Dark Side of the Horse by Samson for February 15, 2025

“We need someone to sing the Star-Spangled Banner before the big baseball game; how about a horse from Finland?”

You’d think they would have picked someone who didn’t have a horse voice, but I hope the home team got the whinny.

‘Katso, naetho sino, Aamunkoiten Varharnen Valo’…

“Oak Canada!” (Why they sing that but have a maple leaf on their flag I’ll never know.) ;-)

Eh me thoughts horsie was Scandinavian.

Yes, he’s a flight to the Finnish.

Finnish “baseball” is very different from the American version. So is their “national anthem”.

last words are “play ball”

Can you be more pacific?

As always, I am grateful for the mute button GoComics provides with their daily strips.

wait’ll he hits the high notes…

The game had a big Finnish, but it was at the start. Confusing.

He, like, literally answered the question…

admit it, it was a bit tacky…!

If you watch hockey games, you’ll frequently hear the Canadian National Anthem. Not gonna comment on the sentiments. But musically, theirs is s-o-o-o much better than that of the U.S. The music for ours was a mid-1800s drinking song. Not sure who came up with the idea of attaching the prose to the music.

Oh Horace, stop horse sing around.

It sounds like a song to wash dishes with Dawn.

“Oh, oh oh…after the meal is gone

how can we carry on….

What used to be right is. leftovers!

Horace’s rendition has to better than some of the ones of late….

IMO no one can top Whitney Houston in Super Bowl XXV from anyone singing in the Super Bowl.

Can you sing (Do you know the words to) verses 2, 3, and 4 of the National Anthem?

The tune was a drinking song. Nobody sober can hit those notes.

but Horace, you’re (gasp) Black!