Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney

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fear-ciuil said, 3 months ago

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Margueritem said, 3 months ago

Nat, you’re needed.
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

Dru has only brief interludes to recruit Nat’s help.
Gweedo Murray said, 3 months ago

I think Diane’s going to do some bargaining about that .cockroach thing.
Mattimeomeg said, 3 months ago

Nat’s only now collecting himself? That must have been one heckofa mind fusion!
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

Blasted transitions! Much more of this and that sleek red dress will be reduced to practically nothing…. (refraining from spitting out lascivious thought….)
Don Tomaso said, 3 months ago

O good! Dru is still in her new plumage. And I must say, the posterior view is quite fetching.

Well off to dreamland. Maybe I can be a cartoon in my dreams and run into a succubus with black & red plumage.
VicTR said, 3 months ago

Grant’s Tomb ??? He’s DEAD ? ? ? ! !
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 3 months ago

Speaking of “We’re Needed”, can you believe that McNee is still with us. http://www.patrickmacnee.com/
Gweedo Murray said, 3 months ago

Yes VicTR and the war is over too, so you my as well turn in your equipment and collect your discharge and one hell of a disability check, if you happened to pick any up. Gonorrhea doesn’t count.
BikeNBoatN said, 3 months ago

Sisyphos that sleek red dress will be reduced to practically nothing And that’s a problem how? Hehe….

So even though Dru seems to be the only one of the ladies who knows what’s going on, she’s rather powerless to do anything about it. Which means now she needs Nat’s help? Rather unbecoming of an omnipotent succubus, isn’t it?

9CL: Wonder what Diane’s proposition will be?
waycyber said, 3 months ago

The plot lines converge
elfinelvin said, 3 months ago

She is soooo going to get Tom for this!
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 3 months ago

I like how McE makes a joke of “Omnipotent”. Neither drusilla nor Monty are very powerful, but each make the claim to that status…
BikeNBoatN said, 3 months ago

Since Nat is outside of the game show, how will he be able to help?
BikeNBoatN said, 3 months ago

The last panel of the sketch leaves out all of Dru’s exposition, thereby omitting her entire plea for help. That would seem to be crucial to the development of the story. Glad it made it to the final artwork.
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

Maybe Dru is recruiting Nat’s help as a courier, to fetch Geoff and equip him with The Ultimate Weapon, or some such. –Call it “indirect omnipotence” if you will!
BikeNBoatN said, 3 months ago

Hey, Tom is back to his whole, colorful, buff but creepy self.
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

See? BikeNBoatN spat it out for me!
OldMan Montgomery said, 3 months ago

How will Nat be able to help?

With that sort of encouragement, I could have stopped Mao from taking China.
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

Hey, that’s Crandall, the codpiece model!
ARF2 said, 3 months ago

So Dru is feeding Tom “wrong” answers and taking devastating blasts so she can get in touch with Nat so he can come to the rescue. I hope Tom does not catch on…
Gweedo Murray said, 3 months ago

Nabuqudu…, that site bites. They conveniently left out an insignificant little thing called The Prisoner, in the WORK section.
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Welcome back Elfin…. Does elvin want his hoola hoop ?
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

I think, Gweedo, you’re having a brain f*rt, confusing Patricks MacNee and MacGoohan….
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 3 months ago

hehe. Yep, the site needs a LOT of work. I just thought it interesting that McNee was still alive. He’s what, 80 something?

True. McNee was Avengers, not Prisoner. Avengers was campy but fun. Had a lot of actors and actresses who made it big on later shows, too. I remember watching one old episode on tape a few years back and recognized a very young Julian Glover, who’s a regular bit player in Lucasfilms and Spielberg films.
Gweedo Murray said, 3 months ago

Whoa!!! Sisyphos, you are so right. It aint silent but it sure is deadly ! That guy’s mighty old. I’m glad he’s still on top of thee old sod.
waycyber said, 3 months ago

@BikeNBoatN said, 17 minutes ago
Since Nat is outside of the game show, how will he be able to help?

Maybe Dru and Nat can swap places? Or merge? Or maybe Nat can follow a trail to the game show?
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 3 months ago

Gnat is a demon. He might be able to do something if he let’s himself out of his current persona.
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

I sorta miss the old Avengers; there were some fine-looking ladies on that show: Honor Blackman, Diana Rigg, even Joanna Lumley….
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 3 months ago

As a kid, I was impressed by the gadgets in the cane.
waycyber said, 3 months ago

I like jokes, but I draw the line at racist jokes, However, in current times, bank managers are fair game.

There were two bank managers walking through the park, Patrick and Murphy. Patrick says to Murphy “Hey, there’s a dead bird.” Murphy scans the skies and says “Where?”
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 3 months ago

Pibgorn: a cross between a spacefaring reptile and a Dr. Pepper analog from Coke.
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

Nabuquduriuzhur: shame on you! Not our Pibgorn! She’s all fine fairy, thank you!
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 3 months ago

hehe. sorry. I get silly when I’m tired. You remember Star Trek’s Arena, with the Gorn? The asthmatic reptile that moved in slow motion that Kirk dropped a paper-mache rock on…?
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

Um, yah; I remember that episode….
Joe Minotaur said, 3 months ago

Pibgorn
Worth the wait?

I think so!!

9CWL:
Diane may still believe and will make a plea for him to change his mind on making her unborn child the first in a race that will evolve into human sized cockroaches.
Joe Minotaur said, 3 months ago

Re: Star Trek; The Gorn episode.
At a Star Trek convention in Las Vegas a few years ago, I met the actor that was in that rubber suit. In the gift shop that had alot of Star Trek memorabilia, they had the original Gorn suit on display. I told a reporter from a magazine about it, but I never found out if he was able to get them together for a picture.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 3 months ago

it was just an inane joke on that episode of Star Trek and Mr. Pibb soda pop…

To Mr. Pibb. Pop! gurgle gurgle. Fizzzzzz. gulp gulp. Ahh.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 3 months ago

re: Star trek.

cool. I imagine that wasn’t much fun to film in a rubber suit like that, though.
Ladywolf17 said, 3 months ago

THE LITTLE DOG
Part Three

At day break the campsite forest rangers ordered an, air support and a boat patrol to comb every inch of the forest. They were determined. to find Susie, hopefully alive and in one piece.

Susie woke up not feeling well, her head was damp with sweat. Still, she got up. She had an idea of gathering up lots of rocks to spell out the word help in letters large enough for an aircraft or helicopter to see. She began to work but felt light-headed and passed out

Planes, helicopters and boats started out first, followed by a large search party on foot. Susie’s name was called over and over, but no response came.

The little dog tore a piece of fabric from Susie’s dress, then went down to the river and got it wet. The little dog then went back to Susie and placed the damp fabric on her forehead. Then it decided to finish Susie’s job for her.

A couple of Hours had passed, and still there was no luck in finding Susie. The search by air was turning up no results and fuel was becoming a critical factor. soon they were going to have to turn back.

The little dog could hear a helicopter coming from a distance. Contemplating on what to do, the little dog began running around in a bizarre pattern.

The spotter from the passenger side of the helicopter saw a strange sight of a little dog running around in a weird kind of way. ” That truly is strange, Fred”. said the pilot. Fred kept watching the little dog run it’s weird patterns, then it hit Fred, those weren’t patterns but letters. He watched the Little dog, this time concentrating on the letters. Fred made out the letters S.O.S.

“That little dog down there knows where Susie is”. Fred shouted out to the pilot. The helicopter landed and Fred bolted out following the little dog to where Susie lay unconscious.

Fred then radioed to the rangers that Susie had been found, but that she was in bad shape burning up with a high fever. An emergency air lift for Susie was called for.

Susie had regained consciousness at the hospital two days later. She was in stable condition and would be released the next day. Her right arm was in a cast, but other than that she was a typical happy eight year old that had survived a major ordeal. She asked about the little dog, but nobody had a clue as to where it had run off to.

Finally released from the hospital, Susie and her parents went back to the family reunion. One day while sitting at a table drawing, her cousins came up to her and asked her if she wanted to play tag. Susie was excited and followed in pursuit. Her drawing left on the table was that of the little dog. THE END

……………………………………………………………………………………………..

WOW! looks like a happy ending for everyone, but where is the little dog. Well! some things are best left as an unsolved mystery. I think that I’ll let you all draw your own conclusions to that matter. Personally I know the answer but choose to have you all form your own opinions as it pertains to the little dog. I hope that you liked this story.
ejcapulet said, 3 months ago

Grant’s Tomb - ha ha ha ha, classic! I think she’s gotten the hang of this Q&A thing!
pittfall said, 3 months ago

Man, Dru looks good in a Fedora; from any angle.
Mikkail said, 3 months ago

If that’s Nat, why is he talking more like Geoff?
MasterDiver said, 3 months ago

Tom T looks a little heftier than in his previous incarnations;
went for the Big Hair look, too…and …COLLAGEN LIPS???

He looks like he’s over-inflated. Is he drawing on Dru’s hyper-mojo to generate more ectoplasm? Is there a crucial limit before he exceeds critical mass?

Will Dru give one more “wrong answer” and KABOOM!!??

Tune in for the next exciting episode….

and have some fresh Nantucket Blend coffee and warm bagles, with assorted lo-fat cream cheeses, available on the Coffee Table…
waycyber said, 3 months ago

@MasterDiver That isn’t Tom
Squire_of_the_shire said, 3 months ago

Some women do look good in hats. My Angel is one of them.
My guess is that she’s going to try and find some way of channeling Mr. Bustards’ juice through her and serve up a London Broil Tom T. By the way, The panel that the Honourable Master sent by way of an apology yesterday was definitely class. I could get to like the silver and black plumage quite nicely.
UncaAlby said, 3 months ago

@waycyber said, about 3 hours ago

I like jokes, but I draw the line at racist jokes, However, in current times, bank managers are fair game.

There were two bank managers walking behind the cemetery late at night. To their surprise, they spotted what appeared to be a human head lying there on the ground.

Patrick carefully reached down, and picked up the head, and held up high up to the sky. He turned it left and right in the moonlight until both he and Murphy had gotten a good look – then shrieked out in whisper – “My God! That’s Killian! From the Accounting Department!”

Murphy squinted once more up at the gruesome head, and said, “Don’t be ridiculous! Killian isn’t that tall!”
geedub said, 3 months ago

WHAT!……WHAT!!!! The suspense is killing me!!
waycyber said, 3 months ago

@geedub

Do you know what is really, really effective in keeping a person in suspense?
Seadog36 said, 3 months ago

Grant’s Tomb is the correct answer on ‘You Bet Your Life’.

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A fantastic saga of adventure both high and low, of forbidden passion and iambic pentameter, of fays, fools, organists, demons, accordions, heaven, hell and Shakespeare, Pibgorn follows the whims and flights of its eponymous fairy heroine as she plies her conviction that there must be more to life than depositing dew drops on dandelions and sleeping under mushrooms.

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