Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for May 25, 2018
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Transcript:
richard's poor almanack comics poll by richard thompson we'd like to find out what you think of the washington post's comic section. not that we're going to change anything, like say drop "hi and lois." fooled you-we did that years ago! sorry, we'll put it right back in! sorry! we shouldn't have mentioned it. 1. first, tell us something about yourself. i like to laugh at funny jokes. even mildest attempt at humor offends me deeply, yet i demand to be entertained. where are you on the jeffy-rat personality scale? please be brutally honest. 2. formulate your ideal three-panel strip. panel one. introduction. exposition. knock-knock. three rabbis walk into a bar. a violent act. panel two. complication. silence. time for quiet meditation. spoiler alert. a violent act. panel three. punchline. a better punchline. derby flies off a man's head. silence. a violent act. 3. so what should happen in lynn johnston's for better of for worse? the pattersons time-travel back to the '79s where they battle themselves.1 the pattersons time-travel back to 3 billion b.c. where they've devolved into particles of nitrogen, but they're still canadian. 4. what do you think of these strips? i love them all. i hate them all. my retina just detached. 1. old joke.
Raider Red Premium Member over 6 years ago
For some odd reason, “My retina just detached” made me LMFAO. Some things just kinda hit you funny, eh?
That being said, there is no explanation for this.
Joliet Jake over 6 years ago
The morons who run my local paper lost my subscription about 5 years ago, because their delivery service was so awful.
Kip W over 6 years ago
Where’s “Morty Meekle”?
Sisyphos over 6 years ago
I haven’t read WaPo (print edition) in many years, but back then it had a pretty good comics section. I’m not taking time here to answer all the poll questions, but on the Jeffy-Rat Scale, I’m 100% Rat!
Daniel Jacobson over 6 years ago
I remember a time, (early 1970s, I think) when the Washington Post attempted to emulate the New York Times by attempting to remove its comic section. Apparently, they started losing too many subscribers. That was the time, I left them.
Kaputnik over 6 years ago
The newspaper when I was growing up several times tried to get rid of a corny family oriented strip, Priscilla’s Pop. Reader protests always brought back. Heck, I liked that strip myself. It really is gone, now, though.