Ironically, I too loved to count the down quills poking through my pillow as a boy of the 1940s. I kept quiet or mom would insist that I wear goggles to bed.
You have to be as old as Methuselah ( I qualify), or a devoted fan of old black and white horror movies (Check second box). I think that’s what I’ll do tonight. I’ll watch one of those horrible things and eat popcorn. One of the funniest movies made, Abbott and Costello meet Meet Frankenstein. Has Bela Lugosi as Dracula, Lon Chaney Jr. as the wolf man, and the voice of Vincent Price as the invisible man. I wonder if Mr. Price only got half union scale? I mean, he didn’t actually appear.
Imagine 10 months ago
Monthly? The Count goes through a lot of down.
Alternately, on the naughty side, place the words “She goes” in front of that phrase.
oldthang 10 months ago
Am I the only one who doesn’t understand this strip?
Count Olaf Premium Member 10 months ago
Leave The Count out of this! And clean up your filthy lowly unworthy minds… Yes, you!
hariseldon59 10 months ago
Must use it to line his coffin.
Purple People Eater 10 months ago
How do you get down from an elephant?
You don’t. You get down from a duck.
sandpiper 10 months ago
r-e-e-e-a-ching
Doug K 10 months ago
Down for the Count (alternative):
Big Bird campaigning for a fellow Sesame Street resident.
Prey 10 months ago
I thought the phrase was “Out for the Count”, which could refer to a search party – or a posse!
blakerl 10 months ago
The Count a Transylvania Vampire needs his daytime sleep and wants down for new pillows.
rockyridge1977 10 months ago
Double winner….play on words!!!!
tjsj5 10 months ago
YES!
boydjb47 10 months ago
I thought this was a great one.
ChessPirate 10 months ago
(≧ ﹏ʖ ლ)
HOTLOTUS1 10 months ago
ha. funny. i count believe some didn’t get it.
AB9SS 10 months ago
New Pillow material for Count Dracula! Even a bloodsucker likes his comfort!
watcheratthewell 10 months ago
OK – love it
James Gifford Premium Member 10 months ago
If that got any more labored, it would result in triplets.
mindjob 10 months ago
Good to know Counts prefer goose over duck down. Now I can sleep at night
The Fly Hunter 10 months ago
Are Mastroianni and Hart trying to channel their inner Stephen Pastis?
xSigoff Premium Member 10 months ago
…Scary Gary.
judy9006 Premium Member 10 months ago
Got it!
jagedlo 10 months ago
“Package for a Mr. Dracula…”
daleandkristen 10 months ago
It took a moment.
AZfroggie 10 months ago
I love the puns in The Book of Phrases! Too funny!
zeexenon 10 months ago
Ironically, I too loved to count the down quills poking through my pillow as a boy of the 1940s. I kept quiet or mom would insist that I wear goggles to bed.
T... 10 months ago
Absolutely, brilliantly clever, reaching but wonderfully so, and very funny once it sinks in…
Thanksfortheinfo2000 10 months ago
“Monthly” wasn’t necessary for the pun. Simpler would have been: “All-Natural Pillow delivery to Transylvania”
pamela welch Premium Member 10 months ago
G R O A N — LOLOL
David Huie Green ForceIsAUsefulFiction 10 months ago
Are there no other Counts? Chockula perhaps?
wconerly28 10 months ago
You have to be as old as Methuselah ( I qualify), or a devoted fan of old black and white horror movies (Check second box). I think that’s what I’ll do tonight. I’ll watch one of those horrible things and eat popcorn. One of the funniest movies made, Abbott and Costello meet Meet Frankenstein. Has Bela Lugosi as Dracula, Lon Chaney Jr. as the wolf man, and the voice of Vincent Price as the invisible man. I wonder if Mr. Price only got half union scale? I mean, he didn’t actually appear.
Baucuva 10 months ago
Lol. Good one!
aunt granny 10 months ago
But down makes dreadful pillows. It floofs aside and leaves you lying on two layers of ticking. For pillows, you want feathers.
Down is for duvets and sleeping bags.
beany54 10 months ago
Down…as in down from a duck or goose. Count Dracula lived in Transylvania.
oldthang 10 months ago
Hey, I finally got it!
Mr.Bubbles2257 9 months ago
Surprised by number that didn’t get this.Duck or goose down (tiny feathers) are used to make pillows and in this case Count Dracula in Transylvania.