Brevity by Dan Thompson for January 22, 2012

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    chireef  almost 13 years ago

    just like we thought, a prequel to last Saturdays strip

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    RetFor  almost 13 years ago

    wouldve been funnier to NOT run it and just everyone hanging, wondering what the other strip was about…

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    Kamino Neko  almost 13 years ago

    A couple days longer than I expected, but the brick finally comes home to roost.

    I think I mangled that metaphor.

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    V-Beast  almost 13 years ago

    she’s thinking outside the box.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    She’s thinking, ok, if this doesn’t work, I’ll have wasted a whole day….

    And if it DOES, I’ll have to repeat a whole WEEK.

    Hence her expression.

    Besides, this would seem to be a rOdd Perry drawing, and he does that particular Brevity “hapless” so well. I miss it!

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Of course, she’s still a child.

    The older we get, the more we’d love to be given some time to do over.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    BTW, I answered Dogsniff, x_tech and the col kinda late yesterday…..

    It’s been one of those days.

    And…. finally… a public service announcement for US readers:

    " ‘box clever’ (British)to behave in a clever and sometimes slightly dishonest way to try to achieve a result you want. "

    TheFreeDictionary.com

    You’re welcome, No. 6.

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    big2fy  almost 13 years ago

    Well Done. Good mind exercise.

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    Hussell  almost 13 years ago

    Next Week’s Cartoon: He builds the time box.

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    PICTO  almost 13 years ago

    The inventor of the time machine was a scientist named Dr. Stein. He immediately committed a robbery of large proportion and fled beyond the statutes of limitation where he was arrested. After a long trial by a learned judge he was found not guilty. The judge’s ruling was: “A niche in time saves Stein”.

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    Larry Hinsley Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    At least give credit to the author; Isaac Asimov.

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    GoodQuestion Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    I always liked Fredric Brown’s idea:

    The End

    Professor Jones had been working on time theory for many yeras.

    “And I have found the key equation,” he told his daughter one day. “Time is a field. This machine I have made can manipulate, even reverse, that field.”Pushing a button as he spoke, he said, “This should make time run backward backward run time make should this,” said he, spoke he as button a pushing.“Field that, reverse even, manipulate can amde have I machine this. Field is a time.” Day one daughter his told he, “Equation key the found have I and.”“Years many for theory time on working been had Jones Professor.”End The
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    xxxskookumxxx  almost 13 years ago

    The past.

    Click to last Sunday.

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    madrecj  almost 13 years ago

    I love that you believe we can remember wondering what last Sunday’s strip meant.

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    Paul Rider Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Methinks they do the first strip and then read these comments in order to figure out the next one.

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    konradh  almost 13 years ago

    Sorry, but I am confused. Last week the boy was pointing “off screen.” Now he has a box with a time machine in it. What happened? I guess I am dumb, but I do not gt this at all.

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    andrewt4042 Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    If this isn’t the greatest single panel comic of the last 50 years, I’ll eat my hat. Brilliant. The box is the time machine; she was skeptical, then exuberant; and he successfully created time travel for us to enjoy.

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    chromosome Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Good to see you back, Dogsniff!

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    cstanke  almost 13 years ago

    I like this one.

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    konradh  almost 13 years ago

    Thanks, CoBass. Guess this was a bit subtle for me this time.

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