Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney

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fear-ciuil said, 11 months ago

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fear-ciuil said, 11 months ago

Love Spinky’s expression in Panel … um … 4!
emjrn said, 11 months ago

Now that Spitcock is out of the house, it should be very easy for Dru to find him…..heh heh heh!

After Lena, he may think dealing with Dru will be easier!
Sisyphos said, 11 months ago

How much does mom really know? Or is she just used to her children’s (shall we say?) strange ways?
baslim_the_begger said, 11 months ago

All that working out as the Queen!
Margueritem said, 11 months ago

Delightful! Lena’s mom is just so casual.
wndrwrthg said, 11 months ago

That’s some fancy hoe work.
Joe Minotaur said, 11 months ago
Pibgorn: I think I hear the Nutcracker Suite in the background!
- 9CWL: Amos seems to know a lot about the petite Ms. Yuan.
emjrn said, 11 months ago

When my kids would make a racket like that, I would ask them if there was bone sticking out or blood spurting. If the answer was “No”, I then told them to clean it up before they left the room. I never got a “Yes”….thank the Good Lord!

I think Lena’s mom is so used to listening to her and Roger’s fighting and bickering that a little noise is not going to phase her.
Gweedo Murray said, 11 months ago

…Just putting the trash out Mom.
tallwoman41 said, 11 months ago

Is she gonna leave anything for Dru to finish off?
Just popped in to leave a plate of rice krispie treats…there’s napkins so you don’t get butter on the couch.
Night all!
The Old Wolf said, 11 months ago

Perfect! Inky’s looking somewhat bleached out at this point… I’m starting to like Lena more and more…

@Skulker: Thanks for that tremendous Welsh Pibgorn link. I’ve added it to the tribute page…
Sisyphos said, 11 months ago

Now if Roger will just get home, dinner can be served, finally!
debra4life50 said, 11 months ago

Lena does have style. Notice the ninja-like moves with the hoe.
The Old Wolf said, 11 months ago

Speaking of which, any guesses as to whether Prince Crewth’s name was inspired by this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crwth
Sisyphos said, 11 months ago

ccdesan: interesting speculation about the possible source of Prince Crewth’s name. –And, by the way, a hearty second to your thanks to TheSkulker for that pibgorn link & its throaty sound! –And he had some interesting thoughts “yesterday” about the Master’s creative process, too.
Joe Minotaur said, 11 months ago

“Mom? Can I go outside and play?”
“What will you be playing, Lena?”
“Stickball.”
“Okay, but dinner will be ready in ten days. Where’s your brother?”
“He’ll be home soon. He just had to pop out for a bite.”
“He’ll ruin his appetite!”
“Don’t worry, Mom. It’s just a light snack.”
paciii said, 11 months ago

Look Lena (a child’s story)
Look Lena, see the hoe!
See the hoe fly!
See the hoe caught.
See the demon catch it.
See the demon fly!
Fly, demom, fly!!

(and he doesn’t seem to have much control of his tongue, nor very toothy fangs, either…)
Adrienne Gormley said, 11 months ago

I’m counting the hours until Lena’s expression in Panel 3 shows up as somebody’s Avatar.
Joe Minotaur said, 11 months ago

Time for all good(and bad) Minotaurs to be in bed. Good-Night!
Sisyphos said, 11 months ago

Joe_Minotaur: ROFLMAO!
emjrn said, 11 months ago

Good night all. Will probably do more lurking this week than joining in.

Merry Christmas to all of you couch denizens and to the lurkers too! This strip and the comments have made many a difficult night easier to bear and for that, I thank you!
paciii said, 11 months ago

Makes you wonder what other answers MrsEggs has gotten when she’s asked that question in the past if she is so seemingly undisturbed by this answer.

bang!Bang!BANG!
“Lena, what are you doing in there”
“Just re-arranging Roger’s computer for him.”
jml58 said, 11 months ago

OUCH
fear-ciuil said, 11 months ago

Lena’s outfit just abruptly reminded me of this:
http://comics.com/9_chickweed_lane/2001-02-03
ARF2 said, 11 months ago

Lena sends seasons greetings to Spinky: Hoe, hoe, hoe!
Sisyphos said, 11 months ago

Went back to yesterday to review some links and noticed that it is KalahariNight who first posted the pibgorn link ( and TheSkulker quoted him).

fearciuil: nice observation of how Lena’s britches recall the godawful gym outfits Edda had to wear!
Margueritem said, 11 months ago

fearciuil says:

Lena’s outfit just abruptly reminded me of this:
http://comics.com/9chickweedlane/2001-02-03

ACK! That’s exactly what her shorts look like.
SirMirom said, 11 months ago

Pity she didn’t use the other end of the hoe, ala Bobbit.
TheSkulker said, 11 months ago

Sisyphos: Thanks for correcting the credits for the Pibgorn instrument and sound
link. I feel it is important to give credit where credit is due, espcially to a
newcomer to the couch. It also points out a problem with the posts: both you and
ccdesan missed the original post by KalahariNight. So much gets overlooked in the
plethora of messages here. It’s almost a full time job to keep up.
KingRat said, 11 months ago

Joe_Minotaur says:

9CWL: Amos seems to know a lot about the petite Ms. Yuan.

it was an international competition and at that level of play the cellists most likely are familiar with each others work and if not Amos had lots of time back in the states to look up the info.
Hugh B. Hayve said, 11 months ago

Ouch! That’s a 5 minute major penalty and a game misconduct in the NHL…and I don’t think Spinky’s wearing a cup.
thevenbede said, 11 months ago

Fearciuil: Thank you for the boilerplate and the “Don’t forget to ‘favorite’ the strip”. I’m always in such a hurry to see the strip and the comments that I would forget if your headline weren’t there.

As far as Mrs. Egg is concerned (as was I) as long as there is noise everything’s probably reasonably ok -not necessarily good, but ok. It was those ominous silences that got my parental antennae quivering. As long as it was noisy, I knew where they were and I knew what they’re doing.

I’ve got to leave early for work today if I want to be able to park within reasonable walking distance of the doors (holiday concert today). However, I’ll leave you with a warm-from- the-oven coffee cake with brown sugar streusal (recipe available upon request, Kal) and an urn of French Roast. There’s oj in the fridge-fresh squeezed. Enjoy couch friends, I’m off to see the cherubs.!
SuperRobot234 said, 11 months ago

I’ve been reading this strip and lurking around for a litte bit so I thought I put my two cents in. I’m pretty sure by the time Dru shows up to finish Spinky he’ll be begging Dru to save him from Lena.
Moe A. said, 11 months ago

Mom! Bede took my place on the couch!
Wonderful work today, and thanks for the info on Crwth!
We’re starting our holiday cooking….
M&D
Fairportfan said, 11 months ago

“Ow Ow OW OWWW!”
Mel(ody) said, 11 months ago

Contrary to currently popular PC child-rearing beliefs, there are things parents are better off not knowing.
Fairportfan said, 11 months ago

emjrn says:

“When my kids would make a racket like that, I would ask them if there was bone sticking out or blood spurting. If the answer was ‘No’, I then told them to clean it up before they left the room. I never got a ‘Yes’….thank the Good Lord!”

In Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, Jean Kerr said that, finally realising that the answer from upstairs to “What was that crash?” would inevitably be “What crash?”, she began yelling, instead “Hey you up there - pick up your pants!” on the joint theory that, since there was no screaming, no-one was seriously injured, and that someoine up there had a pair of pants that needed picking up, which would interrupt whatever nefarious action was going on.

ccdesan says:

“Speaking of which, any guesses as to whether Prince Crewth’s name was inspired by this?”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crwth
:nbsp;
Well, once you name your heroine after one obscure Welsh musical instrument, it would make sense to use the name of another for a suitably mystical-sounding character name.

Adrienne Gormley says:

“I’m counting the hours until Lena’s expression in Panel 3 shows up as somebody’s Avatar.”

Thought about it, but (A) it’s been too recent and (B) i need to give someone else a chance.

fearciuil says:

“Lena’s outfit just abruptly reminded me of this:”
http://comics.com/9chickweedlane/2001-02-03

Love Edda’s espression in that one.
TiggerLeBounce said, 11 months ago

OW! Yeah, I think Spinky’s getting the point! If Dru wants to play with him, she might want to hurry!
Joseph H said, 11 months ago

Ah, yes: “Parents are not interested in justice; they are interested in quiet.” Bill Cosby.

Never underestimate a hoe to the groin. ;)
macFicheallaigh said, 11 months ago

Poor Dru – she’s spoiling for a fight, but the fight has been taken out of Inky!

Remember last year’s Christmas panel, Dru on top of the tree, with batwings? Wonder what this year’s panel will be.
Fairportfan said, 11 months ago

Today’s 9CL finally was the key - i finally remembered who it was that Amos is looking more and more like: http://tinyurl.com/8dfkua
tallwoman41 said, 11 months ago

EMJRN: Amen.
Paigely said, 11 months ago

You know, suddenly I’m liking Lena more and more and more… =P

Adrienne Gormley says:
I’m counting the hours until Lena’s expression in Panel 3 shows up as somebody’s Avatar.

It just might, although its not as good as the “swing away!” drawing a week or so back. ^_^

ARF2 says:
Lena sends seasons greetings to Spinky: Hoe, hoe, hoe!

LMAO!

Who wants some peanut butter/hershey kiss cookies?
kcboomer said, 11 months ago

It’s hard to look at 8 year old Lena I remember she was the hottie queen.
Fairportfan said, 11 months ago

Someone mentioned that Spinky obviously forgot his cup.

I just remembered hearing of a British women’s soccer (maybe rugby?) player, who refers to the female equivalent (and any guys who don’t think females need such protection should think again…) as a “manhole cover”.
macFicheallaigh said, 11 months ago

Dinner at the Eggs home will be a bit unusual. So kids, how was your day?
Pokefan_Frank said, 11 months ago

Mrs. Egg rides again!

Adrienne: Not yet they haven’t!

9 Chickweed Lane: Love Edda’s evil grin today.

Oh, and Amos probably found out about Yuan’s limited multilinguality when he went to trade cello’s with her. Imagine the encounter

Amos: Ms. Yuan, I’m putting an end to this. We will use eachother’s cello’s and that’s final!
Yuan: Pardone ? Je ne comprend rien.
Orgelspieler said, 11 months ago

Crwth is only the Welsh Gaelic name for the late medieval instrument elsewhere known as the rotta, chrotta, cruit, etc. However, given the dual purpose of the name “pibgorn” in our current context, perhaps the Prince was in fact named after a stringed instrument.
heligmyer said, 11 months ago

Roger and Lena’s rows must have really been something if the sound of a broken window doesn’t faze Mom.

“Dinner’s almost ready, honey. Whatever you’re doing, finish it up chop-chop and get down here!”