Man: Jack's down. Gary: Aw, he's just trying to get a call from the ref. He'll pop right up when they rub him with the magic towel. Nurse: This is our magic x-ray machine.
I wonder if I should add Jack’s doppelgänger to my pwetty people collection: http://gocomics.com/comic_page/view/105272
Factoid: So far, Bill Hinds has more pwetty people than Brian Basset.
I have watched soccer on TV since the late 70’s when legendary announcer Toby Charles would yell “Look at that!” every five minutes. When a player would go down to the ground trying to draw a free kick, or just take a breather, a trainer would run onto the field and rub the fallen player’s leg with a towel for a minute or so. The player would miraculously recover and continue the game. That towel was referred to as the “magic towel.” I was worried it might be too esoteric, but I thought it might be self-explanatory.
Jack passed on the lead apron since he’s already been bombarded by radiation from all of his cell phone use–not realizing that x-rays give off the deadly ionizing radiation, as opposed to the non-ionizing radiation emitting from the phones.
margueritem almost 16 years ago
Blew that call, Dad.
Teresa Burritt (Frog Applause) creator almost 16 years ago
I’m not sure what a magic towel is, but I love the idea of being rubbed with one.
Teresa Burritt (Frog Applause) creator almost 16 years ago
I see Jack’s doppelgänger in the first panel. Maybe Jack saw him, too, and that’s why he lost his footing.
Net1360 almost 16 years ago
Maybe it’s the X-ray machine itself.
painedsmile almost 16 years ago
I once saw my doppelgänger eating a bowling-alley burrito in a Pepto Bismol commercial.
sloop almost 16 years ago
pained: you ARE a bowling-alley burrito. And with all the after effects.
sloop almost 16 years ago
I wonder if I should add Jack’s doppelgänger to my pwetty people collection: http://gocomics.com/comic_page/view/105272 Factoid: So far, Bill Hinds has more pwetty people than Brian Basset.
Nugget0 Premium Member almost 16 years ago
oh my. cast time. that means autograph time. oh my.
lrope almost 16 years ago
I don’t think it’s broken, but Dad looks worried. So much for the magic towel. X-ray results tomorrow, I guess.
Bill Hinds creator almost 16 years ago
I have watched soccer on TV since the late 70’s when legendary announcer Toby Charles would yell “Look at that!” every five minutes. When a player would go down to the ground trying to draw a free kick, or just take a breather, a trainer would run onto the field and rub the fallen player’s leg with a towel for a minute or so. The player would miraculously recover and continue the game. That towel was referred to as the “magic towel.” I was worried it might be too esoteric, but I thought it might be self-explanatory.
swolf48110 almost 16 years ago
….and the hospital bill the day after…and the insurance cancellation the day after that.
mrprongs almost 16 years ago
No lead apron for Jack?
Maybe that’s Jack’s shadow. He doesn’t have one in either panel.
Or he’s reliving the event, and that’s his future self observing what happened.
Bill Hinds creator almost 16 years ago
Jack passed on the lead apron since he’s already been bombarded by radiation from all of his cell phone use–not realizing that x-rays give off the deadly ionizing radiation, as opposed to the non-ionizing radiation emitting from the phones.