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   Margueritem said, 5 months ago

   I hate when my family gives me indigestion, not to mention apoplexy.

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   judyparka said, 5 months ago

   The kid reaching across the table is way out of proportion compared to the other family members.

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   judyparka said, 5 months ago

   Tillie? Glee you? Jaw and jaw? Snapping mottoes party? I’m lost. Maybe my brain has apoplexy.

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   judyparka said, 5 months ago

   BTW, I spell “mottoes” without the “e”: mottos.

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   painedsmile said, 5 months ago

   How is the sister supposed to eat her cauliflower and mashed potatoes without a face? (Not a very colorful meal, a lot of white food).

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   Sisyphos said, 5 months ago

   One of my favorite menu items, cauliflower and apoplexy!

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   cleokaya said, 5 months ago

   Just give me the da@n food and stop explaining it. I am hungry dar@ it and I want my friggin’ food.

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   prettyfeet said, 5 months ago

   Pass the salt shaker, please. My apoplexy isn’t salty enough.

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   wndrwrthg said, 5 months ago

   Goofus always reaches for food, upsetting everyone. Gallant politely asks for it to be passed to him.

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    ejcapulet said, 5 months ago

    I have a set of antique salt and pepper shakers just like those. Creepy. Maybe I better check them for tiny beetles.

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    liliann said, 5 months ago

    Why is the kid wearing a suit for a family dinner? This reminds me of those insufferable instructional films with the warped soundtrack and the dorky kids and Ozzie and Harriet family scenes that schools used to force us to watch in grade school and junior high. Or of the Goofus and Gallant strips in Highlights for Children magazine.

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    cabrobst said, 5 months ago

    Sit at the table and use a fork or spoon! Your great grandparent would consider you such barbarians if they were alive today.

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    3hourtour said, 5 months ago

    …a year a go today,my mom-whose name was Tillie-drifted out of consciousness in the hospital…a few hours into tomorrow she died….Though she died a warm,valiant wonderful death,I still miss her ..how odd to have her name appear in today’s Frog Applause…

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    flyingflowerpot said, 5 months ago

    3hour: How beautiful and touching. “A warm, valiant and wonderful death.” Poetic. Thank you for sharing. And Tillie is a lovely name.

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    sloop said, 5 months ago

    If the oldest suited son wasn’t jawing on the phone trying to be popular with Tillie or Johnnie, he’d be able to pass the butter to Carlton Banks.

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    sloop said, 5 months ago

    The family “board”?! Do they mean TABLE?

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    afeeney said, 5 months ago

    3hourtour, condolences on your loss. She must have been a wonderful woman.

    I think they mean table, “board,” as in “bread and board” was probably the older term for it, from when you were lucky if you had a board to put the food on.

    I don’t think that Faceless Girl is the sister. She’s actually the father’s mistress, which is why her face is whited out for confidentiality. She’s going to bloodily avenge Aunt Susie’s apoplexy. (We see the late Aunt Susie’s plate at the far right, in memoriam.)

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    Dypak said, 5 months ago

    Hey Sloop! Long time no see!

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    thevenbede said, 5 months ago

    In the old days -up until about the 1500s- tables were boards set on frames (trestles) so that they could be stored easily (i.e. out of the way) when not in use.

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    sloop said, 5 months ago

    Hey, Dypak. When I’m between women, I have more time to read the comics. My last girlfriend wore me OUT (and not in a good way).

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    sloop said, 5 months ago

    lrope: Did you miss me too???

22. 

    Kaero said, 5 months ago

    This makes me think of Jim Lilek’s works…especially the Institute of Official Cheer…

    http://www.lileks.com/institute/index.html

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    sandboil said, 5 months ago

    What??! Did Glen Baxter pass away? www.glenbaxter.com

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    Skylark said, 5 months ago

    After reading this, I am not hungry any longer!
    Way to go T. Ruin a good meal!!! :/ :P

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    sandboil said, 5 months ago

    Kaero: Great link. Thanks.

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    Margueritem said, 5 months ago

    Jim Lileks is my hero!

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    plight said, 5 months ago

    Yep, Lileks has some wonderful stuff over there. I like this kind of ‘toon … the more you look at it, the more there is to deconstruct. Just imagine what people will be doing 67 years hence with our current ‘cultural product’.

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    itchybacon said, 5 months ago

    Being surrounded by mashed potatoes sounds a little kinky.

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    haikumiko said, 5 months ago

    I wonder what medical term is currently used in place of apoplexy.

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    haikumiko said, 5 months ago

    According to Wiki, Warren G. Harding and Robert Louis Stevenson (among others) died of apoplexy.