I am in some wise reminded that an early suggestion of a name for what ultimately became “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” was “A Horse, A Spoon, and a Basin”.
“Napkin and wine glass?” Is this a Jewish wedding?
(No kidding. At the end of a Jewish wedding ceremony, the groom traditionally breaks a wine glass by stepping on it to symbolize the loss of the ancient Temple in Jerusalem. To prevent glass shards from scattering, the glass is usually wrapped in a napkin.)
I’ve been seeing a lot of cars with snorkels on them in various places lately. Particularly in Fiji, of all places. Seems a little wasteful to me. I mean if the car is really needing its snorkel, the driver is underwater.
I went on a whitewater raft trip once where half the group was affluent SF gays, my goodness it was a hoot. Their obsession with the niceties or Glamping had the rest of us in stiches, the table cloths and napkins had to match…..
BE THIS GUY 11 months ago
And the hamster was very relieved.
Blood-Poisoning Vermin 11 months ago
The same MacArthur who was Duke’s assistant?
Panufo 11 months ago
Y’know, I think it’s “snorkel”. Not too common for Trudeau to make a typo.
SHIVA 11 months ago
I thought it called for gerbils, not hamsters!!!
dadoctah 11 months ago
I am in some wise reminded that an early suggestion of a name for what ultimately became “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” was “A Horse, A Spoon, and a Basin”.
ElEfJay 11 months ago
I really don’t want to know what the hamster was for …
robstockman Premium Member 11 months ago
Does anyone remember what year this set of strips ran in? Tried a quick googling and didn’t find it.
Troglodyte 11 months ago
I don’t get the reference.
Dean 11 months ago
South Park once had a hamster, but I don’t get the other two references.
snsurone76 11 months ago
What the he11 is that cynic even talking about??
Prey 11 months ago
This reminds of a story involving a hamster, cardboard tube and a match!
Joseph Shelby Premium Member 11 months ago
Oh yeah, same MacArthur that was Duke’s liaison when he was ambassador.
random boredom 11 months ago
Hamster? Please tell me this is just a reference to that Hamster Dance from 90’s.
Bob Blumenfeld 11 months ago
“Napkin and wine glass?” Is this a Jewish wedding?
(No kidding. At the end of a Jewish wedding ceremony, the groom traditionally breaks a wine glass by stepping on it to symbolize the loss of the ancient Temple in Jerusalem. To prevent glass shards from scattering, the glass is usually wrapped in a napkin.)
aerotica69 11 months ago
Sorry, I missed a lot of this decade (in more ways than one!) – are they talking about MacArthur who used to work with Duke?
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member 11 months ago
I’ve been seeing a lot of cars with snorkels on them in various places lately. Particularly in Fiji, of all places. Seems a little wasteful to me. I mean if the car is really needing its snorkel, the driver is underwater.
The Wolf In Your Midst 11 months ago
I mean, you were expecting them to be able to source a hamster-sized snorkel on this short notice?!
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(They already had a hamster-sized bicycle, but without the snorkel the effect is ruined.)
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 11 months ago
And may the spirits of Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester be with them
ChessPirate 11 months ago
“Pinky, are you pondering what I’m pondering?”
“I think so, Brain, but where are we going to find a snorkle, a hamster, and a bicycle at this hour?”
mistercatworks 11 months ago
Loses the Surrealist motif, though. :)
Ammo hates the comment policy Premium Member 11 months ago
I went on a whitewater raft trip once where half the group was affluent SF gays, my goodness it was a hoot. Their obsession with the niceties or Glamping had the rest of us in stiches, the table cloths and napkins had to match…..
Rick Smith Premium Member 11 months ago
Bicycle?
eddi-TBH 11 months ago
A customer is a customer.
laughaday 11 months ago
snorkel