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1. 2 days ago on Pickles

   Earl, stop trying to make fetch happen.

2. 4 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   And Frederick in “The Pirates of Penzance”. As an infant, he’s indentured to pirates until “his 21st birthday”, which accidentally obligates him to serve them for 63 years more than was intended.

3. 4 days ago on Luann

   Hey, I’m saving “relaxed as a stack of flapjacks in casual slacks” for future use.

   (In exchange, I offer “you’ve clearly given this a great deal of whatever the opposite of thought is”.)

4. 4 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Musicians alone: Rossini, Jimmy Dorsey, Dinah Shore, Ja Rule.

5. 4 days ago on Pickles

   I hissed at my cat once. Freaked him out like you wouldn’t believe!

6. 4 days ago on Kliban

   The classical radio station here is KBAQ, which styles itself “K-Bach”. I listen to it as a web stream.

   The German word “Bach” means stream. So that seems appropriate.

7. 5 days ago on Luann

   It’s the guy who’s off to a bad start. Had he recognized the reference without needing it explained, that would have been a good start.

8. 6 days ago on Kliban

   Whose costume contained every color, except blue.

9. 6 days ago on Pickles

   Was once in a now-defunct department store looking for that brand. Figured the best way to find it was to stand in the middle of the cosmetics aisle and yell “Marco!” and wait for a response.

10. 6 days ago on Get Fuzzy

    It’s been said that a device with more than one function does neither of them well. I’m starting to rethink my purchase of a toaster oven (seriously, just arrived today).