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1. 

   Superfrog said, 4 months ago

   Could have come in a jumbo jet?

2. 

   forrest11 said, 4 months ago

   haha nice one!

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   joeday07 said, 4 months ago

   10 minutes later…

   “What were we talking about?”

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   grazer said, 4 months ago

   Count your blessings…..might’ve been termites.

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   GJ_Jehosaphat said, 4 months ago

   I think “The Talk” should be about who’s gonna litter box train the elephant AND/OR who gets to scoop (big shovel) up the poop!

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   Carmy said, 4 months ago

   What elephant? Oh boy, they really need to lay off the booze.

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   farren said, 4 months ago

   It was left over from the 2008 elections.

   And whaddaya mean elephants don’t sit? One of the main tricks they’re taught in the circus.

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   moepatches2000 said, 4 months ago

   Not in a jumbo jet but a dumbo jet.

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   moonrise293 said, 4 months ago

   Earl needs to stop hoarding peanuts. Elephants can smell them from miles away.

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    cabrobst said, 4 months ago

    Stopped over on it’s way to Argentina?

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    NebulousRikulau said, 4 months ago

    Perhaps he’s hiding from a mouse.

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    jml58 said, 4 months ago

    Opened the door, stepped through it, closed the door.

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    plus4 said, 4 months ago

    Up until the last frame, what were we supposed to think they meant?

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    spok27 said, 4 months ago

    It ran away from the circus, to join a real family. “OK, we’ve avoided it long enough.” Just how long has Elly been there?

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    hannabell said, 4 months ago

    Earl and Edna are the GOP and Sarah is the elephant.

    Duh!

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    cleokaya said, 4 months ago

    He seems well behaved.

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    James Riendeau said, 4 months ago

    Simple: you kept feeding him so he decided to move in.

    Of course, my first thought was this was going to be another ED med joke. Always in the gutter.

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    GrinsToYa said, 4 months ago

    Hey… at least it’s only one.

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    SaintRCat said, 4 months ago

    @hannabell

    spin kick to your head

    Keep all political commentary to yourself.

    Now, this the precisely the problem with watching Disney movies. I can’t tell you how many people got monkeys and tigers after watching Aladdin.

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    Wiley said, 4 months ago

    There was NOTHING of ANY political commentary in this cartoon. It was just a simple gag on an old saying.

    Also, Sunday editions are done at least 6 weeks in advance of publication, so there is nothing that could possibly allude to the Sarah Palin situation that occurred Friday afternoon.

    Just take cartoons at face value, folks. Don’t make life any more complicated and stupid than it already is.

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    alife said, 4 months ago

    :000000000

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    nighthawks said, 4 months ago

    its not the intention , it’s how it is perceived….
    but the only comment i have is the surpising sensitivity of some sarah lovers…dont you DARE say anything bad about our pretty sarah….
    spin kick to head, indeed….
    that’s the way to settle differences…..disagree? take em out!
    very commendable

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    AddADadaAdDad said, 4 months ago

    Thanks, Wiley, but it’s going to fall on some deaf ears out there. The empowering feeling of user-name ananimity causes brain damage in some people & makes their heads swell with the “reality is me & only me” stance.

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    benbrilling said, 4 months ago

    Just tell the big guy to pack his trunk and leave.

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    Sternvogel said, 4 months ago

    For those unfamiliar with the saying: “The elephant in the room” refers to some big problem which people avoid because the notion of dealing with it is so daunting. For a couple like Earl and Edna, it might be moving into assisted living or preparing their wills. In other situations, it might signify ending a marriage or other relationship, finding a new job or additional source of income, dealing with an employee’s or loved one’s addiction, etc.

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    pearlandpeach said, 4 months ago

    Thanks Wiley, The espression on the elephants face is priceless. great ‘toon.

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    Nelly55 said, 4 months ago

    scrolled down slowly and didn’t see it coming!

    hee hee, good stuff

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    jamadison4 said, 4 months ago

    Maybe, just maybe, Wiley is approaching this from the wrong angle.

    By the puzzled look on the “Elephant’s” face ………. he might be asking how did these two old and decrepit monkey types get into his room. Or, maybe, it was one hell of a party last night.

    Those two Homo sapiens are every pachyderm’s worst nightmare !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    ,

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    D-i-c-e-R said, 4 months ago

    It’s way funnier as a political cartoon. Sorry, Wiley. But you should know better than to put an elephant in a comic.

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    Wiley said, 4 months ago

    Most people are smart enough to know that simply having an elephant in a cartoon doesn’t turn it into a commentary on the Republican party. One only needs to actually read the cartoon and put it in context.

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    yyyguy said, 4 months ago

    ah yes, context. so many simple minded people around who refuse to pay any attention to it.
    i never took it as political, but then, i don’t look for politics or religion in comic strips (except for the few that i read which occasionally make reference to those topics). it made me laugh. that’s all it needs to do.

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    joeday07 said, 4 months ago

    A quote from Wiley:

    “Most people…know that…having an elephant…doesn’t turn…on the Republican party.
    One…needs to act…”

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    donh82 said, 4 months ago

    Very good. I especially liked the comic yesterday about the tombstone in the Last Words Cemetery that read ” How hard can it be to make your own fireworks ? ” Thanks Wiley for all the laughs ! I never miss a day.

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    pbarnrob said, 4 months ago

    It’s obviously time for Earl to put a fresh bottle of Elephant Repellent on the shopping list. Mine’s still working; is yours?

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    Mitstan said, 4 months ago

    Honestly, some people read way too much into comics… they’re meant to be entertaining and witty. And as Wiley said, they’re put in so far in advance, that anything happening in the news is pure coincidence. Good job Wiley, keep em coming!

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    DacotahKid said, 4 months ago

    You’ve all got it wrong. The Elephant is “Growing Old”, unless you are getting your “nose rubbed in it”, i.e., Growing Old and having to cope with the aches and pains of an age none of us were ever going to become. The boomers are now collecting Soc. Security. Earl and Edna finally realize they must face that reality.