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   water_moon said, 8 months ago

   “need stashed”? need stashing maybe, or to be stashed, but the funny is lost when my brain goes “wait, what?”
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   simpsonfan2 said, 8 months ago

   Or it could be stached, if he had one like Ned Flanders.
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   Doctor Toon said, 8 months ago

   Needs “to be” stashed
   

   
   “To be”, rhymes with doobie
   

   
   What was I talking about?
   

   
   Dude, I must be really inspired
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   whmIII said, 8 months ago

   Forget the explanations…
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   Jkiss said, 8 months ago

   The world would be a happier place if we all had daily inspiration.
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   CrimsonFoxx said, 8 months ago

   @water_moon

   Oh for the love of…She’s talking about drugs, if he’s getting his inspiration from them and if they’d need to be stashed to hide them from the police…
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   Penny Robinson Fan Club said, 8 months ago

   @water_moon

   Dunno where Clark is from or where Lola is from, but that IS a well-known regionalism mostly associated with western Pennsylvania/Ohio (Pittsburgh is notorious) and reportedly stems from German construction applied to English. So dinner “Needs cooked,” the barn " Needs painted," etc, dropping out the “to be.”

   Grok the fullness, man.
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   bbj3369 said, 8 months ago

   I agree with Penny…the cartoonist must be from Pittsburgh or nearby. I have lived from Texas to New England and the Pittsburgh area is the only place I’ve ever heard the dropping of “to be” (My essay needs typed; the house needs cleaned; my kids need bathed, etc.)
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   KathyMTM said, 8 months ago

   O_o
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    runar said, 8 months ago

    Last sentence no verb.
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    TCtoonz said, 8 months ago

    Okay, here’s the deal. I was an Air Force brat. Name a state…I’ve lived there. Not sure where I picked up this particular verbage, but I apologize if it’s causing stress throughout the comics page. As always, thanks for reading!
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    Jkiss said, 8 months ago

    No stress here darlin, I got the joke and had no issue with the wordage. Besides, I’ve had my daily inspiration.
    :-)
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    underwriter said, 8 months ago

    @Penny Robinson Fan Club

    Parts of the South I believe, or it may have just been contagion from military moving about. It doesn’t bother my ear I hear it as an ellipsis.
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    pschearer said, 8 months ago

    From the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition:
    

    
    Regional Note: When need is used as the main verb, it can be followed by a present participle, as in The car needs washing, or by to be plus a past participle, as in The car needs to be washed. However, in some areas of the United States, especially western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, many speakers omit to be and use just the past participle form, as in The car needs washed. This use of need with past participles is slightly more common in the British Isles, being particularly prevalent in Scotland.
    

    
    (I lean toward the idea it stems from German grammar, like some other Pennsylvania idiosyncrasies.)
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    jimmyh43105 said, 8 months ago

    I’m from Ohio I got it right away, surprised so many people on here questioned the wording. Anyway, I thought it was hilarious. :)
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