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1. 1 day ago on Monty

   The famous Border collie Chaser was able to work that out. If shown a basket of objects for which she knew the names of all but one, and then told to select the [word she didn’t know], she was able to work out that the unfamiliar word must refer to the unfamiliar object.

2. 30 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   I only see 27, but I suspect a lot of them are things not used as names here in the UK.

3. about 1 month ago on The Born Loser

   Sometimes here in the UK, too. If you have lunch in Morrisons’ café a hot drink comes with unlimited refills.

4. about 1 month ago on Wizard of Id

   Here in Scotland it was quite warm a week ago, but now we’re back to cold, dark and rainy.

5. about 1 month ago on Monty

   The British version of those is usually a fair bit bigger with a circular seat in the middle – you sit down, facing outwards, and then try to hang on to hand-holds as it tries to fling you off. I’m not sure if that makes it easier or harder.

6. about 2 months ago on Speed Bump

   Exactly. The dog and cat have a collection of “cute human” photios.

7. 3 months ago on The Born Loser

   It’s called Camptown Races – the chorus is “Going to run all night // Going to run all day // I bet my money on the bob-tailed nag // Somebody bet on the bay”.

8. 3 months ago on B.C.

   To be fair, some of the conversations they have with the people across the sea suggest the setting is after a future apocalypse.

9. 4 months ago on Crumb

   Really, they should pit it next to the human bed, so T rex is sleeping with his people.

10. 4 months ago on The Born Loser

    If it’s less than £100, all you have to do is tap it.