This high-flying single-panel comic spotlights and savors the foibles, stupidity, and goofiness of our colorful unnatural world. It's all about attitude, as the denizens of Bluemel's realm devote themselves to surviving life's pitfalls, whether nesting in quicksand or coping with the technological advances of the tapeworm. From word play to fowl play, from weirdness in the wilderness, to the irony of iron ore, Birdbrains makes the offbeat seem natural. It's a feature to laugh at: if it makes you think, you're working too hard.
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Biographic by Steve McGarry
Bliss by Harry Bliss
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simpsonfan2 said, 8 months ago
But it’s too tall for the gate.
Citizen GROG!
said, 8 months ago
I would have gone with a pink flamingo.
cdward said, 8 months ago
Or a gnome. It could have been a gnome strike – the first of many in what would then be known as the Gnome Wars.
Dogsniff
said, 8 months ago
I’ll take a ride to Beverly Hills, just before dawn.
And knock the little jockeys off the rich people’s lawn.
And before they get up, I’ll be gone. Frank Zappa
bmonk said, 8 months ago
@simpsonfan2
In some versions, that was the point—the Trojans tore down the gate to get their trophy in, creating a fatal weakness in the walls. That way, the Greeks could not be kept out, even if the band in the horse would have been killed.
celecca
said, 8 months ago
@cdward
of which the bard’s lament was written: Gnome-body Knows the Dibbles I’ve Seen.
Digital Frog
said, 8 months ago
Lawn jockeys aren’t so bad once you get to gnome.
Allan said, 8 months ago
I have never heard of a lawn jockey.
Gnome, yes, jockey, nope.
nighthawks
said, 8 months ago
The black lawn jockeys often had exaggerated features, such as big eyes with the whites painted in, large red lips, large, flat nose and curly hair. These pieces were typically painted in gaudy colors for the uniform, with the flesh of the statue a gloss black. These statues are widely considered offensive and racially insensitive and many remaining samples have now been repainted using pink paint for the skin while the original sculpture’s exaggerated features remain.
LafInLarry
said, 8 months ago
simpsonfan2, so they should have made their lawn jockey shorts.
It doesn’t help me think of a huge Trojan statue when that one soldier’s shield reminds me of a lady bug shell.
TheAuldWan said, 8 months ago
This PC version is white….. Probably Christian so it’s OK to denigrate it.
AHHH, BEER wuz good said, 8 months ago
@celecca
HAHA,that was a great one !