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   GEE1A said, 6 months ago

   seal of approval, or not.

   your move!

   What’s The Grim Reaper going to do with that weed wacker?

   Dudley reminds me of The Master Cylinder in the old Felix the Cat cartoons.

   GO Comics just reconfigured yet again! Is this necessary?

   OK TG for wikipedia the Bergman reference.: “The Seventh Seal”

   btw this is easier to edit than the old format.

   Thank you baslimthebegger on that; got it now. I’m a little slow on the uptake!

   Way to go jestrfyl, you are the clever one.

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   Sisyphos said, 6 months ago

   Dudley just flagstaffed a bishop move. Does the Knight’s Code of Chivalry cover chess conduct?

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   wndrwrthg said, 6 months ago

   Cheating death is such a fun pastime.

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   baslim_the_begger said, 6 months ago

   The weed whacker is because there are so many of us, a scythe just doesn’t cut it anymore!

   And Dudley is risking getting whacked!

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   jml58 said, 6 months ago

   Everybody tries to cheat the reaper.

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   greyghost83 said, 6 months ago

   Far Side rip off.

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   LadyThornewood said, 6 months ago

   wouldn’t cheat you? In a heartattack.

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   mivins said, 6 months ago

   One down, six seals to go.

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   TheRedHatt said, 6 months ago

   Sheesh thats a new one ?

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    jestrfyl said, 6 months ago

    Was this the Seventh Time Dudleyy tried that exact same trick? Was Justin channeling Ingmar Bergman on this one? Check!

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    jestrfyl said, 6 months ago

    Hey Justin,
    Nice job on “Legend of Bill”!

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    JUSTIN THOMPSON said, 6 months ago

    Oooooh, you guys are good.
    You got the Bergman reference.
    Nice.

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    Doctor Toon said, 6 months ago

    Don’t fear the Reaper.
    He’s easily distracted.

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    Chanticleer said, 6 months ago

    Aw hell. Here’s me laughing at the Ingmar Bergman reference, only to look at the comments and see jestrfyl has beaten me to it. We’re a smart group of readers, we are! Well done as always, Justin!

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    Joe Minotaur said, 6 months ago

    “The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy” had a similar game of chess.

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    deadheadzan said, 6 months ago

    yes, Ingmar Bergman did it first.

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    Fairportfan said, 6 months ago

    Heh.

    Did you ever see the Oscar-winning short film “Die Düva”? (Which, incidentally, is Madeline Kahn’s first film appearance.)

    Badminton.

    And in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novel “Maskerade”, witch Granny Weatherwax lays a game of poker against Death for the life of a sick child - if she wins, death takes a sick calf in the inn’s barn. If she loses, Death takes her.

    She deals; five cards, straight showdown poker, no draw.

    And just before the showdown Death says “…and now we swap hands.”

    Granny sighs, does so, and shows four kings (in the hand she dealt to Death).

    Death looks at his own hand, says, “It seems I lose - I have only four ones.”

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    stpatme said, 6 months ago

    Justin, I’m surprised you are surprised at your readers getting the Bergman reference. We are a more intellectual lot than most comics fans.

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    Fairportfan said, 6 months ago

    Check this xkcd tribute after Gary Gygax died: http://xkcd.com/393/

    In Die Düva, which i mentioned above, the guy plays badminton with death.

    And wins when Death is distracted by a dove pooping on his nice clean robe…

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    DarkMoonBeam said, 6 months ago

    Some days you’re the pigeon, some days you’re the statue ;-)