The Dinette Set by Julie Larson for February 10, 2012

  1. Mr peanut
    leakysqueaky712  over 12 years ago

    I can not STAND The Pennys

    Good Morning Everybody

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  2. Mr peanut
    leakysqueaky712  over 12 years ago

    Do any of you honestly know people as stupid as the Pennys??Be truthful now.

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  3. Mr peanut
    leakysqueaky712  over 12 years ago

    Nebraska by 747…………….Yeah right.

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  4. Mr peanut
    leakysqueaky712  over 12 years ago

    Susan, you’re closer to them than I am……….Loan them your droid. It has GPS

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    margueritem  over 12 years ago

    I like the ‘unoccupied’ cap.

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    margueritem  over 12 years ago

    Yes, there is a Hwy. 41 in northern IL.

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    margueritem  over 12 years ago

    Happy Friday, Crustwood!

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    InTraining Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Suggestion: Fire JOY…. Get a TomTom… ! ! !

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Morning All!

    I googled US 41…. it goes all the way from the Michigan Upper Penninsula to Miami …. but not through much of Illinois except Chicago.

    So how far did they (accidentally?) go that they’re expecting a couple of guys in a gas station to be non-English-speaking?..

    Especially when it’s along a major US highway, and the signs are in English.

    Is this supposed to be Florida??

    GymShoe — sure true about mountains in Illinois.

    When I was in Decatur once, I remember I was fascinated watching cars come closer from about 50 miles away, from speck to toy to full-size, with nary a dip nor a hill to momentarily obscure the view.

    Happy Friday, Marg! Sadly, that cap would be unoccupied even with Burl wearing it.

    And whatchoo mean, Leaky?? You are much closer…. lend them your droid.

    I prefer mine without ketchup stains anyway.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago

    And I have known people that “stupid” …. but mostly they live in group homes.

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    GROG Premium Member over 12 years ago

    I’d say there’s a diamond in the rough there somewhere.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Leaky, about Swype, etc…

    The “keyboard” on my phone is virtual, not actual keys; when I try to tap individual letters on the screen I often miss.

    Swype is a LOT faster, and while the wild guessing drives me nuts sometimes, it’s right more often than wrong, especially with common words.

    When you tap out individual letters, it makes the same wild guesses anyway — tries to finish words for you, and you really have to watch that it doesn’t put them in.

    (That’s my excuse for certain language)

    But talking would be faster still, if I can get used to it.

    I’ve tried it….it doesn’t get odd words but seems to understand ordinary sentences.

    I feel silly doing it, but you’re right… this is silly too!

    I’m gonna have to make some posts on obscure strips with it, just to test whether or not they stay.

    However well it works or doesn’t, I’m still thrilled, like a hick tourist on Mars….

    It’s a big extravagance for me, in fact I chose it over cable TV.

    But having libraries, e-mail, comics and friends in my pocket almost wherever I go is science fiction come true.

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    Hussell  over 12 years ago

    The gas pump has three options. Regular, Premium, and Watered down I am guessing the Penny’s get the latter.Morning Crustwoodians!!

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    celestpuls  over 12 years ago

    I like this one. I live near Highway 41 and the Everglades. I also like the references to Nebraska because that’s where I grew up. In Nebraska there’s Omaha and Lincoln, and then the rest of the state is nothing but corn and cattle.

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    jmcx4  over 12 years ago

    I can’t believe that Burl actually stopped and asked for directions. One of the Allman Brothers was born in the backseat of a Greyhound bus rollin down Highway 41. Sorry, I just seem to be ramblin…..

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    gmforde  over 12 years ago

    They must have early signs of dementia. People with dementia get lost easily. I don’t think this is Illinois, or Nebraska. lol

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  17. Mr peanut
    leakysqueaky712  over 12 years ago

    Good Morning Rasp :-))

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    Yukoneric  over 12 years ago

    While attending school in Mexico a couple of tourists approached as I was walking to class and asked if I spoke English. My response was, “Sí.”

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    jmcx4  over 12 years ago

    And my response was “yeah, I see ’em”.

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    amalek  over 12 years ago

    I saw a sign just like the one above, except it said, Sorry, We’re Open". It was at a restaurant in Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville.

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    ChucklinChuck  over 12 years ago

    We’ve actually driven the entire length of Highway 41, from the Yewper to the Everglades (over the course of several vacations). It’s much more interesting than interstates, although in several places it shares the roadway with an interstate. Those mountains are not very impressive and could be in any of several states 41 runs through. We like to think of Route 41 as a north/south Route 66, which we also have done, Chicago to L.A. (Santa Monica, if I recall correctly).

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  22. Mr peanut
    leakysqueaky712  over 12 years ago

    It would be much more plausible if Rod Serling would be standing next to the Pennys, (in every strip)

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    Houndhollerer  over 12 years ago

    Beunos Retardes Burl!

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    animalheck Premium Member over 12 years ago

    susan , people in group homes are smarter than the Penny’s!

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    billdi Premium Member over 12 years ago

    they may be in florida — there was the strip a few days ago about the calgon bag and the trip to “Disney” — which could explain burl’s dumb and insensitive question.

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    vldazzle  over 12 years ago

    I forgot about the Disney trip (and of course they’re driving, though Amtrac would be even cheaper). @Billdi, I don’t think expecting people working in US to speak English is insensitive.

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    vldazzle  over 12 years ago

    I agree that they probably choose the “watered down”.

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    vldazzle  over 12 years ago

    Did anyone else see the Bike Trips on the Florida Everglades brochure. Other than the fact that is impossible, I’m sure the Pennys never do anything as energetic as a bike trip even on the dry flat lands of IL.

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    redeanm  over 12 years ago

    There’s a diamond on the “Mexicon Gas” sign. (Or whatever it says).

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    emmefb  over 12 years ago

    Well, they won’t get far on the Hexxon Watered Down Gas! ole!!

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