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1. 4 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   Also, like comic books, comic strips make use of a sliding timeline – moving the dates of events up so as to slow the characters’ aging processes a bit. Michael doesn’t graduate from high school until 1994, for example, 15 years after this strip was published.

2. 4 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   (names and exact words changed to protect the guilty)

3. 4 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   I did something similar with my uncle when I was Michael’s age. I was at my grandparents’ house, he was in the shower, and his then-girlfriend came over. I knocked on the bathroom door and yelled, “Uncle Max! Jen’s here!” He asked, “Does she still look like she swallowed a lemon?”

   So I went downstairs and asked her.

4. 3 months ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Christmas, Christmastime is here,

   Full of artificial cheer.

   Three weeks to the 25th—

   Let’s just get it over with!

   “Peace on earth, good will towards men”—

   Next month, you’ll hate them again!

   Chock full of hypocrisy,

   So Christmas ain’t for me!

5. over 1 year ago on The Boondocks

   At least in Oprah Winfrey’s target audience.

   Now, Dr. Phil – did he love to say the word “issues” as if it had eight or nine syllables and at least 15 occurrences of the letter S?

6. over 1 year ago on Frazz

   The weight of the eggs and the flour should equal the weight of the butter and sugar. Thank you, Shirley Corriher!!!!!

7. over 1 year ago on Frazz

   Go listen to John Cage’s “4:33”.

8. over 1 year ago on Frazz

   Then, in the immortal words of Michael Stewart, “Thank god I’m old!” Happy hour is much more fun.

9. over 1 year ago on Frazz

   “English is the result of Norman men-at-arms attempting to pick up Saxon barmaids and is no more legitimate than any of the other results.”

   — H. Beam Piper

10. over 1 year ago on FoxTrot

    Even better: Jason keeps Quincy out of Paige’s room, or Jason’s allowance goes to replace whatever Quincy chewed up, plus a second one.