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1. about 1 month ago on Barney & Clyde

   Quebec is our secret weapon.

   Fun fact: a couple of years ago, in Vancouver, I saw a majestic Bald Eagle fly overhead and land on the roof of the building beside me. Five seconds later it reappeared, flying as fast as it could, pursued by two extremely angry Canada geese.

2. 9 months ago on Frazz

   Search for “Movement charger” or “kinetic charger”. These things already exist. They hit the news cycle every few months.

3. about 1 year ago on Dark Side of the Horse

   And don’t forget Chumbawumba.

4. over 1 year ago on Super-Fun-Pak Comix

   SMBC Theatre did a sketch of this gag: >

5. over 1 year ago on Barney & Clyde

   No, it’s a pun on silly. The position just left of the batsman (from the bowler’s point of view) is the silly point. (The position opposite this, to the right of the batsman, is the short leg.)

   That’s what makes it a “purely silly” joke. It’s a joke about the silly point.

6. over 1 year ago on Basic Instructions

   I had a cat names Mouse…

7. almost 2 years ago on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

   The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers lists 39 as the first non-interesting number:

   “39 appears to be the first uninteresting number, which of course makes it an especially interesting number, because it is the smallest number to have the property of being uninteresting. It is therefore also the first number to be simultaneously interesting and uninteresting.”

   The first integer not listed in the Dictionary is 43, so 43 is presumably the first uninteresting number that is not also interesting.

8. over 2 years ago on Arlo and Janis

   Spleeping?

9. over 2 years ago on The Knight Life

   He played Sherlock Holmes.

10. about 3 years ago on Candorville

    “Covid” is a new word.