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   rdh288 said, 4 months ago

   They’ve been planning this one for a long time…

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   ak4mc said, 4 months ago

   The sonnet I liked best was that ’60s TV show with Walter Brennan.

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   fritzoid said, 4 months ago

   ’Ere rosy-fingered Dawn unclose her eye,
   The Panthers and the Hornets shall contend;
   (Field One)
   The Card’nals with the Mustang squad shall vie
   The meanwhile at the playground’s further end.
   (Field Two)

   When Chronos’ hands are fix’d at twelve and nine,
   The Banshees and the Hawks take up the fray,
   (F1)
   Whilst Bulls and Bears their shares to Fate assign,
   For naught but one moves on to further play.
   (F2)

   (Break. No games scheduled.)

   The victors of Eoan tests shall meet
   At Two upon the Clock (F1), as shall the teams
   That later in the mXX=98orning ‘sca874hhhped defeat
   At sdiasy of riv%%%%yslklp?.. MMMMMMmmmm (F2)

   (Break. No games scheduled.)

   At Six theuhawbb CCHamPppppp;987qa reveal’d
   %^E^%ETYY^&uyuhh uuu uyuyuuuuuuyuyuyuyuyuyuyy((((((((^^K>>>>>>>>>>>yuuuuuuuuu^^^^^^^^^^^\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\??????????????????????????\\GK[[]\ field.
   (TBA)

   So close…so close…

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   POPPA1956 said, 4 months ago

   That makes for a pretty large staff, doesn’t it?

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   BigGreenBooger said, 4 months ago

   Guns of Will Sonnet, huh?
   No brag, just fact.

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   fritzoid said, 4 months ago

   Yes, Joe, EVERYBODY got the cartoon’s joke. It’s not terribly obscure. (BillHinds, I don’t mean that as a criticism.)

   Joe, this is what I mean when I say comic strips don’t need to have everything spelled out A-B-C. People like a chance to figure things out for themselves; they don’t need footnotes, and if what had been implicit in the strip is made explicit in the comments, it takes away that chance for other people to have that “Aha! NOW I get it!” moment.

   If anybody is really troubled by an obscure reference or a troubling gap in the continuity of the joke-telling, they will ask for assistance. Failing that, if nobody says “I don’t get this”, assume that they do.

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   captainedd said, 4 months ago

   Can’t we just have a couple of laughs without having to THINK about it…after all, it takes all the FUN out of it…

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   AddADadaAdDad said, 4 months ago

   ^^Nicely said, fritzoid. There may also be more than one way to interpret the joke, and commenting on it as such. What peeves me is that holier-than-thou attitude when I’m told that there is only one way to read the strip and I didn’t read it correctly. Sometimes reading between the lines is more fun.

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   marydebauche said, 4 months ago

   fritzoid - that’s the most awesome example of a soccer fan-English major hybrid ever. Speakin my language, man.