Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for July 07, 2015

I wanted so very much, before I lost my touchTo write a poem today, I hoped there’d be much to sayAmazing tales of suspense, or if Mindy’s a tad too intenseDid junior really steal those cups, Or did Sandy ever sire some pupsWill Honeymoon file a complaintOr has the MCU’s reputation suffered taintWill Poppa continue to puff in the airCausing health problems to all who are nearInstead I’m driven to tryTo create a poem on the flyBecause Mike and Joe wrote such a fillerThat could’nt have been much more sillier.

Well, we called that one, huh?

Now, THAT’s funny! (I don’t care HOW many people suggested this, it’s STILL great!) And, as we all know, Mike & Joe do this VERY much in advance of when we read it!

On an unrelated note, everyone should check out the Eiji Tsuburaya google doodle.

Good morning guys!Nice work avenger09! G’morning Gwedo!Can Google translate Mumble’s message? Alta Vista? Who?

I was half kidding when I wondered if Mumbles wrote texts and e-mails in “Mumbleze”…..I’m with BB Eyes’ reaction on this.

Well, it turns out that written Mumble-ese is even harder to understand than spoken Mumble-ese. Here’s my attempt:

To: My baes

Hey, babies.Private eye Johnny Adonis spotted here.Can you advise?Mumbles

This seems to fit with what I was thinking about the Sunday strip, that Johnny Adonis on the beach in Florida (instead of in the hospital in Chicago) is a major clue about the Blackhearts mystery. And I’m still convinced that was NOT the real Johnny.

The comics are a wonderful escapeFrom the daily grid that we hateThey help us become just anythingOur own imagination can bringI can Avenge those in peril by providing a timely LOLVistaBill can be a stud, showing Rikki he’s never a dudGweedo can sarcastically joke while posting words of hopeWhile Neil’s the voice of reason, no matter what time or season.

Frpm last night, VistaBill said:“… We must remember that this is not the real world. We come here for entertainment and Mike Curtis, Joe Staton, et al certainly are providing with plenty of that”!Once again proving that this gentleman is the Godfather of our group!. Thank You, VistaBill!

Good morning Tracy fans.-——Eldo, it is still a good poem.-——@Gweedo the ‘Early Bird’: URW.-—-Be happy and healthy my friends.

This is cute. Blaze didn’t “get it” at first, but with BB-Eyes’ help she sees the humor in Written Mumbleze, too. A little comic relief breaks the tension. —But it also distracts from such questions as, what are we to make of the putative presence of Johnny Adonis in Florida when he was but lately in the hospital in Tracytown?

About the Eiji Tsuburaya doodle …

My movies all end with the “Ultraman” character flying shot, then loop back around, but there’s a mini-game after that where you pan across the set as “Ultraman” is zapping the monsters.

I’d figured that shot would be included in the finished movie if you won all of the mini-games.

Off-topic, I know, but I’m curious if anyone else has had a different experience.

Gweedo remarked,Hey, Bill ! We put in a new hot water heater yesterday, so didn’t get back on ’til late.-—————————————————————————-

Hope you were able to do it yourself, Gweedo… otherwise $$$$$, I bet.

My BossHey BB Eyes. Private Eye Johnny Adonis spotted here. Can you advise? Mumbles

@avenger09: Great poetry today!

@Vista Bill: It’s a pity Alta Vista isn’t around anymore. It was great in its heyday!

Thanks to those who are fluent in Mumbles for translating! It was beyond me.

Loved the humor.

Okay, let’s suppose Mumbles could take a picture of “Johnny” without him realizing, and sent it to headquarters – what would “mumble it up” then? LOL

That made my head hurt.

Funny

Stay Focused…

I haven’t done a limerick for a while. Good luck trying to decipher this one.A crminl typ knwn as Mmblstrys to spk bt invriably stmbls.Hiz attmpts ata txtleffthe rdrs prplxed:Allthey sawwuz a sries of jmbls.

Well, thanks to Tarry Plaguer for clearing up the translation of Mumbles e-mail. I really couldn’t see Mumbles using urban slang, asNeil suggested, because of his background. (He first appeared as a musician playing calypso style tunes while ripping off his audience, and his second appearance was after an extended stay in Jamaica.)As funny as today’s strip is, it brings up an interesting question. Mumbles has always been depicted as a rather lazy, sleepy eyed character who just can’t seem to put in enough effort to form his words correctly. But, here we see him using extra effort to translate his thoughts into the mumbled sentences in writing. Why would he do that? It’s a whole new look at his personality.

I assumed that Mumbles stuttered and couldn’t help talking that way. The fact that he texts with the same mistakes makes it really funny. I love the joke though, truthfully, many people garble text messages. Its part of the language.

My vision is better although not completely clear yet. Thanks for your prayers and good wishes, my friends.

Here Today . . . Gone Tomorrow . . . ?

Much Ado about Nothing ? A Little Activity again. No results ! ?

As the strip continues to play a comic strip variation of “Hop Scotch” - jumping to a NEW visual scenario each day, before clarifying what had fully transpired at the current one !With readers - to Prop Up a Stream of Question Marks for each location . . .Nearly a fresh one every day . . . ?

Mini Mysteries ? Visual Teasers left to hang out without any answers, The (intentional?) contradictions in the Adonis one is a masterpiece in that world of Puzzles . . .

How now, and where to next - Brown Cow ?

I don’t text very much at all, and when I do, I still spell everything out. I can’t help it. But, as Jelfring points out, most people text with a “shorthand” that is quite similar to Mumble’s speech, so there is a double joke here. Except, Mumbles runs words together also; I don’t think texters do that, do they?

Are there really some keyboards that are split up the middle like that? I’ve never seen one – mine is the standard QWERTY board that had it’s origins in the days of typewriters. But who knows, they are coming up with new things all the time. It would seem to make standard fingering difficult – there would be a longer reach with the first finger for those middle keys.

There are some split keyboards. I was impressed with Joe’s accurate letters on the keyboard, until I saw two r’s: one in its regular place and one at the bottom where b should be, unless I am not mistaken.

Gweedo answered my inquiry,We did it together and I got my first experience with Sharkbite.-———————————————————————-

I was able to perform my own maintenance/repairs until arthritis and old age caught up with me.

Gweedo added,He only gave words to what many if not all of us feel, Bill.-—————————————————————————-

You are kind, Gweedo.

Gweedo asked,Do we really need QWERTY when there is no longer a concern with the letter sticks jamming up ?-———————————————————————-

The Dvorak keyboard layout has been around for nearly 100 years and never caught on. -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_Simplified_Keyboard

Three poems in one day! Excellent.

Thank you, too. I don’t do that much actual texting. Most of my conversations take place on boards like this one here.

I’m a conscientious objector when it comes to texting.Why should I use my phone to send a type of e-mail when I can just, you know, call them?(I know there are reasons, but it’s a phone.)

 *don’t worry that you you will need to come up with a poem*

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Alright, who’s this you you dude and how come I’ve never read any of his stuff???

.LOL!!! 

Whaaaaat? Point that miscreant out to me! Egads, but ’tis a crying shame that some rapscallion should cast such scurrilous aspersions against you!Now that sounds like Vitamin Flintheart pontificating.

And thank you, too.

@avenger09, NightShade09, and Chris Sherlock: Thank you, my friends. Be well.

DT friends I am not well … cannot sleep My Christians friends Pray fom to be able to sleep …love, john

This is weird as we know form Mumbles first appearance that he can spell perfectly well.

“What’d he write?”

Mumblespeak Translator: He wrote, "To: my base

Hey, B-B Eyes

Private eye Jon Adonis

spotted here.

Can you advise?

Mumbles"