This is why our furniture hasn’t been moved in, oh, a decade or more. Even as we keep saying we need to rearrange and redecorate, it’s been like this for HOW long now?
Oh, I can indeed confirm that the fancy bits are most fragile. And completely impervious to any form of wood glue, super glue, or any other adhesive. I believe they were originally affixed with a magic incantation, and cannot be re-attached without invoking the same spell.
As someone who served as one of two young men in the immediate family who had to move a great deal of heavy, expensive wooden furniture out of his recently-dead grandparents’ house about a week ago – (shudders).
HEAVY LIKE STONE – SHATTERS LIKE GLASS – HOW IS THIS WOOD
I have an antique secretary with a slanted drop down desk. For some reason, cats cannot see the slant and think the surface is horizontal. As a result the painted surface (original Chinoiserie painted and gilded surface) now bears the claw marks of sliding paws. It also has one weak Cabriole leg; last time we moved I warned the movers about the leg. So in addition to swaddling it like a mummy, they taped giant signs with arrows pointing to the leg and a note to LIFT not DRAG. And so it survives into its second century.
Whenever I hit my proverbial thumb with that proverbial hammer, I’m prone to screaming an impromptu poem at the top of my lungs…but always in ‘spondaic infinitameter’ (and yes, I made that up, Jimm)—that is to say, hollering the same enthusiastically-accented four-letter-word over and over and over until I’ve appeased the Gods Of That’s What You Get For Messing Around With The Toolbox Again.
This is getting pinned up in our inherited farmhouse as soon as we are able to start removing the furniture (we’ve had to remove 4 tons of trash to find the furniture!) There is a very large walnut and cedar chifferobe at the top of the attic stairs that we all keep looking at a bit apprehensively. I’m pretty sure they put it in the attic BEFORE they put the roof up. There is going to be much poetry uttered as we try to get that down…
I just realized that the “Sunday Header” wasn’t put in, making this an easier read for some. Thanks Gocomics (and/or Georgia) for listening! (I had no problem magnifying it but many did complain of this each Sunday.)
I’m the kind of person who measures everything and draws up plans on graph paper when there’s a move, and still there’s always a few really heavy things you end up having to move afterwards, once you’ve realised you planned badly around a radiator or something. I can’t move furniture or pack myself due to disability, so you can bet I made a nice batch of biscuits for the friends were helping my partner move last time.
The only proper use for such things is under a dust cloth in the-room-nobody-is-allowed-to-enter-on-pain-of-death saved for that one maudlin descendant who will cherish it because it belonged to great-aunt Muriel.
Gloria Fleming about 7 years ago
Uh oh, “snap” is not a good sound!
ctlum about 7 years ago
LOL! I agree with Pucky; there have been several times when my heart was so touched by beauty that poetry just spewed out of my mouth!
butler2jc about 7 years ago
more delicate than baby bird bones, i like it
butler2jc about 7 years ago
it certainly helps when a kitty is standing on it
Sionyx about 7 years ago
This is why our furniture hasn’t been moved in, oh, a decade or more. Even as we keep saying we need to rearrange and redecorate, it’s been like this for HOW long now?
Was this strip the Man’s idea, by chance?
awgiedawgie Premium Member about 7 years ago
Oh, I can indeed confirm that the fancy bits are most fragile. And completely impervious to any form of wood glue, super glue, or any other adhesive. I believe they were originally affixed with a magic incantation, and cannot be re-attached without invoking the same spell.
colleen_demaio Premium Member about 7 years ago
HAHAHAA!!
Robin Harwood about 7 years ago
I agree with Elvis. Cursed, and not just by The Man.
More_Cats_Than_Sense about 7 years ago
Proper in-depth reporting from the boys :-)
dadoctah about 7 years ago
And Charlie had a think,
And he thought we ought to take off all the handles
And the things wot held the candles.
But it did no good, well I never thought it would
Adiraiju about 7 years ago
As someone who served as one of two young men in the immediate family who had to move a great deal of heavy, expensive wooden furniture out of his recently-dead grandparents’ house about a week ago – (shudders).
HEAVY LIKE STONE – SHATTERS LIKE GLASS – HOW IS THIS WOOD
arolarson Premium Member about 7 years ago
I have an antique secretary with a slanted drop down desk. For some reason, cats cannot see the slant and think the surface is horizontal. As a result the painted surface (original Chinoiserie painted and gilded surface) now bears the claw marks of sliding paws. It also has one weak Cabriole leg; last time we moved I warned the movers about the leg. So in addition to swaddling it like a mummy, they taped giant signs with arrows pointing to the leg and a note to LIFT not DRAG. And so it survives into its second century.
Gent about 7 years ago
I bearly have much furniture in my cave. He he he he…
jonathan.prater about 7 years ago
I can attest to the accuracy of this comic. My wife has a desk like that. Thankfully, she likes it where it is and has never had the urge to move it.
snarkm about 7 years ago
The fancy bit snapping in the last panel made me laugh out loud. This entire strip is hilarious. One of my favorites for sure.
tricksterson about 7 years ago
Here is my thought on the uses, indeed the only legitimate use of ancient, valued antiques; INTO THE BONFIRE THEY GO!
BendyIsDaBest21 about 7 years ago
What movies are you guys excited for in the coming weeks?
BendyIsDaBest21 about 7 years ago
Also, BCN hasn’t been able to make the GC blogs…
Homeward Premium Member about 7 years ago
Really great one! Think I’ll tell my family I’m “a thing of fragile beauty and unreasonable weight” and see if they pass out from trying not to laugh!
Nuliajuk about 7 years ago
Time to buy one of those hand trucks. Or some antique-y looking wooden castors.
oops Premium Member about 7 years ago
Whenever I hit my proverbial thumb with that proverbial hammer, I’m prone to screaming an impromptu poem at the top of my lungs…but always in ‘spondaic infinitameter’ (and yes, I made that up, Jimm)—that is to say, hollering the same enthusiastically-accented four-letter-word over and over and over until I’ve appeased the Gods Of That’s What You Get For Messing Around With The Toolbox Again.
momma-tink about 7 years ago
I love the ticker running underneath the second panel. And all the cat assistance. <3
scaeva Premium Member about 7 years ago
Lots of good supervision by felis inthewayus. Fortunately, no felis subpedalis
Slappy Squirrel about 7 years ago
This is getting pinned up in our inherited farmhouse as soon as we are able to start removing the furniture (we’ve had to remove 4 tons of trash to find the furniture!) There is a very large walnut and cedar chifferobe at the top of the attic stairs that we all keep looking at a bit apprehensively. I’m pretty sure they put it in the attic BEFORE they put the roof up. There is going to be much poetry uttered as we try to get that down…
LoveBritTV Premium Member about 7 years ago
I just realized that the “Sunday Header” wasn’t put in, making this an easier read for some. Thanks Gocomics (and/or Georgia) for listening! (I had no problem magnifying it but many did complain of this each Sunday.)
Brein43 about 7 years ago
I think that Elvis deserves the Catgar R.Murrow Award for Achievement in Newscatting-talk about your embedded reporters.
Elettaria about 7 years ago
I’m the kind of person who measures everything and draws up plans on graph paper when there’s a move, and still there’s always a few really heavy things you end up having to move afterwards, once you’ve realised you planned badly around a radiator or something. I can’t move furniture or pack myself due to disability, so you can bet I made a nice batch of biscuits for the friends were helping my partner move last time.
roberta.forbes.pyle about 7 years ago
Man to Woman: “Honey, if you want this thing moved again—GO HIRE SOMEBODY! I’m gonna take some Advil and go lie down….”
dstarfire about 7 years ago
The only proper use for such things is under a dust cloth in the-room-nobody-is-allowed-to-enter-on-pain-of-death saved for that one maudlin descendant who will cherish it because it belonged to great-aunt Muriel.
tweety6677 about 7 years ago
Those furniture slides from as seen on TV really work for me. The plastic side for carpet and the fuzzy side for hard surfaces. Saves my back.
Daeder over 6 years ago
I thought a “Secretarial” was a race horse.
knight1192a about 5 years ago
Needs one of those inflatible(spelling?) moving pads.
Comiclover277 almost 5 years ago
This is how I die -Man 2017 while moving Woman’s Great-Grandma’s chest of drawers (I think that’s what it is)
The Ever-Convenient Object's Shopping Mall over 4 years ago
With that frustrated look, he looks kind of like Offal.
The Elves Of Xadia almost 3 years ago
Poetry?
Omniman over 2 years ago
The man adds his own curse!
leopardglily about 2 years ago
Wahahahahahahahaha I have so been there..