Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley for September 18, 2012
Transcript:
Satchel: So why did you get your brother a gnome? Rob: I said it's a metronome, he plays piano. Bucky: The gnome plays piano? Rob: No, my brother- Bucky: The gnome plays your brother? That's even weirder. Satchel: How did he learn to play your brother if they didn't know each other already? Rob: This is insane. Bucky: you're the one babbling about brother-playing gnomes.
naturally_easy over 12 years ago
Ya know, the critters have a point here.
orinoco womble over 12 years ago
I have known teachers like Rob. They keep repeating a word with no useful context or explanation, and expect people to “get” what it means. If you’ve never heard the word “metronome” before, saying that your brother plays piano is not going to clear up any confusion.
solarrhino over 12 years ago
For me the real amusement of Get Fuzzy is to always remember that… animals don’t talk! Both Bucky and Satchel are in Rob’s head. He is totally insane, which is fun!
hometownk Premium Member over 12 years ago
Two days in a row, Satchel and Bucky are on the same page.
alviebird over 12 years ago
This made me think of Burns & Allen.
J Short over 12 years ago
Rob should have gnome better.
semwc12 over 12 years ago
Exactly, thebird55, this is so Burns and Allen .
pathfinder over 12 years ago
That would make him a kitchen gnome.
falstaff2 over 12 years ago
Does his brother live in Gnome, Alaska or is he a Metro Gnome?
Not Me over 12 years ago
Made me giggle
Larhof52 over 12 years ago
This strip is a continued version of Abbot and Costello’s who’s on first.
davidh48 over 12 years ago
To gnome is to love me.
Nelly55 over 12 years ago
yup
cvdemers over 12 years ago
Sounds more like the Abbott & Costello “Who’s on first…?” sketch.
kevindix over 12 years ago
I think it’s more Burns and Allen than Abbott and Costello. Say good night, Satchel.
lecrenb over 12 years ago
His being an ad writer explains so much…
hometownk Premium Member over 12 years ago
On occasion, he has had a male friend over. I’ve never seen him date.
comedynut over 12 years ago
The Traveling Gnome —Travelosity!!!
Cartoonacy over 12 years ago
Rob did have a girlfriend named Kellie in the first year of the strip: http://www.gocomics.com/getfuzzy/1999/10/09
Hunter7 over 12 years ago
Brother playing gnome? The Gnome has a brother? Rob, why did you separate them? Send the Brothers Gnome to your brother.
yangeldf over 12 years ago
dammit Rob, just tell them the damn definition of “metronome!” There are only so many time you can recycle this Abbot and Costello joke.
smollett over 12 years ago
As always, the Buckster is a genius.
Kathe over 12 years ago
This arc reminds me of speaking with an elderly person who is hard of hearing, refusing to get a hearing aid, and just messes up a conversation. Sometimes it would turn so funny and then they would wonder why you were laughing so hard at what they said. Real life can be very entertaining too.
Tdog123 over 12 years ago
Mis-heard.
tjbanjo Premium Member over 12 years ago
The scissor change color.
tjbanjo Premium Member over 12 years ago
scissors
Erichalfbee over 12 years ago
The very best humour is based on misunderstandings, farce etc, Darby is a master. Very funny strip! (The shermans don’t seem to get it too well though)
hometownk Premium Member over 12 years ago
That must have been before I started reading the strip.
Funnycrazii over 12 years ago
Insane? hes the one talking to his pets..