Yep. A manager used that very word when announcing unspecified discipline measures for late breaks on the crew. He started a tradition of deliberate word mash-ups to mock him.
He’s kinda like the dude that can fold a map correctly while driving – very accordionated.
Anybody remember maps? You know, the folded paper thingies with lines marked all over them? I hate the GPS. With a map, you could see what road/bridge/intersection was coming up and actually track where you were, unlike the close-your-mind-and-hope-approach in vogue today, which makes me think of when Michael Scott drove down a boat ramp and into a lake because the GPS told him to.
In Houston, there is a company called Key Maps, started 60 years ago by a guy who patented a system that essentially broke the entire city up into numbered grids and lettered sub-grids. Each numbered grid corresponds to single 8½ x 5½ page in book of small grid maps, and each numbered grid is in turn broken down into the lettered sub-grids that are used to find an address on any street, road, highway, etc., by grid and sub-grid designations – such as 484E or 297J. If the street name and block number are known, you can look those up in an index, which directs the user to a specific grid/sub-grid location.
Here’s a link to an article in the Houston Chronicle that talks about Key Maps and the general decline of map use (and of anyone who knows how to read one) in the age of dummies who can only think through a screen on a “smart” phone.
Wait, why are we talking about maps in the comments section of a comic strip about accordions? My kids and grandkids are right; I am officially an old fart.
Kamino Neko almost 7 years ago
Well, she’s playing all nightAnd the music’s alrightMama’s got a squeeze boxDaddy never sleeps at night
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Well, I hate to horn in on a teacher’s methods….
but what’s with the terribly distraught face?
Is his own pun so bad it’s making him cry?
I don’t think I could be instrumental in changing his tune….
But I can tell he’s upsetting the children, by trumpeting his feelings.
Is he being dramatic because he’s secretly recording it for YouTuba?
Gosh… that’s NOT a good way to conduct himself!
Jeff0811 almost 7 years ago
Knock, knock
Who’s there?
Accordion
Accordion who?
Accordion to the paper it’s going to rain.
don.fitzsimons almost 7 years ago
Yep. A manager used that very word when announcing unspecified discipline measures for late breaks on the crew. He started a tradition of deliberate word mash-ups to mock him.
mddshubby2005 almost 7 years ago
Yes, sir! I’ll make a concertina-ed effort!
Sir Ruddy Blighter almost 7 years ago
Mama’s got a squeeze box
She wears on her chest
And when Daddy comes home
He never gets no rest
Cause she’s playing all night
And the music’s all right
Mama’s got a squeeze box
Daddy never sleeps at night
—Holy Cow, that song is not about accordions at all!
Oh, Pete Townsend, you’re such a card!
P51Strega almost 7 years ago
Take notes. The staff will be key in grading your clefforts.
battycomic Premium Member almost 7 years ago
I see the blonde haired girl is playing a French horn – I played the French horn in band in school.
ottod Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Well now, that’s just weird, Al.
Raider Red Premium Member almost 7 years ago
He’s kinda like the dude that can fold a map correctly while driving – very accordionated.
Anybody remember maps? You know, the folded paper thingies with lines marked all over them? I hate the GPS. With a map, you could see what road/bridge/intersection was coming up and actually track where you were, unlike the close-your-mind-and-hope-approach in vogue today, which makes me think of when Michael Scott drove down a boat ramp and into a lake because the GPS told him to.
In Houston, there is a company called Key Maps, started 60 years ago by a guy who patented a system that essentially broke the entire city up into numbered grids and lettered sub-grids. Each numbered grid corresponds to single 8½ x 5½ page in book of small grid maps, and each numbered grid is in turn broken down into the lettered sub-grids that are used to find an address on any street, road, highway, etc., by grid and sub-grid designations – such as 484E or 297J. If the street name and block number are known, you can look those up in an index, which directs the user to a specific grid/sub-grid location.
Here’s a link to an article in the Houston Chronicle that talks about Key Maps and the general decline of map use (and of anyone who knows how to read one) in the age of dummies who can only think through a screen on a “smart” phone.
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/columnists/chronicles/article/Iconic-Key-Maps-hangs-tough-in-the-new-age-4787810.php
Wait, why are we talking about maps in the comments section of a comic strip about accordions? My kids and grandkids are right; I am officially an old fart.