The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for October 13, 2010

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    margueritem  about 14 years ago

    And such shenanigans continue to this day…

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    Coyoty Premium Member about 14 years ago

    The colorist is either color blind or illiterate.

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    brainfafe  about 14 years ago

    I know that explaining jokes makes them un-funny, but could someone help me understand this one please.

    p.s. I’m not from the USA

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    Hillbillyman  about 14 years ago

    Im from the USA and I don’t get it either.

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    cdward  about 14 years ago

    In both the UK and the US, there is a “punch buggy” game (with local variations, of course), in which the first person to see a VW Beetle calls “punch buggy” and gives their neighbor a soft punch. Variations include “yellow punch buggy” which makes a yellow VW Beetle the only type where you can actually punch a person. Other-colored Beetles only give you the right to punch the roof of your own car (which gives you a point). That’s it.

    And this is why I love the Von White Farms logo!

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    Colt9033  about 14 years ago

    This funny, after seeing this i wikipedia the article about them. I’m history geek, so it was kinda cool lead in for me.

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    bald  about 14 years ago

    cdward: it’s not just the Beetle for this game where we live

    I saw a karmen ghia and was declared the winner for the days game

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    Digital Frog  about 14 years ago

    cedward - We have the game in Canada also, with the occasional addition of the “PT Bruiser”

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    Aryalover  about 14 years ago

    Spammers flagged. To arvelru from yesterday: I think we all understand this arvelru. You don’t need to keep repeating yourself at great length. The fact remains that flagging works and GoComics is trying to do something about it. (See “The Argyle Sweater” posts, Tues. Oct. 12 towards the bottom.)The spam goes away each day when enough folks flag. Yes, they sometimes re-post later in the day and we all don’t have the time to re-visit later and re-flag. We each will continue to do what we can in this battle against the weasel-scum!

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    catqueen  about 14 years ago

    @Aryalover your comments have become more annoying than the spam. Flag it. Move on.

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    rotts  about 14 years ago

    Doppelspammerflaggen!

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    annamargaret1866  about 14 years ago

    There’s also been a TV commercial in which the first person to see whatever car it is punches whomever he/she is with.

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    Plods with ...™  about 14 years ago

    V.W.commercials stemming from the old punchbuggy when we saw the old Beetles, annamargaret1866

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    johndoe4024  about 14 years ago

    In the US it’s ‘Slug Bug’ and for us purists, it”s original VW Beetles only. Not the ‘new’ Beetle, and certainly not the entire product line that the Madison Avenue idiots put into the new commercials.

    Here in LA, we also have SlapBand for the ubiquitous Lap Band billboards

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    jpozenel  about 14 years ago

    I agree catqueen! He’s been on a real crusade today and it’s wearing thin.

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    corzak  about 14 years ago

    The best book on the Hamilton-Burr dispute is “Burr” by Vidal. It’s an amusing romp through the early revolutionary years of the U.S., supposedly “written” by Aaron Burr, the ‘black sheep’ of the Founding Fathers …

    www.amazon.com/Burr-Novel-Gore-Vidal/dp/0375708731

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    lisa4romMpls  about 14 years ago

    I’ve always said the game is “slug bug” Good game for long trips.

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    hildigunnurr Premium Member about 14 years ago

    Up here it’s just Yellow car (nope, no yellow taxis).

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