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   ejcapulet said, 6 months ago

   Do ALL men have the have the brains of gerbils? Or is it just them?

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   Zanthia said, 6 months ago

   It’s just so true…

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   Vote said, 6 months ago

   I’m puzzled: These are re-run strips now, maybe from early 1980s, eh? Where did that big, wide-screen, thinnish TV come from? What gives?

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   Bill Case said, 6 months ago

   John was at a bar?

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   BridgeGuy said, 6 months ago

   @ Vote:
   As I understand it, these aren’t reruns in the sense that they’re just cut-and-pasted from an old paper. From the FBorFW.com site: “Lynn is presently enjoying semi-retirement as she handpicks select FBorFW strips to be re-published in the newspapers and fills in the original stories with new art and insights.”

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   plus4 said, 6 months ago

   I like the names like Biffnobb & Hogwilt.

   P.S.: I’m not a sports fan, so you can exclude me from the “gerbil brain” stereotype, thank you very much.

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   Carol1966 said, 6 months ago

   I’m on board with plus4,,,,and another scenario would be someone like my hubby who does love sports and also does not have the brain of a gerbil. Someone sounds bitter.

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   PhoebeDog said, 6 months ago

   Well, I’m a woman and I’ve often been exhausted after watching my favorite team win a game (or even lose one). I agree that many people overdo their sports enthusiasm, but I feel sorry for people who have never known the excitement of having their team win a big game.

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   bald 716 said, 6 months ago

   i’m so tired from the game - maybe i’ll call in sick tomorrow

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    FishStix said, 6 months ago

    ejcapulet says: Do ALL men have the have the brains of gerbils? Or is it just them? Answer: We’re even nuttier when it comes to women - so yes, we do have the brains of a hamster! But that ain’t all bad…

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    summerdog said, 6 months ago

    Old rotary dial telephones and slim, on the wall TV’s, do kind of jar the senses. Pick a decade and stick to it!

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    dspitko1 said, 6 months ago

    Go Blackhawks!!!!!

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    Macushlalondra said, 6 months ago

    I’ve been on both sides of this, with sports and soaps. Some of us really tend to get into our interests in a big way.

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    princepavel said, 6 months ago

    GO Canucks,GO!! We let you guys win one last night Blackhawks….

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    Wolfdreamer250 said, 6 months ago

    This was a new comic, but it is based on one when Mike and Gordan were teenagers. Thats why it has the state of the art tv instead of the old clunker. I’ve been looking at Lynn’s strips and can tell very quickly which ones are new and which ones are reruns.

    They were watching a hockey game and Mike and everyone was yelling and at the end Mike says “wow, we played a great game didn’t we?” Gordan turns to Mike and says “we didn’t do anything” I liked that one better then this.

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    The_Ol_Goaler said, 6 months ago

    princepavel and Jimbag…

    As a Blues fan, I hope you both lose! ;-)

    What’s even worse is what I find myself doing… yelling at the TV with no one else around!

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    Gweedo Murray said, 6 months ago

    If the team (I own) wins.. Yeah! I’m excited! I have the brain of a coyote. Not sure what that means.

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    Radical-Knight said, 6 months ago

    Hey, We Gerbil Brains have to stick together, Thankyou very much. XD

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    Allan Claus said, 6 months ago

    GO CANUCKS GO! CO CANUCKS GO! KICK SOME BLACKHAWK ARSE!!

    And I agree, the LCD TV in 1970 wasn’t possible… Lynn dropped the ball … unless it’s “built into” the wall but still doesn’t explain the ‘wide screen 16:9 format’

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    thestargazer1682 said, 6 months ago

    Don’t lumps us all together ejcapulet, I really don’t care sports. I’ll play a friendly game of basketball of baseball with friends and family - the kind of games just kinda happen without planning and no one’s sure what the score is most of the time - but watching sporting events are indescribably boring.

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    thestargazer1682 said, 6 months ago

    I don’t see a rotary phone in this strip summerdog.

    AllanVS, I don’t think it’s technically set in the 70s any more; Lynn has redone strips to make them more contemporary. I recall one a few months back, she changed the name of some celebrity John mentions to a modern celebrity (that wasn’t known at the time original came out) so people would get the reference.

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    Stuart Gathman said, 6 months ago

    ejcapule1 - Men with more brains than a gerbil are rare. This is because women prefer men with flashy cars, flashy clothes, smooth pick-up lines, square jaws, insincere flattery, or all of the above. Fortunately, a few perceptive women grow out of this stage by their 30s - or only gerbil brained men would be left.

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    summerdog said, 6 months ago

    The rotary dial phone I was referring to, is in the April 20th strip, stargazer.

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    Wildmustang1262 said, 6 months ago

    ejcapulet says: Do ALL men have the have the brains of gerbils? Or is it just them?
    The size of gerbils’ brains are just like many tiny peas!

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    Sternvogel said, 6 months ago

    thestargazer1682: The strip you’re referring to originally mentioned that an applicant for a position in John’s office “looks like Cheryl Ladd”. The name was changed to Shania Twain in the updated version.