 13 years ago

    Guy and Rodd should have done this as a four panel comic. This wasn’t exactly brevity.

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    Jeff0811  about 13 years ago

    Better to illustrate this sign than the sign Stop Ahead (a head).

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    GoodQuestion Premium Member about 13 years ago

    I am having trouble getting into parts of Gocomics this AM so don’t know if others have already said it but:it was worth the wait, G&R…. these signs always made me scratch my head; felt bad for the slow kids and the blind people crossing and the bear left (for hunters) always seemed to lead to a dead end…..☻

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    Larry Miller Premium Member about 13 years ago

    Slow cartoonists at work?Seriously, I enjoyed it, but I think I need help getting Carly Simon’s voice outta my head.

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    FrozenFear  about 13 years ago

    I like it! I say if you want an easy laugh a day, go read “Blondie”. Comics like Brevity make you earn your humor.

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    Lodda  about 13 years ago

    Oooops, they did it again…@pschearer: You’re right, the week is not over yet.

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    kullyrai  about 13 years ago

    I’ll admit it, I found this one funny. Well done Guy and Rodd!

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    jondelfin Premium Member about 13 years ago

    Recommended: Go back to the Monday panel, and advance through the week like a flipbook.

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    fbsmisterc  about 13 years ago

    worth the wait!

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    Lyons Group, Inc.  about 13 years ago

    So that’s the joke! It was worth the week!

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    Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member about 13 years ago

    Aaaaaand there it is! LOL

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    APersonOfInterest  about 13 years ago

    LOL !!!! VERY FUNNY !!!!!

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    Dry and Dusty Premium Member about 13 years ago

    I likey! Well done!

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    jstiuso  about 13 years ago

    I THINK IT IS TIME TO DELETE THIS COMIC FROM MY FAVORITES

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    moe_the_cat  about 13 years ago

    It’s a signature item for Guy and Rodd, I enjoyed trying to anticipate the punch line. I also like seeing all the cat avatars on here

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    clarkins  about 13 years ago

    Oh!!!! I get it!!!!! CUTE!!!!! Not SLOW! Children at play! its Slow-Children at play!!!!!!! duh!!! wait…..

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    Imprezagato  about 13 years ago

    Too much set up and not enough payoff. Not to mention this joke is NOT ORIGINAL!

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    trekkermint  about 13 years ago

    i like the sign caution childrenit makes me think of the addams family or liotrespassers will be eaten

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    claudskij  about 13 years ago

    lazy cartoonist.How many days for only one joke?Fire this layabout.

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    Yukoneric  about 13 years ago

    HOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWW SSLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWW CAN YOU GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO???

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    HomerDPoe  about 13 years ago

    I think it works.Doonesbury will do it next year.

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    TheSpanishInquisition  about 13 years ago

    Yes, well worth the wait!

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    vldazzle  about 13 years ago

    Finally, the joke- I was sure it had to be more than tag. And they really ARE-gave me a laugh today!

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    noreenklose  about 13 years ago

    Cute!

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    Traver Johnson  about 13 years ago

    The payoff was well worth the wait.

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    celeconecca  about 13 years ago

    not worth it

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    yoderb  about 13 years ago

    dido… not worth it.

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    abram slama  about 13 years ago

    That was actually really good.

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    pumaman  about 13 years ago

    Of course red squirrels drive slowly, they can’t reach the gas pedal!

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    pumaman  about 13 years ago

    So how the hell are you supposed to know how fast or slow they were moving?? Each panel is a moment in time, but you don’t know how much time has passed from one to the next! If there had been something else in view that had been moving fast by comparison, then it would have worked.

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    xberserker  about 13 years ago

    I figured it took them that many days to move :) Yeah, not the best, but kinda funny.

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    sugnim  about 13 years ago

    Oh, now I get it!

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    Imprezagato  about 13 years ago

    Anyone who thought this was funny and worth the wait probably enjoys Marmaduke and Family Circus too. I’m removing this strip from my page.

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