Brevity by Dan Thompson for January 10, 2012

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    doc white  almost 13 years ago

    A well fed turtle.

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    Tirasmol  almost 13 years ago

    you guys watch too much TV

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Maybe he ran away cos Jim gave him the finger.

    Anyhow, not really a charming story — but stewardii are prone to flights of fancy.

    (Yes, yes, before someone else takes off with it — there used to be a lot of stories about them being supine too…. but that’s not fair. Many were upright, )

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Meanwhile, will rOdd be able to teach Dan to draw the famously hapless stoop-shouldered Brevity slump?

    That’s why the comic has been looking different. It’s perky.Sigh….

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    revisages  almost 13 years ago

    puts the tort in tortoise

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    J Short  almost 13 years ago

    Two snappers in the same house; dangerous.

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    dante.deangelo  almost 13 years ago

    Seems ridiculous to get a charm for a turtle running away

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    pschearer Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Still rather mean.

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    hwcrescent  almost 13 years ago

    opening pandora’s box

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    An Iron Hand in a Velvet Glove  almost 13 years ago

    There’s always “love is” for those of us gentle souls who don’t need negative thoughts about a turtle who eats pinkies and then his wife gets a charm to celebrate.

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    Digital Frog  almost 13 years ago

    @dante.deangelo – why not commemorate it? – it took 3 days to do it!

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    Grumpy-DC  almost 13 years ago

    OOOOKay…. What is logical conclusion to turtle biting finger and then “running away?”

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    Larry Miller Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Nuts, the gocomics software took my first comment and ran away with it.Note that “pinkie luck” is a phrase that may have some connection here. It’s also seldom used if the low number of hits on Google with the term in quotes and also trying with pinky is any indication.

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    Comicsexpert  almost 13 years ago

    As a comics expert, let me break down for you why this is funny. it’s multilayered so pay attention

    - It’s a satire of a TV commercial where a woman in an airport is showing off her charm bracelet.

    -It’s the absurdity of buying a charm bracelet for when a pet runs away

    -it’s the mental image of a turtle “running away”

    -it’s the absurdity of why they would keep a turtle who bit off his owner’s finger

    -It’s the imagery of a turtle biting a man’s finger off

    Any other questions?

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    It’s apparently amazing, the number of things I don’t worry about in a comic strip.

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    hwcrescent  almost 13 years ago

    somebody PLEASE tell me that comicexsquirt is guy effing with us

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    Comicsexpert  almost 13 years ago

    Well done!

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    Hakuna Matata  almost 13 years ago

    Not very impressed with this one, more wierd than funny.

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    jpozenel  almost 13 years ago

    Is the turtle running away anything like when my dad took our unruly German Shepard to go live on a farm?

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    iced tea  almost 13 years ago

    A good totem-turtle.

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    hwcrescent  almost 13 years ago

    @comicexpert- my hearty agreement on the “little” qualification, I would only further enhance it by “very little”. btw my condolences on no longer being able to “eff”, even if that WAS way tmi

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