The Barn by Ralph Hagen for March 09, 2011

I think you can handle it yourself, Rory!

GM, Marg.

I don’t think Rory’s heard a frog before…….!

That’s bull, frog. We’ve seen your satellite dish. We know you have the technology to croak over the Internet. You’re a digital frog,

Rory is really getting into this police stuff

Where’s my sweet little Rory? Power has sure gone to his head. I’ll bet he’ll be in for a comeuppance here pretty soon!

Where’s my sweet little Rory? Power has sure gone to his head. I’ll bet he’ll be in for a comeuppance here pretty soon!

Always thought it was: here, here.

This led me to

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1489/why-do-people-say-hear-hear

Who says comics aren’t educational?

Power corrodes the real person inside. Like acid spilled.

Take off the hat Rory.l

wow, I hadn’t thought about straightdope.com in a few years, thanks mabrndt :-)

Don’t let all those donuts go to your head, Rory

But isn’t this form of “Here, Here” a kind of attention getter (“Pay attention here!”) not a mark of approval (“Hear, hear”)