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1. 10 days ago on Big Nate

   These people are in elementary school!

2. 10 days ago on Arlo and Janis

   “Isn’t it romantic?/Music in the night,/A dream that can be heard./Isn’t it romantic?/Moving shadows write/The oldest magic word.” (Lorenz Hart)

3. 11 days ago on Arlo and Janis

   BYOL has its lighter moments, but it’s not a comedy.

4. 11 days ago on Big Nate

   What does “going out” mean for this crowd?

5. 11 days ago on Arlo and Janis

   Glad to see “Mr. Roberts” at the top of the list. James Cagney, Henry Fonda, William Powell, Jack Lemmon, Ken Curtis, Harry Carey, Jr., Ward Bond, Nick Adams, Betsy Palmer, and don’t forget Marty Milner!

6. 12 days ago on Frazz

   Thanks for the first verse! A few decades ago Yoko Ono made a record in which she sang the second verse (I think it was the B side of a John Lennon single), and that edited version seems to be how I tend to remember the poem.

7. 14 days ago on Frazz

   Who has seen the wind?/Neither you nor I:/But when the trees bow down their heads,/The wind is passing by. (Christina Rossetti)

8. 29 days ago on Barney & Clyde

   The problem isn’t with the last syllable. The “i" in the second syllable of the word “tinnitus” is short, and the “i” in the second syllable of the word “arthritis” is long. That’s why the rhyme doesn’t work. Also, the first syllable in “tinnitus” is stressed, whereas the second syllable in “arthritis” is stressed, so the lines also fail to scan properly.

9. about 1 month ago on Barney & Clyde

   “Bread" in French is spelled “pain" but pronounced more like “Pan” without the “n.” ("Le pain quotidien” = “daily bread.”)

10. about 2 months ago on Arlo and Janis

    “Never” is the right time.