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Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley for November 13, 2012
Transcript:
Bucky: I've never heard of this dog newspaper you say you're writing for. Satchel: The daily crate liner? It's been around a long time. OF course, it's not daily anymore. Bucky: How often is it printed? Satchel: Annually. Unless we forget, then it's semi-annual. But we slept through last year's date, and the year before that, Moby's printer was out of ink... So we print it every four years. What do you call that? Bucky: An election ballet.
hometownk Premium Member over 12 years ago
Well said Bucky.
rogcbrand over 12 years ago
Going to a BALLET for the election?
Arianne over 12 years ago
Theyâll get around to it bi and biâŠ
orinoco womble over 12 years ago
Ballot, Conley. Ballet is dancing.
Russell Sketchley Premium Member over 12 years ago
Semi-annual would be twice a year, so if they forget to do it annually it would be bi-annual, meaning once every two years. Nit-picky grammar aside, great strip!
Trilobyte Premium Member over 12 years ago
I donât think that a Satchel âcommentâ is the same thing as a Darby âerror.â
David Wolfson Premium Member over 12 years ago
I donât know⊠they look like mistakes to me. Whereâs his editor????
Linda Pearson over 12 years ago
Ballet is the correct answer. They wer dancing around on when to publish the paper. I dont believe it had anything to do with a ballot. The election is over.
Sultan Rahi over 12 years ago
Sounds funnier like that; I donât think thatâs a mistake (the ballet).
What does wiktionary say:1. A classical form of dance.2. A theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story.
Election ballot (or electoral circus, to be more accurate) has the same definition if you change âdanceâ and âdancingâ with âdemocracyâ.
SwimsWithSharks over 12 years ago
Quadranal.
dbmeyer99 over 12 years ago
REALLY!?! You all knew exactly what Darby meant or nobody would be trying to correct him. Who cares if itâs ballet or ballot or how many times a fictional paper gets printed. Itâs a comic strip, not instructions for brain surgery. Stop being so critical.
IvaJean over 12 years ago
Shouldnât that be BALLOT, not BALLET?? I always enjoy Satchel!
fma over 12 years ago
Donât we all read GET FUZZY to enjoy the mangled language??
Hoodude over 12 years ago
Tow and heals
falstaff2 over 12 years ago
Darby doesnât make mistakes -Satchel and Bucky often mispronounce something so stop nitpicking and enjoy! For Wiwo, Gooselou,Cooncat, Russell and Orinoco. Satchel doesnât know the difference between semi-annual and bi-annual and Bucky thinks ballet and ballot are the same things.
bigblaster over 12 years ago
I think âElection Balletâ opened for âSpandau Ballot,â didnât they?
TEAMSATCHEL1 over 12 years ago
So if it an election ballet. I am dancing my vote for Satchel!!!!!
Thehag over 12 years ago
Maybe the âmistakesâ are for commenter entertaintment. Give you something to yak about.
Kev_a_Swing_Dancer Premium Member over 12 years ago
@ailurophile17Itâd have to be Chinese or similar. Theyâre the ones that donât have the american ârâ. The Japanese language doesnât have the âLâ sound (despite their American automobile brands and American-born daughter names).
brutusbuckeye42 over 12 years ago
According to Webster online, both semi-annual and bi-annual mean the same thing, i.e., twice a year. It may have different usage outside the states. The correct term for once every two years is biennial and every four years is quadrennial.
heyeron over 12 years ago
are you folks really analyzing what a dog and cat are saying in a comic strip? especially a dog and cat who never use words correctly? if dogs and cats really could speak, do you think they would have a firm grasp on the english language?
Manxmax over 12 years ago
O M frikinâ GOD. Everything from âI told you soâsâ to ânaivityâ that Mr. Conley is illiterate, to pompous âknow it allsâ. I like how the puppy dog and the kitty cat are talking about stuff and things and how their funny expressions make me laugh when they do so. Serenity nowâŠserenity NOW!
A.Ficionada over 12 years ago
Sorry, Iâll apologize in advance for being sensitive to word usage- semiannually means every 6 months (AKA 1/2 year) and biannually would mean every 2 years. OK, I feel better now.
Hunter7 over 12 years ago
with BuckyâŠ. Ballet is the correct word. The words were dancing. Bucky thinks the word is ballet, not ballot. orâŠ. fill in your own version.and I donât care that the dog got the sequence wrong. It doesnât matter. Its Satchel and heâs funny when heâs trying to explain something to Bucky.
le-roy over 12 years ago
Ballet â once every four years is about right for me, if not TOO often.