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1. 30 minutes ago on Herman

   Thanks. Not up to Herman’s usual standards, but OK.

2. about 2 hours ago on Herman

   I’ve given this some time, but I still don’t get it. Can someone explain?

3. 3 days ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   I love banjos, but that doesn’t stop me from loving banjo jokes. One of my favorite New Yorker cartoons shows a three piece band in a recording studio. The recording technician is behind a glass panel listening through head phones. The lead singer and fiddler is standing at the mic. The drummer is behind her. The banjo player is lying on the floor gagged and with her arms handcuffed behind her. The banjo is hanging immersed in a locked tank of water.

   The recording engineer says, “I’m still getting too much banjo.”

4. 3 days ago on Doonesbury

   Perhaps the clerk knows him well enough to know that 2 PM is AM to Zonker.

5. 6 days ago on Peanuts

   What Sunday strip?

6. 6 days ago on Peanuts

   There is a 4 part Sunday series that ran in May of 1954 where Lucy plays in a major golf tournament. Adults appear, but you mostly see their feet or they are off in the distance.

7. 9 days ago on Herman

   The rolling pin was popular with her. But that and the frying pan were just two piece of her arsenal. A quick look at images show her using a croquet mallet, dishes, and a framed picture.

8. 9 days ago on Peanuts Begins

   Chocolate is bad for dogs. But like most things, quantity and type matter as does the size of the dog. The bigger the dog, the more it takes to cause illness. For a 22 pound Beagle, it would take something like 5-10 ounces of chocolate to be fatal. And ice cream would not have nearly as much chocolate as a candy bar.

   On top of that, in my book of the strips (‘50-’52) the original B&W strip shows the ice cream as white. It was the colorist’s choice to make it chocolate. I’d suggest you look at the regular Peanuts site to confirm this, but that site repeats the May 25, 1951 strip on June 25. As far as I can determine, GC skipped the June 25, 1951 strip.

9. 9 days ago on Herman

   All I can think of is Maggie and Jiggs.

10. 10 days ago on Calvin and Hobbes

    Don’t be too sure that the car could be undamaged. When I was six, I tried to “help” my Dad by starting the car so it would be running when he got back from his discussion with a neighbor.

    The car (‘55 Plymouth 3 speed manual transmission) was facing uphill in a steep driveway. The road behind it had been cut into the side of the hill so that it was fairly level. On the other side of the road was a 20-25’ steep drop-off with tall hedges at the bottom. I strained to reach the floor starter button and the gas pedal while turning the key. What I didn’t know was that our emergency brake was weak, so Dad always left the car parked in reverse, the gear with the highest ratio. The next thing I knew, I was at the bottom of the drop-off looking up at the road. Unlike Calvin’s situation, the entire car was below the level of the road. It took hours and the work of many men (and vehicles) in the neighborhood to pull the Plymouth out. There was no visible damage to the car, though the hedges suffered a bit.