MythTickle by Justin Thompson for August 31, 2012

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    mrsullenbeauty  about 12 years ago

    Is the swingset supposed to mean something? Astronomical units or whatnot?

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    legaleagle48  about 12 years ago

    Actually, the trend is to spell it with just the apostrophe now, for the simple reason that “Mars’s”, although technically correct, looks odd to the eye. However, you are right about “it’s” vs. “its.”The problem is that the “-’s,” as it is used here, is normally used to show possession in nouns (as the vestigial remnant of the original Old English Genitive case), so it’s being incorrectly added to pronouns to do the same thing by way of analogy.

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    Frederick Huber  about 12 years ago

    I like the rainbow bridge, one could interpret the swing set, slide and monkey bars to be the playground at Asgard Elementary, or not, depending on his/her belief system/creation myth.

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    Sisyphos  about 12 years ago

    —And not only that [see Grammar Police comments, above], but the first comma in panel 4 is superfluous.…………………………………Capt. Odom is not the most skilled of lecturers. In that, he reminds of a captain who lectured to my Air Science class in college. He is soporific, like too many lecturers I have heard….

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    Ensoh  about 12 years ago

    Ewww . . . Jason: I-T-apostrophe-S is the contraction of “It Is,” NOT the possessive form of “It!” The possessive is “Its.” PLEASE! Don’t join the makers of illiterate nameplates and personalized matchbook covers!

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    silverclaw33  about 12 years ago

    Really. This is a brilliantly funny cartoon poking fun at the science vs. creationist debate in a school full of gods and all anybody can seem to comment about is an apostrophe.

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    heather dunham  about 12 years ago

    ITS

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    luvcmx  about 12 years ago

    WARNING WILL ROBINSON!! THE GRAMMAR POLICE ARE ON THE LOOSE!!!

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    Chanticleer  about 12 years ago

    Great art, great message. Thanks for another wonderful strip, Justin!

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    mntim  about 12 years ago

    I was so offended by the apostrophe that I touched it up with the Wite-Out that I always carry around.

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    pschearer Premium Member about 12 years ago

    See how easy it is to just make stuff up? Velikovsky, Joseph Smith, L. Ron Hubbard, Moses, etc., etc.

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    bjy1293 Premium Member about 12 years ago

    The play ground is for recess,of course

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    Justin Thompson creator about 12 years ago

    There, fixed. Sorry about that. I was rushing to not have to run a repeat on Friday. Haste makes mistakes.

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    GoodQuestion Premium Member about 12 years ago

    This ’uns another keeper, Justin. Really great concept. Who knows?!?.(The Shadow Knows BWA_HA……..☻

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    The Life I Draw Upon  about 12 years ago

    Nice statement, Justin. Well said indeed. Nice artwork. Always a pleasure to see your work.

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    The Life I Draw Upon  about 12 years ago

    BTW: if you are curious, check out the Curiosity Mars Rover that is presently on the planet Mars.

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    btrfly_lvr  about 12 years ago

    awesome cartoon… great message.. rivals even incidental comics….. Love it and am glad you were able to get a new cartoon out, instead of a repeat….

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    burleigh2  about 12 years ago

    Cute… the rainbow bridge to the tree of life. ;-)

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    autumnfire1957  about 12 years ago

    Venus is Soo Not impressed.

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    JusSayin  about 12 years ago

    " Ewww . . . Jason: I-T-apostrophe-S is the contraction of “It Is,” NOT the possessive form of “It!” The possessive is “Its.” PLEASE! Don’t join the makers of illiterate nameplates and personalized matchbook covers!“Please do not critique the strip artist’s brother Jason for a relatively minor grammar error. Justin Thompson is the strio artist whose wares are on display.Keep Up The Good Work JUSTIN!

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    ColonelClaus  about 12 years ago

    Y’all leave grammar alone… She has enough trouble heping grampar in line. Justin, just put the PO-leece on iggy. You are doing great. I love the last panel.

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    broncosdaddy  about 12 years ago

    GOOD GRIEF PEOPLE..didn’t your parent’s teach you if you don’t have something nice to say not to say anything at all.

    If you all knew how hard Justin works to keep new strips coming maybe you would think twice before criticizing.

    I hope my grammer is good enough for you all…If not, too bad, i am a carpenter not a professor.

    This is a comic strip after all=)

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