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   eatteaphonenome said, 3 months ago

   notebooks, $25.00
   pens, $10.00
   the expression on Alix’s face…. priceless

   Though I have to ask, is that a cigarette or a joint on the ground just below Holly’s elbow?

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   Joe Minotaur said, 3 months ago

   Popsicle stick.

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   somebodyshort said, 3 months ago

   good one eat. love Holly’s toes

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   Carmy said, 3 months ago

   Ha ha! Even the doogie and the bird got surprised.

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   Macushlalondra said, 3 months ago

   It could be a popsicle stick or one of those two toned nail buffer thingys.

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   hildigunnur said, 3 months ago

   oh, the horror!

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   JosephR4570 said, 3 months ago

   I’m retired, my daughter is grown, and I STILL find “back to school” depressing. :(

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   dapperdan61 said, 3 months ago

   August, ya gotta love it

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   mamarose127 said, 3 months ago

   School started last week for me. I did my school shopping in JULY!

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    lightenup said, 3 months ago

    If there was sound in comics, all of the music and noise and laughing came to a screeching halt.

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    dawnk777 said, 3 months ago

    I think that’s a popsicle stick or orange creamsicle stick, by Holly’s elbow! I agree that the music would come to a screeching halt! I had been waiting for this! LOL!

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    sparkle72 said, 3 months ago

    I think it’s a nail file.

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    ana_demeter said, 3 months ago

    lightenup said:
    If there was sound in comics, all of the music and noise and laughing came to a screeching halt.

    Exactly. I actually heard the sound of a record scratching to dead silence rofl!

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    Fairportfan said, 3 months ago

    Hmmm. “aaaaaaaaaaa…” seems to have suddenly appeared just today in order to make like a Cuisine-Challenged Bridge Substructure Symbiont on several strips.

    Whatsamatter aaaa…?

    Did they finally delete your old account?

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    Burgundy2 said, 3 months ago

    I think the number at the end of his’her name explains everything - either age or IQ - take your pick.

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    Doctor Toon said, 3 months ago

    Don’t feed them, flag them.

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    Lewreader said, 3 months ago

    Connecticut is giving a tax free back to school break on articles of clothing or shoes costing less than $300. Kids need $300 shoes?

18. 

    Sheila said, 3 months ago

    i THINK aUGUST JUST ENDED…

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    Burgundy2 said, 3 months ago

    Duly noted, doctortoon (stares at ground and scuffs feet).

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    Burgundy2 said, 3 months ago

    Pssst, shewith5 works better with your caps lock off.

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    NoBrandName said, 3 months ago

    How many people just type and hit post without proof-reading what they just typed?

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    jmworacle said, 3 months ago

    What a “thrill”……

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    RinaFarina said, 3 months ago

    @NoBrandName; you know what? I think almost everybody!!

    of course. I have been assuming that even if they did check, it wouldn’t do any good, because they don’t seem to know anything about spelling or grammar in the first place.

    Quite often, I have to decipher someone’s text. I find that the best way to do this is to say aloud what you are reading, pronouncing it, carefully, exactly as written, and listening to yourself to see if anything sounds familiar.

    It was in this way that I determined that the person who wrote “libril” must have meant “liberal”. At first I thought they meant a tranquilizer.

    And then finally, since I live in Canada, I have to translate American words (where appropriate) into their Canadian equivalent. In general, what American call “liberal” we would call “somewhat to the right of centre”.

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    CheekyWeeMonkeys said, 3 months ago

    I still feel dread when I see back to school stuff, and I no longer go to school.

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    pinkdryad said, 3 months ago

    thus endeth the joys of August

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    kab2rb said, 3 months ago

    The moms could do what mine did. Garage sales are getting hughly popular. Getting ready for school for clothes. Sometimes you will find other things for school from Garage sales people no longer need. For people especially unemployed. Our school here starts Monday 17th.
    I have talked to a few kids they are ready for school they also like to read.

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    jbc41076 said, 3 months ago

    I’m back at work after a 2 week staycation, my adult kids (live with us) are working, but Stone Soup reminds me to savor every bit of summer weather we have left.  Our town pools are open until Labor Day, the beaches, also [THANK YOU- JAN]
    
    After years of teaching and getting 2 kids ready for a new school year in September, I still remember that feeling of loss of the summer, but also the potential of a new school years.
    
    

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    prasrinivara said, 3 months ago

    ETPhoneHome, that was a popsicle which Holly converted to a tongue-depressor.

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    vasgar1 said, 3 months ago

    and that would be the end of “what I love about August”… :)