Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for September 01, 2015

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    unnormal  over 9 years ago

    Anyone else notice how much Hammy resembles Wm F Buckley, Jr in Panel 4?

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    Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 9 years ago

    So, which one is playing the girl?

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    Trond Sätre Premium Member over 9 years ago

    They couldn’t tell it correctly, not in a syndicated family-friendly strip.

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    biz.gocomics  over 9 years ago

    (Someone has to say it, so I’m claiming that honor.)

    Would you polka for a Scooby snack?

    How about TWO Scooby snacks?

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    rugeirn  over 9 years ago

    It was not Churchill. See http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/03/07/haggling/ for their story on it, which concludes that it was a fiction directed at Lord Beaverbrook.

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    DutchUncle  over 9 years ago

    Also attributed to George Bernard Shaw. I think it’s being told perfectly correctly in context, in a kid-suitable manner, and consistent with the setup in panel (“I don’t polka on the first date”)

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    Duncan Idaho  over 9 years ago

    Likka in the front , polka in the rear

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    mggreen  over 9 years ago

    Johnny Carson used this one many times but it always cracked me up when I heard it!

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    Pakgor  over 9 years ago

    First offer’s supposed to be the million dollars, which is accepted. Then the second, dirt cheap offer is made, and that’s how the punchline makes sense.

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    IQTech61  over 9 years ago

    No, RJ, this has not established that Hammy is negotiating. It establishes that you will not take no for an answer and think that you can negotiate for what you want.

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    Seeker149 Premium Member over 9 years ago

    Hmm, the typical format is to offer the high amount first, then “negotiate” for less after you get a positive response. Hammy stayed firm.

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    Blaize  4 months ago

    Ok. That last panel was hilarious.

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