Barney & Clyde by Gene Weingarten; Dan Weingarten & David Clark for October 24, 2024

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    Yakety Sax  2 months ago

    Me makes three.

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    i_am_the_jam  2 months ago

    Call me when someone figures out the joke.

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    braindead Premium Member 2 months ago

    I assume it started when the doctor called him.

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    pschearer Premium Member 2 months ago

    My fave wordsbook (Amer. Herit. 5th Ed.) shows two pronunciations for tinnitus:

    ti-NI-tus rhymes with arthritis; TIN-i-tus does not.

    Which one the poet said I’m not sure.

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    Justanolddude Premium Member 2 months ago

    I’d rather have a demitasse then tinnitus.

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    David Wolfson Premium Member 2 months ago

    They don’t rhyme. That’s the joke. “TIN-ətəs” is the correct pronunciation. Whee.

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    Ken Otwell  2 months ago

    Huh. Learn something new every day. I’ve been pronouncing it wrong forever.

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    Christopher Putt Premium Member 2 months ago

    Ok, maybe this is the last time Horace makes an appearance.

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    uniquename  2 months ago

    It was free verse, darn it!

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    Cactus-Pete  2 months ago

    Better yet? The doctor had to have already stated an action before he can suggest a better one. Apaprently Horace’s jokes are obscure because he’s not very bright.

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    ChessPirate  2 months ago

    Since when do Poets always rhyme? ☺

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    Dapperdan61  Premium Member about 2 months ago

    Horace is by far the most annoying character in this strip. He’s like a stand up comic people boo

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    darcyandsimon  about 2 months ago

    I actually figgered that one out, coz I have tinnitus, and have had my pronunciation corrected.

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    Stephen Gilberg  about 2 months ago

    Is Horace like an intellectual Fozzie Bear, or does he like leaving people in the dust?

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    Uncle $crooge  about 2 months ago

    They keep saying Horace tells sophisticated jokes but the one day is anything but sophisticated. Maybe a better word would be obtuse.

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    SpammersAreScum  about 2 months ago

    But isn’t that an issue of rhythm rather than rhyme? “tinnitus” and “arthritis” don’t rhyme no matter where the stress is, but maybe the (feeble) joke is that people mis-pronounce them so they do? I dunno.

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