Art holds a mirror up to Nature. The Buckets come along, turn the mirror on Art and say, “Look how goofy you’re acting. Now get to work, Art. Your kids need an Xbox 360.”
The Buckets comic strip isn’t a parody of family life. Parodies are filled with hearts and rainbows or enraged tirades and dramatic confrontation. The Buckets, though? Nope. Real life, baby. It’s funny because it’s on a page and not in your house at the moment. Next week, when it’s happening to you, you’ll thank us for reminding you that it’s supposed to be funny.
Greg Cravens looks in the mirror and see not himself, but all of us. And then he draws up the silly, grand, goofy, thrilling, utterly human things we do and calls it The Buckets.
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Pacopuddy said, 7 months ago
Stab sticks! I like it!
runar
said, 7 months ago
In Chinese, they’re called 筷子(kuàizi), which means, roughly, “quick sticks”. In Chinese-English pidgin, “chop-chop” means “quickly”.
Plods with Beer ( did I mention beer? )
said, 7 months ago
@runar
I’m truly amazed at the wealth of information you have and share in the toons. Thanks!
Number Three said, 7 months ago
Oh no… Not the ‘Why’?
I used to eat with chopsticks for some weird reason. I was quite good at it.
xxx
piksea
said, 7 months ago
His name does make more sense, at least for the way he’ll eat with them.
listmom said, 7 months ago
@runar
Thanks for the info! My sons love to eat with chopsticks; now I’ll be able to tell them not only the proper Chinese name, but why they are called what they’re called. :)
Allan said, 7 months ago
I’m 32, and still can’t figure out how the f&#k to work the damn things!!
The sad part? I live in a community that is 60% Asian, 20% white, and 20% “Other” (whom also like the damn chop sticks!) LOL
Comic Minister said, 7 months ago
I have no idea why.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 7 months ago
That is the reason why countries like sticky rice but not here.Non-stick rice we have which makes it near impossible to use the quick sticks.
Greg Cravens
said, 7 months ago
Sticky rice is way high in the starches.
Linda Dean
said, 7 months ago
Ronald Raymond Solomon, born 10-18-12…..9 lbs.-12.4 oz’s….22 1/5 inches….He’s big, he’s large, he’s in charge!!!…and he is precious…I just got the skyped photos….he is gorgeous!!….and so tiny…but so big….I bet he plays tackle for the Cowboys in about 22 years!!!!…so small, so downy…blonde hair…blue eyes that will probably be green so the pediatrician says….omg…I am so verklempt right now…my grandson is here….how can I love someone so much that I have never met?…doesnt matter, he is his grandfathers legacy…long may he wave the banner of what and who we are!
and yes, I will teach him to say stab sticks and not chop sticks…lol…
Allan said, 7 months ago
@Linda Dean
awww now I wanna see a photo of the lil munskin! :D
Hunter7 said, 7 months ago
@Linda Dean
yes. share-ies! though have a pretty good image of the newbie in your life. You described him quite nicely.
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Now Eddie? wait until he tries to stab the peas! I have a nice pair of japanese stab sticks. And yes. they can stab. nicely.
Hunter7 said, 7 months ago
….. saving the chinese stab (chop)sticks from the take out containers(they’re cheap wood) for future kindling. ….. ….. Never know when the world will be without power.