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1. 16 days ago on Jane's World

   The guy that cut my hair told me that the plaid flannel shirt I was wearing as a light jacket would be a big hit at a lesbian bar…

2. 16 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   This strip ran on April 19, 1995, the day of the bomb explosion in Oklahoma City- a terrible coincidence that could not have been averted. But the newspaper still heard about it, and the author issued a statement including the fact that the strips are written and submitted far in advance.

3. 29 days ago on Arlo and Janis

   Thank you, this led to actually looking it up: in the US, the proper name for “suit vest” is actually waistcoat, but that sounds very British to us. The word gilet originates from the Turkish and the garment is descended from the medieval jerkin— and I own one, a padded long vest for the cold, worn as an outer layer, now a little tight around the hips…these are common here. Ironically, I can’t think of what one hears them called. The end, and thanks again.

4. 30 days ago on FoxTrot Classics

   Wait, the coffee sucked up the kitchen and his clothes into the cup as some kind of prank about black holes? To cause me to take far too long to figure out the gag? It’s too early in the morning, I need coffee.

5. 30 days ago on Arlo and Janis

   A different country’s usage, that explains a lot! In the US, sometimes men still wear a suit with a vest (sleeveless, buttoned up the front) and worn over the shirt, under the suit coat. Lots of fashion permutations for both men and women. I’m afraid the garment you describe would only be called a zippered sweater here.

6. about 1 month ago on Arlo and Janis

   It’s first thing in the morning for me and I’m having some kind of problem with “long sleeved vest.” Otherwise, good system, husband with good spatial memory or whatever it’s called.

7. about 1 month ago on Jane's World

   I remember flying between San Francisco and LA for $39. It was a commuter flight, maybe PSA? This wasn’t recently…

8. about 1 month ago on Basic Instructions

   Battlefield Earth

9. about 1 month ago on That is Priceless

   For a split second, I thought the artist had weirdly forgotten to color her hands and forearms. Then I saw the top of the glove.

10. about 2 months ago on PreTeena

    Cartoons on tv always had three fingers (four digits). I’m not going to look it up now, but I remember reading long ago something about how drawing in all the digits just looks weird in cartoons or is too difficult to animate, or something else kinda technical.