The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for February 02, 2013

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    margueritem  about 11 years ago

    Ewww, Grandpa! Beer and raw onions again!

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    RuinQueenofOblivion  about 11 years ago

    Apparently you are.

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    el8  about 11 years ago

    @RachelC22mmmmm, brussels sprouts…itty-bitty cabbages

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    margueritem  about 11 years ago

    I love them! Roasted with a little olive oil, black pepper, and real maple syrup.

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    Linux0s  about 11 years ago

    Look out kid! Grandpa is armed!

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    Bilan  about 11 years ago

    What is that? Door-to-door delivery of sarin???

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    mabrndt Premium Member about 11 years ago

    I’ve never prepared them. What recipe do you recommend (to avoid the smell)?

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    Darryl Heine  about 11 years ago

    What is MUSTARD GAS?What is SARIN?

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    J Short  about 11 years ago

    Grandpa’s nickname was Jumpin Jack Flash.

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    William Bednar Premium Member about 11 years ago

    I would never pull an old person’s finger, when asked! Some solid stuff, liquid stuff, along with the gas, will more than likely come out!

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    Vet Premium Member about 11 years ago

    Mustard Gas was a chemical agent used in WWI. It was incidious as it was normally a paste that looked like mustard. It reacted upon exposure to warm air creating a gas that burned eyes and lungs. My uncle was exposed to it in WWI. He was 100 percent disabled. Later in life if he got a cold he would spit up blood still. The bombs were used in cold weather as the paste would scatter landing on soldiers clothing. In cold it is unreactive so once they walked into the warm bunker it would expose all inside to it. Sarin is a very nasty variation of VX which is probably the most dangerous nerve agent in the world. A drop the size of the eye of Lincoln on a US penny is enough to kill you immediately. Sarin was used extensively in the Iran Iraq war they fought. Both sides used it against each other. Saddam later used it against the Kurds up north. Russians used it in Afghanistan in their conflict. Sarin is primarily airborn as a gas or mist where VX is super lethal in any configuration.

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    Vet Premium Member about 11 years ago

    I wonder if grandpa uses the fog horn effect or is is SBD qualified? Just dont show him your loose tooth.

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    Darryl Heine  about 11 years ago

    Once again the Chicago Tribune doesn’t run this Argyle Sweater episode and replaced it with a Feb. 2, 2010 Argyle Sweater episode!

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    Vet Premium Member about 11 years ago

    What can you say. Some folks find bodily functions disgusting. For me I am loud and proud. I use however use some decorum in public. I do not wish to offend but if it slips I will own up to it. Deodorant anyone?

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    finale  about 11 years ago

    Devilled eggs and beer. Throw in some stuffed cabbage (all are present at most family gatherings) and the ride home becomes a “all windows down” drive.

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    MissScarlet Premium Member about 11 years ago

    Select small sprouts. Cut them in half and saute them in olive oil and finely sliced garlic until they begin to darken and get crispy. Don’t let them burn! Can add bacon as well, if you like.

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    Commentator  about 11 years ago

    I thought the kids was supposed to do that to grandpa.

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    galanti  about 11 years ago

    According to my MD daughter-in-law it is a genetic thing. There is a gene that if you have it Brussels Sprouts taste fine. If you don’t they taste bitter. Fortunately I have that gene! Best way to cook them is halved and roasted with a bit of olive oil and some pancetta.

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    doug_passfield  about 11 years ago

    I just blame the invisible duck

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    battycomic Premium Member about 11 years ago

    No. I like them too.

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    battycomic Premium Member about 11 years ago

    My Dad should be on there too.

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    iced tea  about 11 years ago

    Sauerkraut and baked beans! :p

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    pcolli  about 11 years ago

    What to do with sprouts: Open pack, if frozen; unseal bag, if fresh. Press foot on pedal of bin and tip sprouts into recepticle. Close bin, recycle packaging.

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    Stephen Gilberg  about 11 years ago

    Great, a fart joke. Well, those aren’t overly common in the comic medium.

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    Hank The Sock  about 11 years ago

    Hahaha my Grandpa does that…

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    hippogriff  about 11 years ago

    Daffydowndilly: Sam Rayburn would eat an onion sandwich just before going to bed. Not a Vadelia, but the potent Fannin County Bermudas. Now, no one in Fannin County is growing them commercially. I still use them for fajitas, but harvest wild onions for chopped onion ingredients. They have a nice, delicate, but still onion, flavor.

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    7500edg  about 11 years ago

    No thanks Gramps

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    cutiepie29  about 11 years ago

    My cousin actually named her daughter “Serin”. True, it’s not spelled exactly the same, but is is pronounced the same. Several of us tried to get her to change her mind, but she thought it was “pretty” and did it anyway. Come to think of it, her brother named a kid “Asel Washington”, so maybe that family just has a mean streak when it comes to naming their children?

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    99catsinabox  about 11 years ago

    Add this to the list: Your breath

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