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   bluskies said, 7 months ago

   Spell-check on steroids, with no formal education.
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   Jeffrey Hope said, 7 months ago

   Ah, yes. Another DYAC reference.
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   markhughw said, 7 months ago

   I love the Maison de Pulpo in La Coruna.
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   frrykid said, 7 months ago

   That is the reason I have T9 turned off on my phone.
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   Popeyes4arm said, 7 months ago

   Hey, wasn’t that a hangout in Santa Monica back in the 60’s?
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   brklnbern said, 7 months ago

   Neither do I. Hope some kind “smart” reader will explain.
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   Just Curious said, 7 months ago

   @brklnbern

   Now there are three of us….
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   lifebyc said, 7 months ago

   The ‘toon obviously refers to the new smartphones autocorrecting as one texts/types. Some of the inadvertent errors are hilarious. Check out damnyouautocorrect.com for a few belly laughs (I’m not affiliated BTW). However, I don’t know what “octopus” was autocorrected from. That’s usually half the joke. Anyone?
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   lifebyc said, 7 months ago

   http://www.autocorrectfail.org/1524/inappropriate-poem
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    fishbulb239 said, 7 months ago

    @brklnbern

    He’s probably composing his smoke symbols using Swype or some similar function. With Swype, you drag your finger across a virtual keyboard, not lifting your finger until a word is complete, and the device tries to predict what word you are attempting to type. 95% of the time it works amazingly well, but it can return some results that are doozies. When I swyped “octopus” into my phone, some of the options that the phone offered included “idylls,” “oxford,” and “proud.” If you use Swype and don’t pay attention before hitting “send,” there can be some very odd word substitutions.
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    danketaz said, 7 months ago

    Maybe it’s just an invitation for calimari
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    danketaz said, 7 months ago

    If that is Clumsy Carp at the blanket’ well he is the resident ichtheologist. Probably uses octopi as landmarks all the time.
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    Fred G. Mudd said, 7 months ago

    Tonto,you idiot,I said “posse” Sorry,Old Lone Ranger joke.
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    BartJ385 said, 7 months ago

    There are always a bunch of people pretending they get it … it is kinda sad. So, if anyone has any idea … I think octopus is a random word, not a real AC error.
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    Just Curious said, 7 months ago

    @lifebyc

    I think we all understand the “autocorrect” of today’s technology.
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    Apparently, the joke is somehow wrapped up in “octopus” – and nobody yet has sufficiently explained.
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    First, I thought “Octoberfest” – but that doesn’t make sense in December. (Besides, it would properly be “Oktoberfest”!)
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    I would appreciate somebody’s explanation (possibly the cartoonist?) because this is total nonsense as it exists.
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