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Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for August 24, 2009
Transcript:
Hairdresser: What do you want done to your hair? Irving: I don't care. Hairdresser: Do you want it shorter? Irving: Don't care! Hairdresser: Layered? Irving: Don't care! Hairdresser: Reshaped? Irving: Don't care! I can't be bothered! HA, HA! I am way too cool to worry about something as silly as hair! Caption: Good hairdressers listen to what you want. The great ones know what you really need.
saturntv over 15 years ago
Thatâll teach you to be noncommittal.
ckcsmum Premium Member over 15 years ago
Oh no! I canât look!!
lightenup Premium Member over 15 years ago
Thisâll be great. Now Irving might know what it feels like to be bald. The shaved look is pretty popular anyway.
Pay no attention to the buzzing sound you hearâŠ
LibrarianInTraining over 15 years ago
Ray, in case you missed my response from yesterday, Iâm re-posting it below:
Ray C, you are correct. In the case of ââgoodâ is an adjective, âwellâ is an adverbâ I was talking about how people âdoâ a certain thing, as opposed to how they are feeling.
Ask any teenager about his favorite musician, and heâll likely say,
Yeah, he plays real good.
As opposed to
Yes, he plays very well.
My husband was homeschooled. He liked his curriculum so much that weâve decided to use it on our children. Itâs a bit easier on them because instead of sending entire books to the child to work on all year, they send a 30 page booklet in each subject, All you have to do is 5 pages per subject per day. The children can learn at their own pace.
Hence the reason the curriculum is named PACES.
It stimulates them without overwhelming them. Iâve already checked it out, and Iâm very pleased.
Good for your daughter. Iâve always felt like thereâs no education quite so deep as one given by a teacher who loves to learn as well as teach.
ruizuno over 15 years ago
Several years ago Irvring shaved his head just before he was to be Cathyâs date to an old boyfriendâs wedding. He loved it, she hated it. I wonder whatâll happen now.
funnyfan928 over 15 years ago
First rule of getting a new haircut: Never NEVER NEVER leave how youâll look up to the hair dresser: you WILL regret it!!
But some people have to learn this the hard way.
Allan CB Premium Member over 15 years ago
DUN DUN DUN! Iriving your a tool man ⊠a tool. You are going to be p-oâed when the stylist is done, but, itâs your own fault - and trust me, Iâve been shaving my head at least once a month since Sept. 2004, itâs FAR FAR easier to keep clean, and uses a LOT less shampoo LOL.
Also, because it dries near instant, thereâs not âhair freezing in the winterâ problem.
alondra over 15 years ago
She had a real sadistic look in her eye in the last panel, and the sound of bzzzz didnât bode well. Irving youâre gonna be so sorry!
Iâve enjoyed reading your grammar lessons, Librarian. I have one pet peeve and everyone does it even in speech, thatâs saying something like âHe took a picture of my friend and I.â Shouldnât that be âmy friend and meâ? Itâs only âYou and Iâ at the beginning of the sentence, right?
mcveinot over 15 years ago
Off with his head! I mean hair ;)
summerdog86 over 15 years ago
I remember when Irving wore his hair buzzed off.
Now the hair is going to hit the fan! Canât wait for the reaction.
My DH says real men go to barbers.
Smiley Rmom over 15 years ago
Iâm the barber for my husband & sons. As long as all they want is a buzz cut, I can handle it, but for longer styles Iâd have to send them to a barber. They like the convenience of getting their hairs cut by me, and I like to see them well groomed, so it works out well.
Smiley Rmom over 15 years ago
LibrarianInTraining - As a veteran homeschooling mom, I can assure you that you wonât regret the sacrifices you will make. I have two sons, one is in college, the other is a senior. I taught both of them all the way from Pre-K through high school. They both love their parents and arenât in rebellion. (Although they still complain when made to workâŠ) There are areas where I think âif I knew then what I know nowâ that I would do differently, but overall, it has been a great experience for the whole family. You might consider teaching Grammar in a homeschooling co-op, as there are many of us homeschooling moms who could use the help in teaching that subject. At the very least, please consider leading a workshop at your local homeschooling convention to share tips on teaching Grammar to other homeschooling parents. It is great to hear workshop speakers who are not curriculum salesmen.
cstcross over 15 years ago
I LOVE the eee-ville smirk on her face. Bwa-ha-haaaa.
Sternvogel over 15 years ago
Macushlalondra said, about 4 hours ago
âI have one pet peeve and everyone does it even in speech, thatâs saying something like âHe took a picture of my friend and I.â Shouldnât that be âmy friend and meâ?â
Yes. Youâd say âHe took a picture of meâ, not âHe took a picture of I.â Adding âmy friendâ doesnât affect the first-person object pronoun.
(I realize you directed your question to LibrarianInTraining, but I have a degree in English and experience as a copy editor, so I feel qualified to respond.)
marvee over 15 years ago
Mucashaâet al. Thatâs one of my pet peeves also and am often surprised at how often I hear it - from TV anchors, preachers, politician and others who speak in public and should know better. I, he, she, are subjective case used as the subject of a sentence (usually stated at the beginning). The objective case - me, him, her - should be used when its the object of a preposition. As Sternvogel said, inserting another name.
marvee over 15 years ago
Please excuse the poor punctuation and other omissions above. E-mail breeds bad habits.
RinaFarina over 15 years ago
@Macush, I saw an old For Better or For Worse episode which explained how to decide what to use when you donât know whether it should be âIâ or âmeâ. In this case you have the sentence, âHe took a picture of my friend and I.â So leave out the friend for the moment. Should it be âHe took a picture of Iâ, or âHe took a picture of meâ? Once thatâs settled, you can put the friend back in.
People get confused only because there are two words there. Leave out one, and what the other should be becomes clear.
You can use the same trick when youâre not sure whether you should be using âweâ or âusâ, âtheyâ or âthemâ, and so on.
Me hopes me have explained it all properlyâŠ
O dear, me sees that someone else has already explained it - me didnât notice. Sorry.
And @RRAmom, in addition to grammar, which MOST people donât seem to know very well, thereâs (shudder) SPELLING. In the end, what it comes down to is just pure memorization. Anyone who tells you that English has reliable rules for how things are spelled just doesnât know what they are talking about. Thereâs a well-known poem about enough, cough, slough, and similar words, all spelled the same way but pronounced differentlyâŠ
RinaFarina over 15 years ago
@LibrarianInTraininG, I went back to check over yesterdayâs comments, and I saw that you mentioned that I had misspelled your name. Took me a minute to see how. Please accept my apologies. I often donât see something thatâs right in front of me.
Now to print all your grammarianly comments so I can read them at my leisure and at my ease (I am always tense in front of a computer screen). Then Iâll check to see whether I disagree with you about anything - but I have a strong feeling that if I do, you will be the one that has it right.
Oh well, live and learn. Youâre not alive if you have nothing left to learn.
RinaFarina over 15 years ago
@LibrarianInTraining, then what part of speech is âwellâ in the expression âthe well baby clinicâ?
Ray_C over 15 years ago
LibrarianInTraining: Thanks for the post. I do enjoy talking grammar. Thereâs always more to learn. Itâs my daughter-in-law who is the home-schooler, incidentally. My daughter and son were both brought up in the public school system here in Central Florida, which is pretty good. My DIL wants me to help with the math and science stuff, although sheâs picking it up pretty well herself. Sheâs no dummy. RRamon: Itâs good to hear such positive news. We were a bit leery about home-schooling, but after meeting our DIL weâre very enthusiastic. Canât wait to see how the grandkids turn out!
LibrarianInTraining over 15 years ago
In that case, âwellâ is indeed an adjective. The drill the teacher made us do was in regards to having the word describing the subject of the sentence as âdoingâ something.
Example:
He sings well. The âwellâ describes how he sings. Adverbs always answer the questions how, when, where, and to what extent something is done.
Wellness in reference to health is always an adjective because it describes an object and not an action.