Beni: Whoa, jeez. Man! Alice: What? Beni: This book on colors. Here's red robot, blue balloon, yellow yak. Beni: But then, suddenly- Beni: Ercu echidna! Alice: I hate it when they spring advanced stuff on you before you can even read.
I thought that ecru was kind of a camel-like hue. Turns out there are several interpretations, including virtually off white to pale pinkish tan to frank camel-color. See
margueritem about 11 years ago
Not ecru?!?
Linux0s about 11 years ago
Chartreuse chameleon really keeps you guessing.
Randy B Premium Member about 11 years ago
None of these are rhymes. Only the Ecru Echidna matches the first two phonemes.
ellisaana Premium Member about 11 years ago
Depending on pronunciation: Duck a l’orange can rhyme with melange.But, I have a friend who always pronounces orange as ‘o-ran-gee’ as in orangutan.
ellisaana Premium Member about 11 years ago
And some try to rhyme people with purple, but silver is a real stumper.
WoodEye about 11 years ago
Silver Liver…. ?
cdward about 11 years ago
I learn so much from this strip.
neatslob Premium Member about 11 years ago
They’re alliterations, not rhymes. Orange orangutan, silver seal, purple parrot.
Rhododendron about 11 years ago
An echidna is a spiny monotreme. If you ever want to insult a guinea pig or a brother-in-law, say something like, “Danders, you spiny monotreme!”
stamps about 11 years ago
You can rhyme anything if you’re Dr. Seuss.
MisterDave about 11 years ago
I did not know there was a color called ecru before today.
MisterDave about 11 years ago
And now that I looked it up, it just seems to be a fancy word for white.
EXTERMINATE! about 11 years ago
What about Octarine or hooloovoo?
APersonOfInterest about 11 years ago
Bet’cha Ogden Nash could’ev !
puddlesplatt about 11 years ago
pink piglet
ellisaana Premium Member about 11 years ago
Cyan Civet?
pumaman about 11 years ago
Or Cyan Cygnet. (a young swan)
coolhand000 about 11 years ago
In todays education system that would be about the 8th grade . . .
FearlessFreep about 11 years ago
Orange-Door Hinge is close enough for poetry and at least one band name.
angusdad about 11 years ago
Wait til they get to the mauve marmots
jamestipton222 about 11 years ago
Roses are red, violets are purple, you’re as sweet as maple syruple.
Ermine Notyours about 11 years ago
I wonder if this was a joke written to see what color the colorizor would use.
...pondering about 11 years ago
….pore ol’ fella
JP Steve Premium Member about 11 years ago
Pansy Purple Pangolin?
scyphi26 about 11 years ago
I had the opposite problem. Had never heard of ecru, and had to Google it.
Gokie5 about 11 years ago
If a swallow won’t relieve you, Then a burp’ll.
Gokie5 about 11 years ago
I thought that ecru was kind of a camel-like hue. Turns out there are several interpretations, including virtually off white to pale pinkish tan to frank camel-color. See
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gs_rn=12&gs_ri=psy-ab&gs_mss=the+color+ec&tok=X0wuXkU8Itqf4FC6Q8JkSw&cp=14&gs_id=1s&xhr=t&q=the+color+ecru&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.45960087,d.dmg&biw=1077&bih=677&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=HMaFUbv-A9aq4AOktoHoCA