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   Johanan Rakkav said, 23 days ago

   Maybe they have an exam in drama class…

   One troll, seven humans (plus the bus driver). What’s wrong with this picture?

2. 

   Margueritem said, 23 days ago

   Anything to avoid getting on that bus.

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   Llewellenbruce said, 23 days ago

   Broomy where are you today?

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   Sisyphos said, 23 days ago

   Broomie’s brooming through outer space, Llewellenbruce [see yesterday’s strip]. The kiddie chorus is cute. Maybe they can get a gig on one of those “reality” dance competition-shows!

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   Yukoner said, 23 days ago

   Irwin is such a good influence on these kids.

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   Fer Lefer said, 23 days ago

   Maybe they have Math (Mad?) test…

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   Richard said, 22 days ago

   Broomie is preparing for tomorrow night.

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   prasrinivara said, 22 days ago

   Probably on the nail Johanan Rakhav!

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   BC13 said, 22 days ago

   I think this is one chorus line I’d want to miss.

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    bald 716 said, 22 days ago

    i’ve never seen kids happy to see the school bus before school

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    BananaSlug said, 22 days ago

    Ehh, I’ll bet they’re just stalling!

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    Joe Allen Doty said, 22 days ago

    Nerwin is a troll and to have a woodland creature who only wears a propeller beanie and athletic shoes as a student in public school can be a very bad influence on human children.

    That’s what’s wrong with that picture.

    The purpose of the chorus line is to make the bus late for class.

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    Susan001 said, 22 days ago

    They’re ready to
    “Kiss today good-bye,
    And point (us) to tomorrow…”.

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    fritzoid said, 22 days ago

    Fame – the Primary School Years…

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    SherlockWatson said, 22 days ago

    They all forgot their homework, so they’re giving us the old song-and-dance.

    Either that or they think that they can knock the bus on its side with one simultaneous kick.

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    Chikuku said, 22 days ago

    The human kids all seem 2b Caucasians.

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    BC13 said, 22 days ago

    The could be all green like Broomie, but we’ll never know unless these get printed in color.

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    fritzoid said, 22 days ago

    Hmmm…

    From left to right, we have “Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl, Boy, TROLL, Girl, Boy.”

    Are trolls hermaphoditic?

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    Johanan Rakkav said, 22 days ago

    We can always count on you, JAD, to give a straight answer to a straight line. I’d be offended, save that the sheer predictability of it all is so funny. :))

    @schizoid: Years and years ago, the famous “Myth and Fact” arc about trolls established the “fact” that they are good family members (Irwin being shown with a wife and children to illustrate the point). Unfortunately I can’t recall just how Nephew Nerwin came into the picture…

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    fritzoid said, 22 days ago

    “Unfortunately I can’t recall just how Nephew Nerwin came into the picture…”

    So they didn’t actually get into troll reproductive biology, hmmmm??? The “ins and outs”, so to speak.

    I find your argument inconclusive. Among some hermaphroditic species, it is still possible for a pair to adopt more traditional male/female roles when it comes to mating. (I think I saw this on “Star Trek” once.)

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    Newenglandah said, 22 days ago

    Schizoid, many years back there was a regular character named Olivia Troll, Irwin’s girlfriend. I often wonder what happened to her.

    But anyway, there ARE female trolls, so I assume that trolls are not hermaphroditic.

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    Destiny23 said, 21 days ago

    Irwin may be undecided, but Nerwin is most definitely a boy! Or at least he acts like one as long as he’s living among humans. (I don’t know what’s under all that fur, but I don’t think I want to find out!)