Yeah, I had one when I was a kid in the 50s. Always was losing the nuts. I was reminiscing at work last week to the younger office workers. I got funny looks from the ladies when I tried to explain it. They called HR. HR got it all straight for them. Miss that toy. I wish I had one now.
Some years ago there was a Motel in East Detroit Michigan that had a Mexican man puling a donkey by leash and the story was to " bring your own A$$ " : )
Every once in a while I’ll think about the toys I saw back in the 1960s. Aurora had models of a guillotine and a rack, plus a tiny Vampirella. My 007 attaché case had a little plastic throwing knife. The Honey West doll came with tiny handcuffs.
I still have, including the books and case, and played with my dad’s set, that he purchased in the 1950’s. Hours of building and many screws and nuts. :-) (tee hee)!
Erector sets had small pieces that children could swallow. That’s a no-no in today’s world. Lincoln Logs were always cool. Wonder if they’re still available.
Raj Koothrappali : You were in the middle of an erection.
Sheldon Cooper : Oh, of course! It’s right here in my hand.
Sheldon Cooper : I want to build a road, but I need wood. Either of you fellows have wood?
[Raj and Howard snicker]
Sheldon Cooper : I don’t understand the laughter. The object of “Settlers of Catan” is to build roads and settlements. To do so requires wood. Now I have sheep; I need wood. Who has wood for my sheep?
Sheldon Cooper : Now, where were we? Oh, yes. Does anyone have any wood?
[Raj and Howard laugh]
Sheldon Cooper : Oh, come on! I just want wood! Why are you making it so hard?
[Raj and Howard laugh harder]
Sheldon Cooper : And now that I have some wood, I’m going to begin the erection of my settlements.
Raj Koothrappali : [sotto, to Wolowitz] He’s got to be doing this on purpose.
I, for one, am getting tired of all this news about the Presidential erection. I mean, don’t we have enough statues of Presidents? Do we REALLY need to erect more statues of President?
(with a tip of the hat to the late, great Gilda Radnor)
The Christmas I was in the 5th grade, I got both a doll and an erector set. I requested the erector set and one of my grandmothers gave me the doll, since she thought I was too much of a “tomboy.” I built all sorts of things with that erector set and passed it on to my younger brother who did the same.
BasilBruce 2 months ago
Maybe he just doesn’t like nuts and bolts; some guys are more into wood.
The Premium Member 2 months ago
This was more shocking when they did it over in “Hi & Lois.”
MichaelAxelFleming 2 months ago
The Crocs would’ve been here, but Stephan had a reptile dysfunction.
hariseldon59 2 months ago
I doubt that it’s very hard.
194919671982 2 months ago
Must be for men whose prostate is prostrate.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member 2 months ago
“Showoff!”
“Throw a towel over it!”
“Do some pushups, Pablo, it’ll go away.”
Imagine 2 months ago
Now there are little blue pills.
i_am_the_jam 2 months ago
“…el mejor juguete es Exim…Exim……Exim………Exim…”
Walter Kocker 2 months ago
There’s a hotel in Skagway, Alaska called, “Morning Wood”.
Catchy name, hard to forget. Good marketing.
jtrevor99 2 months ago
I dunno; the censor’s response is rather flaccid.
MathProf2 2 months ago
Cartoonists have to deal with some stiff regulations.
DangerBunny 2 months ago
Cheap as they are, Richard jokes are still worth a chuckle.
Sanspareil 2 months ago
That guy just stiffed them!
Zykoic 2 months ago
Yeah, I had one when I was a kid in the 50s. Always was losing the nuts. I was reminiscing at work last week to the younger office workers. I got funny looks from the ladies when I tried to explain it. They called HR. HR got it all straight for them. Miss that toy. I wish I had one now.
lavender headgear 2 months ago
A truck containing a shipment of Viagra has been hijacked. Police are on the lookout for a gang of hardened criminals.
jonnytest 2 months ago
Oooohhhh! Dirty! You have a potty-pen, Stephan.
iggyman 2 months ago
Erector set, by A.C. Gilbert, I had one, great fun and a learning toy!
rekam Premium Member 2 months ago
See what you started, Stephan?
cmerb 2 months ago
Some years ago there was a Motel in East Detroit Michigan that had a Mexican man puling a donkey by leash and the story was to " bring your own A$$ " : )
pokeystick 2 months ago
I’m sorry Stephen but this one is dumb and I don’t think adults should be allowed to read it.
Sephten 2 months ago
Max Miller joke:—‘Dad, is it hard to please a woman?’‘It is if it’s not, son!’
Serial Pedant 2 months ago
Pushing your limits, there, Stephan.
cdward 2 months ago
Looks like I came late. All the good puns are already gone.
smoore47 2 months ago
Enis Penvy
Lenavid 2 months ago
Actually, the censor was rather soft on him.
kaycstamper 2 months ago
FB wouldn’t allow it. They don’t all anything if you catch them on a bad day. Never get back to your dispute either.
gozirra2 Premium Member 2 months ago
For all the men reminiscing that they “had one years ago”, there are medications to relive the joy.
Keno21 2 months ago
Should drop a Lincoln Log on him.
gawaintheknight 2 months ago
Things can be erected a lot faster if you have friends to play with.
wrd2255 2 months ago
Heh heh. Beavis, he said “hard”.
Frank Salem Premium Member 2 months ago
I used to get hard semi-annually. Now I get semi-hard annually.
tvm6060 2 months ago
Lincoln Logs
Differentname 2 months ago
Every once in a while I’ll think about the toys I saw back in the 1960s. Aurora had models of a guillotine and a rack, plus a tiny Vampirella. My 007 attaché case had a little plastic throwing knife. The Honey West doll came with tiny handcuffs.
Count Olaf Premium Member 2 months ago
ED can be a terrible thing. Help stop Erector set Deniers.
Count Olaf Premium Member 2 months ago
Probably not, Stephan. Probably not… :.(
[Traveler] Premium Member 2 months ago
Stephan is mechanically inclined. He screws up everything
Denver Reader Premium Member 2 months ago
Come again? What is he trying to say?
Ellis97 2 months ago
Like most people these days (myself included), that censor guy is gonna die single.
SquidGamerGal 2 months ago
Ugh! People just get so offended these days…
asmbeers 2 months ago
Steve must be feeling the pressure.
elbow macaroni 2 months ago
Childish
uniquename 2 months ago
Good gravy folks! Get your minds out of the gutter!
Slowly, he turned... 2 months ago
I don’t care what he does – this is funny!
Goat from PBS 2 months ago
The CSC is back! Here to interrupt everything edgy.
Spoonbone 2 months ago
I have a bone to pick with this subject matter.
Croc Holliday 2 months ago
Mista Bone – Great White (probably not one of the more subtle song titles out there)
If ya give me an occasion I’m gonna rise to it, Rise to It, Kiss (nothing ever subtle about anything Kiss sang, see also: Love Gun)
ladykat 2 months ago
I was jealous of the boys next door when I was small. They got erector sets, I was stuck with paper dolls.
Queen of America 2 months ago
That last panel had me cracking up!
Thomas R. Williams 2 months ago
The C-S-Censor’s response is so flaccid he would never get his leg over the line to any happy ending.
aerotica69 2 months ago
We never had an erector set, but we did have miles and miles of Hotwheels track and a super-charger.
Snoopy Copter 2 months ago
Im going to make a comment that will offend a lot of people: OHIO STATE IS BETTER THAN MICHIGAN!!!
Jeffin Premium Member 2 months ago
Throw a towel over it.
Jeffin Premium Member 2 months ago
At least it’s not a set of Lincoln logs.
Holden Awn 2 months ago
The censor must of spotted his “For a Good Time, See Alice” sign…
IndyW 2 months ago
I still have, including the books and case, and played with my dad’s set, that he purchased in the 1950’s. Hours of building and many screws and nuts. :-) (tee hee)!
rshive 2 months ago
Erector sets had small pieces that children could swallow. That’s a no-no in today’s world. Lincoln Logs were always cool. Wonder if they’re still available.
FestoNrwlk 2 months ago
WOW a lot of lead in the pencils coming out of the wood work
brooklyn51 2 months ago
Oh, just zip it up!
FireAnt_Hater 2 months ago
Haven’t seen Comic Strip Censor in a while. Glad to see him! Funny!
Snolep 2 months ago
The original dad joke.
christelisbetty 2 months ago
Confession: I chuckle when I pass the billboard for Snap On Tools.
ChessPirate 2 months ago
Sheldon Cooper : Now, back to our game.
Raj Koothrappali : You were in the middle of an erection.
Sheldon Cooper : Oh, of course! It’s right here in my hand.
Sheldon Cooper : I want to build a road, but I need wood. Either of you fellows have wood?
[Raj and Howard snicker]
Sheldon Cooper : I don’t understand the laughter. The object of “Settlers of Catan” is to build roads and settlements. To do so requires wood. Now I have sheep; I need wood. Who has wood for my sheep?
Sheldon Cooper : Now, where were we? Oh, yes. Does anyone have any wood?
[Raj and Howard laugh]
Sheldon Cooper : Oh, come on! I just want wood! Why are you making it so hard?
[Raj and Howard laugh harder]
Sheldon Cooper : And now that I have some wood, I’m going to begin the erection of my settlements.
Raj Koothrappali : [sotto, to Wolowitz] He’s got to be doing this on purpose.
chriscc63 2 months ago
Bwaaa, he did it in the end anyway. ha ha
Radish... 2 months ago
The strips are going blue these days.
kendavis09 2 months ago
The B.C. dictionary says it’s what you buy if you have E.D.
Croc Holliday 2 months ago
Let’s hope we don’t have a case of electile dysfunction in November.
Richard S Russell Premium Member 2 months ago
Ba-da-BOOM!
ChazNCenTex 2 months ago
Maybe some lubricant will help.
TheWildSow 2 months ago
I once followed a truck that had this sign: Precast Concrete Erection.
I thought that sounded kinda painful – and did it last more than 4 hours?!
thedogesl Premium Member 2 months ago
You have no shame, Mr. Pastis. :-)
zeexenon 2 months ago
Flaccid if you’re lucky with a full bladder on a freezing day at 81.
mokspr Premium Member 2 months ago
Hey, HEY! Don’t get on the Censor’s case…he’s just another working stiff!
jimboklein 2 months ago
I, for one, am getting tired of all this news about the Presidential erection. I mean, don’t we have enough statues of Presidents? Do we REALLY need to erect more statues of President?
(with a tip of the hat to the late, great Gilda Radnor)
Dapperdan61 Premium Member 2 months ago
This comic left me in stitches. Well played Pastis
KEA 2 months ago
I had trouble with kids keeping a straight face when I was teaching optics and describing images as inverted or erect.
Snoopy_Fan 2 months ago
I just think it sounds like Ed may be the problem…
Huckleberry Hiroshima 2 months ago
You inadvertently pulled a b0ner, Rat.
JoeMartinFan Premium Member 2 months ago
Last panel: That’s what she said!
pamela welch Premium Member 2 months ago
Stephan, Stephan … tsk, tsk — LOLOL
tvstevie 2 months ago
Erect means hard, all right.
willie_mctell 2 months ago
The kids across the street had one with a motor.
Bilan 2 months ago
Erector sets were around about the time comics were meant for kids.
skinny robotnik 2 months ago
Pastis really needs to bring back Zeeba.
Eric S 2 months ago
it was a rousing conversation
MitchellTimin 2 months ago
snicker, snicker …..
Rocky 2 months ago
Pastis, you have out-done yourself with this one. Excellent!
eddi-TBH 2 months ago
Pastis got his point across.
unfair.de 2 months ago
I always suspected people making a calling out of censoring must have had as seriously lacking childhood.
Charlie Fogwhistle 2 months ago
At my age, I don’t see well anymore. What’s that sign on the hat of the bossy guy say? Looks like “John Shirley” or something like that.
azardoz 2 months ago
Brilliant strip !
azardoz 2 months ago
No doubt the companies behind those names, logos, & mottoes were quite aware of the double entendres. Probably increased business.
PAR85 2 months ago
You can’t call Pastis soft, he continued on even after being told the strip was over.
MarthaGwen Premium Member 2 months ago
The Christmas I was in the 5th grade, I got both a doll and an erector set. I requested the erector set and one of my grandmothers gave me the doll, since she thought I was too much of a “tomboy.” I built all sorts of things with that erector set and passed it on to my younger brother who did the same.