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 about 2 months ago
Maybe he just doesn’t like nuts and bolts; some guys are more into wood.
The Premium Member about 2 months ago
This was more shocking when they did it over in “Hi & Lois.”
MichaelAxelFleming about 2 months ago
The Crocs would’ve been here, but Stephan had a reptile dysfunction.
hariseldon59 about 2 months ago
I doubt that it’s very hard.
194919671982 about 2 months ago
Must be for men whose prostate is prostrate.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 2 months ago
“Showoff!”
“Throw a towel over it!”
“Do some pushups, Pablo, it’ll go away.”
Imagine about 2 months ago
Now there are little blue pills.
i_am_the_jam about 2 months ago
“…el mejor juguete es Exim…Exim……Exim………Exim…”
Walter Kocker about 2 months ago
There’s a hotel in Skagway, Alaska called, “Morning Wood”.
Catchy name, hard to forget. Good marketing.
jtrevor99 about 2 months ago
I dunno; the censor’s response is rather flaccid.
MathProf2 about 2 months ago
Cartoonists have to deal with some stiff regulations.
DangerBunny about 2 months ago
Cheap as they are, Richard jokes are still worth a chuckle.
Sanspareil about 2 months ago
That guy just stiffed them!
Zykoic about 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 about 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 about 2 months ago
Oooohhhh! Dirty! You have a potty-pen, Stephan.
iggyman about 2 months ago
Erector set, by A.C. Gilbert, I had one, great fun and a learning toy!
rekam Premium Member about 2 months ago
See what you started, Stephan?
cmerb about 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 about 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 about 2 months ago
Max Miller joke:—‘Dad, is it hard to please a woman?’‘It is if it’s not, son!’
Serial Pedant about 2 months ago
Pushing your limits, there, Stephan.
cdward about 2 months ago
Looks like I came late. All the good puns are already gone.
smoore47 about 2 months ago
Enis Penvy
Lenavid about 2 months ago
Actually, the censor was rather soft on him.
kaycstamper about 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 about 2 months ago
For all the men reminiscing that they “had one years ago”, there are medications to relive the joy.
Keno21 about 2 months ago
Should drop a Lincoln Log on him.
gawaintheknight about 2 months ago
Things can be erected a lot faster if you have friends to play with.
wrd2255 about 2 months ago
Heh heh. Beavis, he said “hard”.
Frank Salem Premium Member about 2 months ago
I used to get hard semi-annually. Now I get semi-hard annually.
tvm6060 about 2 months ago
Lincoln Logs
Differentname about 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 about 2 months ago
ED can be a terrible thing. Help stop Erector set Deniers.
Count Olaf Premium Member about 2 months ago
Probably not, Stephan. Probably not… :.(
[Traveler] Premium Member about 2 months ago
Stephan is mechanically inclined. He screws up everything
Denver Reader Premium Member about 2 months ago
Come again? What is he trying to say?
Ellis97 about 2 months ago
Like most people these days (myself included), that censor guy is gonna die single.
SquidGamerGal about 2 months ago
Ugh! People just get so offended these days…
asmbeers about 2 months ago
Steve must be feeling the pressure.
elbow macaroni about 2 months ago
Childish
uniquename about 2 months ago
Good gravy folks! Get your minds out of the gutter!
Slowly, he turned... about 2 months ago
I don’t care what he does – this is funny!
Goat from PBS about 2 months ago
The CSC is back! Here to interrupt everything edgy.
Spoonbone about 2 months ago
I have a bone to pick with this subject matter.
Croc Holliday about 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 about 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 about 2 months ago
That last panel had me cracking up!
Thomas R. Williams about 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 about 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 about 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 about 2 months ago
Throw a towel over it.
Jeffin Premium Member about 2 months ago
At least it’s not a set of Lincoln logs.
Holden Awn about 2 months ago
The censor must of spotted his “For a Good Time, See Alice” sign…
IndyW about 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 about 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 about 2 months ago
WOW a lot of lead in the pencils coming out of the wood work
brooklyn51 about 2 months ago
Oh, just zip it up!
FireAnt_Hater about 2 months ago
Haven’t seen Comic Strip Censor in a while. Glad to see him! Funny!
Snolep about 2 months ago
The original dad joke.
christelisbetty about 2 months ago
Confession: I chuckle when I pass the billboard for Snap On Tools.
ChessPirate about 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 about 2 months ago
Bwaaa, he did it in the end anyway. ha ha
Radish the wordsmith about 2 months ago
The strips are going blue these days.
kendavis09 about 2 months ago
The B.C. dictionary says it’s what you buy if you have E.D.
Croc Holliday about 2 months ago
Let’s hope we don’t have a case of electile dysfunction in November.
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 2 months ago
Ba-da-BOOM!
ChazNCenTex about 2 months ago
Maybe some lubricant will help.
TheWildSow about 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 about 2 months ago
You have no shame, Mr. Pastis. :-)
zeexenon about 2 months ago
Flaccid if you’re lucky with a full bladder on a freezing day at 81.
mokspr Premium Member about 2 months ago
Hey, HEY! Don’t get on the Censor’s case…he’s just another working stiff!
jimboklein about 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 about 2 months ago
This comic left me in stitches. Well played Pastis
KEA about 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 about 2 months ago
I just think it sounds like Ed may be the problem…
Huckleberry Hiroshima about 2 months ago
You inadvertently pulled a b0ner, Rat.
JoeMartinFan Premium Member about 2 months ago
Last panel: That’s what she said!
pamela welch Premium Member about 2 months ago
Stephan, Stephan … tsk, tsk — LOLOL
tvstevie about 2 months ago
Erect means hard, all right.
willie_mctell about 2 months ago
The kids across the street had one with a motor.
Bilan about 2 months ago
Erector sets were around about the time comics were meant for kids.
skinny robotnik about 2 months ago
Pastis really needs to bring back Zeeba.
Eric S about 2 months ago
it was a rousing conversation
MitchellTimin about 2 months ago
snicker, snicker …..
Rocky Premium Member about 2 months ago
Pastis, you have out-done yourself with this one. Excellent!
eddi-TBH about 2 months ago
Pastis got his point across.
unfair.de about 2 months ago
I always suspected people making a calling out of censoring must have had as seriously lacking childhood.
Charlie Fogwhistle about 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 about 2 months ago
Brilliant strip !
azardoz about 2 months ago
No doubt the companies behind those names, logos, & mottoes were quite aware of the double entendres. Probably increased business.
PAR85 about 2 months ago
You can’t call Pastis soft, he continued on even after being told the strip was over.
MarthaGwen Premium Member about 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.