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1. almost 15 years ago on Pluggers

   el dorado we call hampers the floor…

2. almost 15 years ago on B.C.

   here in Canada we don’t go the groundhog or woodchuck route… we go with the good ol Cdn beaver… and the little bugger always sleeps through the day and misses the event… so, like lewreader suggests… we have beaver stew… and beaver never disappoints… at least not in that way…

3. almost 15 years ago on The Argyle Sweater

   failed as a mail service… but led to the birth of bunny slippers… which turns out was a male failure…

4. almost 15 years ago on W.T. Duck

   and that is the birth of the idea that lead to Robert Frank’s The Americans…

5. almost 15 years ago on Strange Brew

   The pessimist in me says… give it a week or two… all milk eventually goes sour…

   The historian says… complacency and a lack of reaction is the greatest threat we all face…

6. almost 15 years ago on Red and Rover

   Red is in a box?

7. almost 15 years ago on Rabbits Against Magic

   … and that is one of the two cows in panel two… I think… it sure does not look like a Reynold’s cow and chicken…

   Is it 2 Cows and a Chicken’s 1st birthday as a strip? I could go look but it is way over on the other side of the page and I still have old joe to hunt down.

   Is it Rabbits Against Magic anniversary? I may give up a few old joe minutes and google that.

8. almost 15 years ago on Pluggers

   The expression is originally from eastern Canada (it has been traced back to Devil’s Island in Nova Scotia) and does not refer to chickens but to sturgeon and it is not about a basket at all but is a reference to a net.

   Therefore joe is actually correct… it has no connection to a person who has laying hens on ‘their’ farm (I had to correct the possessive from his to their… I may club seals but I do try to be politically correct… )

9. almost 15 years ago on Red and Rover

   Red is eating a banana?

10. almost 15 years ago on The Fusco Brothers

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