Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for June 09, 2009

Geez! what a…… wait a second am I allowed to say the B-word on this site. I need to know because I don’t want to get in trouble.

Of COURSE Slim’s gonna get sucked into the con; but his good nature will somehow see him through it all, right? Right?!

His ship may not come in, but the tow truck will.

ladywolf you can say whatever you want if the system doesn’t like it the word will be replaced with a bleep.

Actually, what happens is another reader will flag it and a couple of days later gocomics will delete it.

Slim, quick! Go find Earl.

ship - - airport - - old joke but it works

ladywolfe17, more than one modification exists to convey exactly the same: (1) substituting “1” or “!” for “i” (2) adding extra letter or underscore between “i” and “t” (3) using denotive (“female dog”), though this is much vaguer than (1) or (2)

So, is Upton O’Goode a conman with the alias Warren Peacegood (this is what I’m deducing from today’s strip)?

What I wanna know is: Where is Earl E. Bird? I hope he gets dragged back here eventually. These poor comix characters are like puppets on a string.

Why does she keep using his full name, including middle initial? No one does that. Oh, wait, this is a comic strip, and readers have to “hear” the bad implications of the character through his name. Just plain old “Upton” wouldn’t do it.

– Johnny B. Goode

My uncle John used to always say someday his ship would come in. My grandma (his mother in law) would always ask him if he sent any ships out. Unless you send them out they won’t come in.

Well, she’s no Eve Wallet, but I’ll give her a chance.

Earl would know how to deal with this!

Is ‘Lil Abner far behind? Or Boss Hogg for that matter.

Boss Hogg is a comic strip!!! No wait he’s a tv guy never mind…

A couple of the comments have raised my hopes that Earl will return to Gasoline Alley soon, in this hour of need.

It’s fun to see such coarse people, as long as it’s not in person. She’s an unpolished gem, I suppose.

ladybird17 you can say bleeep for all i care

ladybird17 the bleep word starts with an f