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1. 3 days ago on Pickles

   It used to be called the Drawing Room as a shortened version of WITHdrawing room as people in high society would Withdraw them selves from the dining room after dinner to this room after their meals especially if they had guests. If was just family there on the day they would all go into the drawing room to sit and talk as a family, but if they had guests the men would go into the drawing room and drink play cards or even do business with each other while the ladies would go into the parlour to drink, talk to their friends and catch up on all the latest gossip. Parlour for parlour room is derived from the Old French word parloir or parler and later parlez meaning “to speak” in French. It entered the English language around the turn of the 16th century. It became known as a Living or Sitting room in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as this is where the house occupants would “live” and relax in the house. You slept in the bedroom, ate in the dining room and worked in the kitchen so you would have a living room just as somewhere for you to live or sit and relax and take it easy at the end of the day with your family and friends.

2. 3 days ago on The Born Loser

   Thank you. It was the same with my Mother. It always poured with rain when she went to get her hair cut. So between the 2 of them, we knew when it was going to rain, despite what the weatherman said.

3. 3 days ago on Free Range

   If only it was still legal.

4. 3 days ago on The Born Loser

   My dad was the exact opposite. Every Saturday afternoon was dedicated to washing his car. Yet it always rained after he washed it which really annoyed him. One time we were going through a really long dry spell when it hadn’t rained for about 3 weeks. Dad had a long drive to work and the Government had issued a hosepipe ban and we weren’t allowed to wash cars or use anything else other than a watering can to water the garden to help preserve water. After 3 weeks of not being able to wash his car Dad was getting upset about its filthy state. One Saturday he snapped and just went out and washed it with a bucket of water and just hosed it down. After he had finished he went inside. Only about 10 minutes later the clouds gathered and for the first time in nearly a month the heavens opened and it poured with rain and didn’t let up for about 3 hours. We told him he should have washed his car weeks previous to this so he could have finished the drought long since.

5. 3 days ago on The Argyle Sweater

   I guess that WOOD be the best place to start.

6. 5 days ago on The Born Loser

   Awwww☺♥

7. 7 days ago on Fred Basset

   Maybe Fred didn’t recognise him as Shep is brown ans Old English Sheepdogs are white and grey.

8. 12 days ago on Red and Rover

   I remember saying such a thing to my young niece. She looked at me like I had just stepped off the Ark.

9. 12 days ago on Reality Check

   Beautifully drawn strip today Dave. I love it when the artist shows their real talent and draws like this. Bill Watterson in Calvin and Hobbes did this too sometimes.

10. 12 days ago on Dogs of C-Kennel

    This is like Sligo Ireland ALL YEAR ROUND.