The “Wen-Tack Valley”! Now we have some idea of the topography in which this saga takes place, especially the construction of the marina and the vulnerability to flooding…
In light of the recent passing of Earl Holliman, today’s strip brings back fond memories of his role in Forbidden Planet. (But can the robot in today’s strip actually synthesize moonshine, as did the robot in the movie?)
Do we know for sure that Goshen’s players aren’t of legal drinking age? The way that characters are drawn in the strip these days, they could be anywhere from 13 to 50.
Mary, merry, and marry are all pronounced differently in large cities in the northeast, in San Francisco, and in the South. The three sounds have merged into one in the Midwest, in much of New England, and in the West.
The wide roundabouts have 4 or more lanes in each direction, and trying to make your way from the inside to the outside is not fun. It usually requires a couple of complete orbits before you can get to your exit.
I despised those figure-eight style back-to-back roundabouts when I lived in England in the 1980s. I can only imagine Tommy Binks’s frustration at having to navigate through an entire cluster of them, several times daily. His hatred of Wendlefield is completely understandable and justified!
The “Wen-Tack Valley”! Now we have some idea of the topography in which this saga takes place, especially the construction of the marina and the vulnerability to flooding…