Nancy Classics by Ernie Bushmiller for June 30, 2017
June 29, 2017
July 01, 2017
Transcript:
Sluggo: Who's dat guy?
Nancy: Prof. Geek, the great naturalist. He must have been the nicest man. He spent his whole life befriending birds.
Sluggo: And he STILL is.
Strange. “Geek” was not used in 1950s slang to denote a genius or an intellectual. The preferred 50s term was “egghead”, or if British, “boffin”. Perhaps the text has been updated?
MJ Premium Member almost 7 years ago
He should join the whale and Xylophonearus in the museum (open 9-5, by the way).
Sluggo's Eloquence Coach almost 7 years ago
Dunno if he’s THAT much a “Geek”…after all he’s rockin’ a mullet!!!
Kip W almost 7 years ago
Funny, I thought that traditional Geeks were pretty hard on our feathered friends.
atomicdog almost 7 years ago
Strange. “Geek” was not used in 1950s slang to denote a genius or an intellectual. The preferred 50s term was “egghead”, or if British, “boffin”. Perhaps the text has been updated?
brklnbern almost 7 years ago
Didn’t know that word was around back then. Birds are doing him no favor now.