Heart pills! Pffft! If I was paying any attention at all to this soap opera twaddle at all, I’d know right away that he is faking! It’s completely obvious! (And Nimble is not a sailor, he’s a Captain!)
I’m going into the other room to watch the shelf special. That at least has some educational value. If Robin isn’t already there, I’m sure he’ll join me shortly.
Unbeknownst to Father, his pills were secretly replaced with Poison. So that the Third-Mate of Captain Nimble’s Fishing Boat, The CatFish, could get revenge for the late Captain Nimble. But in reality, Nimble faked his death so he could follow the Nazi Dog Spies back to the Island of Martinique where pro German Vichy French government is in charge but a brave band Free-French Resistance cats have a secret base….
Happy Bluesday, orbsters and orbabies! As my late mother used to say, the plot sickens and things will get worse before they get better.
On the home front, this comes under the “boy, am I ever stupid category”. BIL came over yesterday to help us take TV off wall and re-insert power cord, a 3-person job, as TV has to be taken off wall, 2 people hold and balance TV while 3rd person inserts cord, and then TV has to be remounted. As soon as cord was inserted, TV came back on. I think I am going to duct tape cord to wall to try to prevent this ever happening again, and the ensuing wailing, whining and general distress occasioned. Again, I feel a right idiot, I do.
Wait a minute they’ve done it again at GoComics, “fixed” something that wasn’t broken. The picture of the boys on the left is larger, isn’t it? The actual strip is so small I can’t make out what went “slam”. Or is today’s strip just drawn smaller? In any case, what went “slam”?
Repeating yesterday’s late survey question, has anybody tried the CDB (hemp) oil for various ailments, and if so, what has been your experience with it? I’ve just started with the sublingual oil. Thanks for your feedback!
Shelves – the not-so-so-silent killer. Years ago there was an office maintenance manager where I worked who used wall plugs to hang up everything – he didn’t even own a stud finder. When a shelf full of 3 ring binders almost fell on the head of the receptionist because of the way he’d installed it, her normally mild temperament disappeared and she chewed him out in front of the whole office.
My mom was watching “As the World Turns” on November 22, 1963—which aired live in those days—when Walter Cronkite interrupted with the announcement that President Kennedy had been shot.
Got my taxes done this morning. Even though i made less this past year i’ll still be paying about the same, and my refund will be a tiny bit smaller.
Enough, with the little extra that i got extra with the GoFundMe campaign, to get the steering box replaced.
But not much more than that.
I doubt that anything like a vacation is going to happen, but i might squeeze in a little staycation. And i can forget about putting anything extra towards paying off the car loan on the Prius. Oh well. Maybe next year.
Shelves really are a silent killer. When I worked at a Christian bookstore in college, I had some books fall off a shelf and onto my head at work and was put on restriction. The restrictions were not to management’s liking so they called my doctor to “clarify” them and interpreted the response very liberally … like, as in “she didn’t actually say you can’t stand on a stepstool, so get up there and stock these shelves or go home and don’t come back.” Stood on the stepstool, had a muscle spasm that caused me to lose my balance, fell off the stepstool and landed on my shoulder. Was subsequently the subject of a quiet rumor that I was exaggerating, if not outright faking, the shoulder injury. Long story short, they forbade me to clock in for three consecutive shifts, then deemed me to have quit as a no-call-no-show because the only person who could vouch for me being there to clock in was the manager who was behind all these machinations.
By the way, on examination a year later, the shoulder that I supposedly didn’t injure was found to have a healed-over hairline fracture.
So … yeah. Shelves can be evil.
On the positive side, the “it’s a lovely Christian bookstore owned by such a lovely and devoted Christian couple” took a bit of a hit when the husband was found to be taking a Solomon-like approach to his marriage (i.e. sharing his bed with multiple women) and the wife started talking about some of his other un-Christ-like behaviors (abusing her, defrauding his suppliers , Walmart-esque predatory practices against competitors …) He was asked to leave his church, and the store was out of business within months.
Jungle Empress over 5 years ago
I love Princess’s face markings. They make her look like she has freckles. :D
kittylover.truitt over 5 years ago
The gals little fancy dresses are adorable:)
Dirty Dragon over 5 years ago
Wait – SHELVES!
This calls for a network cut-in and a Special Bulletin!
Kim Metzger Premium Member over 5 years ago
I wonder what’s in Captain Nimble’s pipe.
catmom1360 over 5 years ago
Best headline I have seen in a long time.
over 5 years ago
Captain Nimble looks great in that picture.
ctlum over 5 years ago
Angora, don’t believe your father! Listen to your sister!
Robin Harwood over 5 years ago
I want to see the documentary about shelves, not this unrealistic fiction.
McColl34 Premium Member over 5 years ago
I think that that is one of Georgia’s commissions in the background of panel 3!
McColl34 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Heart pills! Pffft! If I was paying any attention at all to this soap opera twaddle at all, I’d know right away that he is faking! It’s completely obvious! (And Nimble is not a sailor, he’s a Captain!)
I’m going into the other room to watch the shelf special. That at least has some educational value. If Robin isn’t already there, I’m sure he’ll join me shortly.
Strob Premium Member over 5 years ago
He should never have tried jumping over that candlestick.
Rosette over 5 years ago
Is he wearing a tiny kitty bolo? I love it!
Lady Bri over 5 years ago
Tsk tsk. That Snowball Taggart is a sly old cat! Emotional blackmail. (shakes head)
Hedgehog over 5 years ago
Spoiler….
cat19632001 over 5 years ago
Those Taggerts must be rich. Look at the silver cat bowls they’re born eating out of.
cat19632001 over 5 years ago
And cue the dramatic music after Princess’s last line ….
asrialfeeple over 5 years ago
Love the remark. “Relax Angora. FATHER HAS NO HEART”
WelshRat Premium Member over 5 years ago
It’s got Puck! Save him, Elvis!
rs0204 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Unbeknownst to Father, his pills were secretly replaced with Poison. So that the Third-Mate of Captain Nimble’s Fishing Boat, The CatFish, could get revenge for the late Captain Nimble. But in reality, Nimble faked his death so he could follow the Nazi Dog Spies back to the Island of Martinique where pro German Vichy French government is in charge but a brave band Free-French Resistance cats have a secret base….
Happy, happy, happy!!! over 5 years ago
Nimble. Perfect name for a Ships Cat.
cat19632001 over 5 years ago
Calm down, Elvis. Burt’s not going to let you miss a broadcast.
SunflowerGirl100 over 5 years ago
I want to see Elvis blowing his warning whistle after the Shelves documentary and the slogan “If you see a shelf about to fall/Run, run into the hall”
ladykat over 5 years ago
Happy Bluesday, orbsters and orbabies! As my late mother used to say, the plot sickens and things will get worse before they get better.
On the home front, this comes under the “boy, am I ever stupid category”. BIL came over yesterday to help us take TV off wall and re-insert power cord, a 3-person job, as TV has to be taken off wall, 2 people hold and balance TV while 3rd person inserts cord, and then TV has to be remounted. As soon as cord was inserted, TV came back on. I think I am going to duct tape cord to wall to try to prevent this ever happening again, and the ensuing wailing, whining and general distress occasioned. Again, I feel a right idiot, I do.
besuper over 5 years ago
Wait a minute they’ve done it again at GoComics, “fixed” something that wasn’t broken. The picture of the boys on the left is larger, isn’t it? The actual strip is so small I can’t make out what went “slam”. Or is today’s strip just drawn smaller? In any case, what went “slam”?
Venetus Alpha over 5 years ago
This should be a real show! Thoughts, Georgia?
Catmom over 5 years ago
Repeating yesterday’s late survey question, has anybody tried the CDB (hemp) oil for various ailments, and if so, what has been your experience with it? I’ve just started with the sublingual oil. Thanks for your feedback!
musikmsg over 5 years ago
Honestly, one of the best lines in the strip’s entirety.
Nuliajuk over 5 years ago
Shelves – the not-so-so-silent killer. Years ago there was an office maintenance manager where I worked who used wall plugs to hang up everything – he didn’t even own a stud finder. When a shelf full of 3 ring binders almost fell on the head of the receptionist because of the way he’d installed it, her normally mild temperament disappeared and she chewed him out in front of the whole office.
Nicki's ZoMcYo over 5 years ago
The drama! The costumes! swoonI never got into soaps, but I would definitely watch Our IX Lives.
Code the Enforcer over 5 years ago
Does this look like a scene from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?! (Burl Ives could be the father, Big Daddy character?) :)
AndrewSihler over 5 years ago
Oooh! Velvet paws, Princess! Velvet paws!
miscreant over 5 years ago
Love Elvis’ impatient toe tapping. Soaps are right up Pucks alley.
Kitty Katz over 5 years ago
Something enlightening, something quite frightening,
Something for everyone, a documentary tonight!
Something for learning, for the discerning,
Something for everyone, a documentary tonight!
Nothing for strife, one of nine lives
Bring on the safety story, as it arrives.
Not tonight fiction, the Taggarts’ friction,
We all need to know about shelve’s fright,
Drama tomorrow, documentary tonight!
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Comedy Tonight
willie_mctell over 5 years ago
Those Taggarts.
Sue Ellen over 5 years ago
My mom was watching “As the World Turns” on November 22, 1963—which aired live in those days—when Walter Cronkite interrupted with the announcement that President Kennedy had been shot.
Happy, happy, happy!!! over 5 years ago
Van repair update.
Got my taxes done this morning. Even though i made less this past year i’ll still be paying about the same, and my refund will be a tiny bit smaller.
Enough, with the little extra that i got extra with the GoFundMe campaign, to get the steering box replaced.
But not much more than that.
I doubt that anything like a vacation is going to happen, but i might squeeze in a little staycation. And i can forget about putting anything extra towards paying off the car loan on the Prius. Oh well. Maybe next year.
Code the Enforcer over 5 years ago
Betting that Angora’s mother has had that ‘faraway look’ … “Oh yes! He was ‘nimble’ all right!!” ;)
skipper1992 over 5 years ago
Shelves really are a silent killer. When I worked at a Christian bookstore in college, I had some books fall off a shelf and onto my head at work and was put on restriction. The restrictions were not to management’s liking so they called my doctor to “clarify” them and interpreted the response very liberally … like, as in “she didn’t actually say you can’t stand on a stepstool, so get up there and stock these shelves or go home and don’t come back.” Stood on the stepstool, had a muscle spasm that caused me to lose my balance, fell off the stepstool and landed on my shoulder. Was subsequently the subject of a quiet rumor that I was exaggerating, if not outright faking, the shoulder injury. Long story short, they forbade me to clock in for three consecutive shifts, then deemed me to have quit as a no-call-no-show because the only person who could vouch for me being there to clock in was the manager who was behind all these machinations.
By the way, on examination a year later, the shoulder that I supposedly didn’t injure was found to have a healed-over hairline fracture.
So … yeah. Shelves can be evil.
On the positive side, the “it’s a lovely Christian bookstore owned by such a lovely and devoted Christian couple” took a bit of a hit when the husband was found to be taking a Solomon-like approach to his marriage (i.e. sharing his bed with multiple women) and the wife started talking about some of his other un-Christ-like behaviors (abusing her, defrauding his suppliers , Walmart-esque predatory practices against competitors …) He was asked to leave his church, and the store was out of business within months.
Alec McLure Premium Member over 5 years ago
“Father has no heart!” Perfect! (Or “¡Tu padre no tiene corazón!” Once it goes to telenovela zone…)
TheArtist37 about 3 years ago
Honestly this is my #1 favorite strip from the entire BCN news strip.
Relax, Angora, FATHER HAS NO HEART.
Fennec! at the Disco 12 months ago
“Father has no heart” is one of THE best lines!