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1. almost 11 years ago on My Cage: New and Old

   “Carbon-based life forms” is actually a Lily Tomlin reference — from “Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe”.

2. over 11 years ago on Doonesbury

   @dtrouma: It’s amazing how folks forget that women used to die in childbirth. A lot.

   In fact, if you were a member of an aboriginal tribe, the single most dangerous thing you could do was be pregnant and give birth.

3. almost 12 years ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Thanks! I read it, but totally missed the “panels-are-reversed” part ….

4. almost 12 years ago on Dick Tracy

   I think “Crypto” refers to Cryptography, which is the science of coding and uncoding messages. The numbers on his glasses, his overall professorial air, and his high opinion of his own intelligence suggest to me that this is a high-tech villian, working in cybercrime.

   We’ll see …

5. over 12 years ago on Dick Tracy

   Ooh … creepy. I love the way the setup has made perfectly ordinary dialog be menacing and threatening.

6. about 13 years ago on Lio

   If these guys can manage interstellar flight, why can’t we?

7. about 13 years ago on Dick Tracy

   It’s from “Safety Dance”, which PP was singing earlier.

   http://preview.tinyurl.com/7wb9uno

8. over 13 years ago on Pearls Before Swine

   ?Crappie fish” and not just “crappie”? (Just “crappie” would have been funnier … )

   I think I detect the fine hand of the Syndicate Censor in the wording of today’s joke …

9. over 13 years ago on Luann

   Yay Brad! He’s showing some backbone! Nothing worse for the relationship than going all wussy on Toni.

   She’s “far too good” for him, and the only way he’s going to keep the relationship going is if he shows he can set — and keep — boundaries.

10. over 13 years ago on Luann

    Rosa won’t ask him out:

    - Because she’s Hispanic and some things are Just Not Done- Because if he can’t step up into the role she doesn’t want him anyway