Big Top by Rob Harrell for November 02, 2010

Good Morning Tribeandall

Today is an open smorgasbord for breakfast/brunch.

You ask and you shall receive. Servers are on duty now.

Hello Lonewolf & Bmonk

I know I am now terrified, I just can’t remember why.

Good Morning, LuvH8.

LuvH8, I saw your “other” message, but I had trouble signing on over there.

Bmonk, I hadn’t thought of that. Do you thinking that eating brains would help? Would they be more effective fresh from the source? Or maybe we could make brain stew? Dehydrated brains in capsules? Take 2 three times daily?

Sounds like a cool game. I want to play it now.

Done studying for the night. So hello and good morning everyone. :-)

Good night.

Good Morning and Good Night, Lil’ Sister

And with that, I need to call it a night, er…..morning and get some shut-eye.

Good Night, LuvH8 & all

P&L

Good Morning, Tribeandall

Stormy start to the day. Took me an hour to get in with all the accidents.

Good Morning, Tribe

36° and clear here. High of 52 expected.

I should have got up at 3. The thunder & lightning were keeping me awake all the way up until 5 anyway.

Good Morning, Grog. I hope your week is looking decent. I’ve got a busy day today and need to get moving already.

Have a good day everyone.

P&L

LONEWOLF I’d love to partake of the bounty of your table, but a funny thing happened on the way from the polls. Little clown faces swam all around me chanting “Diner, Diner. Diner”. Although I am on a new weight loss program, these clowns were so cute (with their AR15s and grenade launchers), I couldn’t resist.

Morning TRIBE! Aren’t you glad to see the mental state some of us vote in?

Morning All!

Morning, Digital Frog, Lewreader & ♠Lonewolf♠

Good morning, Everyone.

I think we have a fix to our computer virus/trojan/worm !!!!

Woo Hoo.!!!!!!

The internet is back to working fast again!!!

To celebrate, LoneWolf, I’ll have a slice of Lemon Meringue pie and Doc’s famous coffee!!!! (no calories in virtual food!)

Oh, we woke up to 50 degrees…….WOW!!!!!!!!!

Happy All Souls Day.

≡≡ P O P ! ≡≡ ♪ Good Morning TRIBE! ♪

Hello to all those here!

MontanaLady - Glad to hear your computer is fixed!

Good Morning, MontanaLady & Sojourner

Good Morning Grog!

Hi, Pouty-Face

Happy Election Day–or to the groups who celebrate it, All Souls Day. For the rest of you, I am informed it is both Cookie Monster Day, and Plan Your Epitaph Day–Cliche Day is not until tomorrow.

Good Morning bmonk!

Hi Sojo, Grog, and Bmonk

I don’t like being deleted.

Good Morning LuvH8!

Sorry Sojo & Grog

I messed up the comment flow.

Hi LuvH8. Did you delete your comment? I’m sure I saw one of you (pouting)

Hi bmonk

As I have often done! :-)

Good Morning,LuvH8–sorry, I didn’t see you there!

I deleted (pouting).

The Powers That Be deleted my comment on breakfast and the strip and my good night to peoples and others. Maybe they thought I was calling fellow commentors ‘others’?

I suspect they only delete comments that get flagged–and if so, that means that someone objects to certain comments. Sad.

Bummer.

Oh well, I suppose I shouldn’t let it bother me since I suspect I know why and who. It really is sad for them, no need for it to be sad for me.

It seems flagged comments are deleted without checking to see if it’s really inapporiate. It is sad that someone feels they need to flag something because they just don’t like it or who posted it. It is a problem the flagger has that they have to deal with.

Hello EIDo!

Hello ElDo

Ummmm……… about that….. I thought that was tomorrow. I’m guessing I was wrong. I will get right on it. (are we sure we still want me to vote?)

Tuesday after the first Monday of November (in even number years, since that’s the only years the Feds get elected)—yep, that’s today.

Sojo I think they read the comments before they delete them. But comments that are flagged by multiple people are more likely to get deleted than comments flagged by one or two people. So a group of people who work together would greatly increase their odds of getting comments deleted. Also, I don’t know if GoComics has the resources / need to track who is doing the flagging so abusing flagging probably not a concern, especially if done from a second account.

Nobody wants to tell me how to vote? Maybe I should have answered all those phone calls?

No, I don’t really want to be told how to vote. I do have a hard time deciding on some of the things/people. I vote on what I can decide and hope others in general are able to make a more informed decision than me on the other things.

Hi, tribe! I’m slowly recovering from my cold. At least I could make it through yesterday without a nap, but I wasn’t terribly energetic. Today, I took my 18 year old son to vote for his very first time. (The rest of us voted by mail.)

I’ll be a bit distracted this evening. You sports nuts have games you watch, well, I’ll be watching the election returns. Tomorrow, I’m going to help a friend pick up election signs for a mutual friend of ours who is a state representative.

Hello Rmom!

Hi, Sojo!

Hi Rmom

Good thing for me I vote by drop box. Take a nap!!! Naps are nice.

Hi, Luv! I do like voting by mail. Then if something is on the ballot I hadn’t realized, I have time to do some research before deciding how to vote. Of course, there is the downside of advance voting - sometimes I find out something after I voted but before election day that would have caused me to vote differently. Happened this year with the primary election, so I voted for one guy, and my hubby & son (who rely on me to do the research) voted for the other guy. The race ended in a tie, and was decided by a coin toss. So, my vote really did decide the election! (There is no opponent in the general election.) At least I think it was the difference between “good” and “better”, so I’m not terribly upset.

Glad to hear your feeling better Rmom.

Good afternoon, Tribeandall

I am done for the day! WooHoo. An early one for a change.

Hi, Rmom. We second guess ourselves sometimes even after the regular type voting. That’s politics! :^)

Hi, Sojo & LuvH8

I just read the previous comments and I am glad you are starting to feel better, Rmom.

Hi, Wolfie! Thanks, Sojo! I am glad I’m feeling better, too. I was surprised I felt as rotten as I did, because the males in my family who all got ill a few days before me, didn’t get that bad. They were all functional, just congested & coughing. I could function in spurts, but wore out really quick. I’m still not up to norm yet, but better than I was.

Is anyone else having problems with gocomics “unsigning” them frequently? Usually, I can stay signed on until I run my antivirus scan or shut the computer down. I’ve had to sign back on two or three times today already.

Luv - It sounds like you’ve already voted. If not, I always keep voting guides “bookmarked”, and I could look up the candidates & positions for you. I actually do get several people asking me for my recommendations, as they know I research before I vote, and where I stand on various issues.

Rmom, I ran into a spell of about two weeks straight where I had to sign in once every day. Then it stopped as fast as it started with no explanation.

Hello ♠Lonewolf♠ - Nice to be done for the day!

It just kicked me out again! Urrgh!

Wolfie - I’m glad you’ve got the afternoon off. Pool tonight?

No, I am reading stuff now. I guess it is a good thing we aren’t supposed to be too political because I have a few IDEAS and it always irritates me when they combine two or more separate issues in one ballot. Okay, I be good now. (grumbles)

It is nice, Sojo!

Rmom, I am taking the night off from pool league once again. Just need to relax some more and get some rest.

Wolfie - I’m sure you could use the rest! I will be tempted to stay up late to follow the election returns, but since I’m supposed to meet my friend at 8am, I will have to go to bed before all of them are in, since I don’t do well on little sleep.

Mountain Dew to the rescue!

Luv - LOL! How did you know what I use when I don’t get enough sleep? I just put an 8-pack in the fridge this morning.

He’s ba-a-a-a-a-a-ack!

I’ve been logged out too–dunno why. I never do the Dew–a cola is strong enough for me. Not that it really helps much in any case.

Hi Rmom

I won’t be watching sports or election returns. Tonight is movie night.

Hi, ♠Lonewolf♠, Rmom & LuvH8 I just wonder when this early voluntary voting will bite someone in the tail–like when the bad news only surfaces the day before the election. Much as many places have found that electronic voting is not the perfect system either.

Afternoon Tribe!

I got a mail-in ballot, but didn’t get it mailed. It’s all filled out and ready to be dropped off though.

Bmonk - according to my doctor’s list, Pepsi actually has more caffeine than Dew. Maybe that’s why I prefer Pepsi. :)

My mom said the lighter coffees have more caffeine than the darker coffees and I had heard that regular coffee has more caffeine than expresso. I never got around to doing any research though, so I have no idea if it is true.

Rmom, I remembered you like Mountain Dew in the morning. Have you ever tried a Mountain Dew Cake? That might be good for your all night election marathon.

Hi Ladyhawk and Bmonk

Bmonk, we have a mail in election, but there are a lot of drop boxes you can use even on the last day.

Hello Ladyhawk!

LuvH8 - I think the darker the roast (the more it is heated) the more caffeine is destroyed so what you said should be true. Of course the stronger the brew the more caffeine. A strong dark may have more than weak light?

Luv - that’s my plan, is to use the drop box today.

So much work to determine what has more or less caffeine. Likely the differences are small enough to not be worth all the effort.

I think I have a recipe for Dew Cake - I know I have one for Cola Cake - but I’ve never tried either one yet.

Maybe caffeine is like alcohol–a can of beer, a glass of wine, and a shot of spirits all have about the same amount of alcohol.

But I doubt it. Certainly some pop types have more than others. And I doubt tea has anywhere near the caffeine as coffee…

I thought Mountain Dew had the most caffeine for pop, other than ones like Jolt and energy drinks. I’ll drink Pepsi or Coke, but for the morning, I prefer the citrus taste of Mt. Dew. If I’m still dragging at lunch, then I have a cola. I know baking is supposed to remove the alcohol, does baking remove caffeine, too? I hadn’t heard of a Mountain Dew cake, but I’d be willing to try it at least once. I try to quit the caffeine (except for chocolate, that’s not enough to affect me) in the afternoon, or else when I do go to bed, I have more trouble getting to sleep.

Rmom - Baking is supposed to remove alcohol but they have since found out it doesn’t remove all of it. Since caffeine breaks down with heat I would guess at least some would be reduced.

We can vote by mail here without needing a reason, but it has to be received by the election office by election day. (Not at a polling place, but the county office.) KS laws might get a little tighter if the Republican wins Secretary of State, because right now, unless one is a first time voter, they don’t have to show any ID to vote.

Sojo - That is interesting, I guess with modern technology, things can be measured more precisely.

I just found out I’m going to be on the road again. A computer power cord my hubby ordered for one at work showed up, so he wants someone to bring it to him. Our sons’ college classes conflict, so I’ll do it after I get done picking up signs tomorrow.

Rmom …….picking up signs……GOOD FOR YOU! Sure wish other people took your example!

I’ve had trouble signing in to GoComics, too. I thought it was because of our computer problems……..but I have to re-sign in each time. VERY ANNOYING!!!!

BBL

POOF!

Good late afternoon, Tribe.

I just got home. On the way, I picked up the plates for my new car. I couldn’t believe they were ready already. For my last car, they took forever.

That is why dark coffee tastes burnt to me! It Is!!!

I like a strong cup of medium coffee, I don’t think I’ve actually tried the lighter ones. There was one of those specials on coffee once. There is a super expensive brand of coffee that it eaten by I think monkeys before people go collect the beans from the you know. I guess it is supposed to be the best coffee in the world. I think I will pass.

Another potshot was taken at Marg again @ Calvin & Hobbes. I love how everyone comes together to tell the guy off.

Get better soon, Doctor Toon

Good evening, Tribe

Just got a call from the captain of tonight’s pool team and he says he needs me to shoot. I was looking forward to staying in this evening.

Sorry Doc, try peppermint Altoids. People always give me the are you crazy look, even more so when I suggest it, then are shocked when the feel better. (If I can get them to humor me.)

Hi, Grog. I got my one and a half cents in at C&H.

Hi ♠Lonewolf♠. Good show.

Don’t get too worn out tonight.

Hope you get to feelin’ better soon, )))Doc(((.

Doc - I really don’t think my germs made it all the way to you! Luv - I may have to buy some peppermint Altoids to keep on hand. Grog - They usually mail tags here. MontanaLady - The campaign asked us to, I believe he will use them for the next election cycle. (He’s expected to win.) But I picked up some signs for the losers after the primary - they make great targets to practice our shooting.

Grog, they picked the wrong one to mess with here at Gocomics.

I’m waiting for the captain of the team to call back and let me know if he has enough players for tonight’s matches.

Rmom, the dealer took care of the plates & registration without even my asking. All I had to do was pick them up when ready.

You’re right about that ♠Lonewolf♠. But it seems as though there are still plenty of people out there who have their heads stuck up their you-know-what. They just don’t crawll out all at once.

Heheh, good call Grog.

Another one just popped up @ C&H. I flagged him

Judgement call.

I did the same, Grog. No need for that type of language on a comic site.

Is there a full moon tonight?

I can’t tell. We have overcast.

Grog, I think it is always a full moon at C&H. Something about that strip…………………….

At any rate, the bulleys are out in full force it seems.

There’s always someone stirring up the pot.

Well I think I should call it a night now.

Gunite, Tribeandall

Good Night, Grog. Rest well, my friend!

POP!

Hi there, Sojo! Glad you’re back.

♠Lonewolf♠ - Would of been here a bit sooner but needed to check another strip and leave my two cents worth :-)

Rest up tonight!

That other strip got a few of us going. Could be that was the poster’s original intent.

Pop I am home, voted, and may leave Missouri! I think they have voted down the puppy mill amendment that would have protected animals and improved living conditions….no more crowded cages etc. Maybe people thought it was too intrusive.

I am feeling sad. Goodnight Lonewolf and Sojo and to anyone who is about.

Glad your home HopeandJoy - Too bad about the puppy mill admendment.

Appreciate your kind thoughts.

Good Evening, HopeandJoy. I, too, am for those little guys having better conditions. :^(

Good Night, HopeandJoy