Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for November 20, 2008

A punk penguin? A punkguin? Sorry, I’m not going for it.

Opus needs to go home and apply Brylcream (a little dab’ll do ya!).

Then he needs to apply a little Hai Karate.

I had to google that wndrwrthg. I was like “WTF? ‘Yes Japanese Martial Arts’…That makes no sense” Not a joke. Im being totally serious.

Nipponkid: “Hai Karate” was a brand of an aftershave lotion for men. It’s like a cologne. In some places aftershave is called toilet water. It’s advertising warned men that they would have to use Karate to fight off the women attracted by its scent.

Ranma - When my parents moved into assisted living last year, I found an unopened bottle of Hai Karate and another of Jade East in my dad’s dresser. I tried to sell them on ebay but nobody even bid.

The Don King of the penquin world.

cleokaya, that is an image that will stay with me all day. With any luck I will not have nightmares about it. Thank you SOOOO much. LOL

Roger,in the 60’s,my pint of Jade East came hidden by a decorative, plastic Budda.That’s correct,PINT.

Hai Karate, Jade East! You all are stirring up some old corny memories. I loved the commercials, but never could get past the actual smell of the colgne to wear it. It was potent stuff!

Those three words - “decorative”, “plastic” and “buddha” - somehow just don’t seem as though they should be in the same sentence, much less describing the same object. Don’t you just miss the heck out of the 60’s?

Roger, you’re right. The 60’s was my moment. Can you picture, long blond hair with a beaded headband. Stacked orange boots, red-white-blue striped bell bottom jeans, blue t-shirt, topped with red tank top and then finished off with a brown suede sash around my waist. That was me on my way to see The Mother’s of Invention, featuring Flo and Eddie. I was stylin’.

cleokaya, I missed out on all that. I went straight (so to speak) from school uniform in the 60s to USMC uniform in the 70s to black cycle leathers in the 80s to Honolulu-style business casual since 1989.

My hair looks like this in the morning. no kidding.

Roger: What is “Honolulu-style business casual”? Will it work in Texas high-tech?

Well Roger, we reached a similar style in the 80’s. Well…sort of. Comfort is my motto. Baggy shorts and loose fitting colorful shirts…untucked, many with palm fronds and Hawaiian style. I’ve got to say that I love panel 3, complete with the look of hope with a good dose of doubt.

another one bits the dust!!! the humanity!

Txmystic: I think he means he can sometimes wear hawaiian shirts to work. My dad can on casual fridays.