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1. about 10 hours ago on Mother Goose and Grimm

   “In Spain the national sport is bullfighting, and in England it’s cricket.” “I’d rather be in England, then.” “Why?” “It’s easier to fight a cricket.” (Illustrated with a nervous matador facing a giant cricket) – Joke page in Gold Key comics ca 1970

2. about 10 hours ago on Mother Goose and Grimm

   “Remember, Louis, now, that while we’re revolting, you’re pretty revolting yourself.” – Alan Sherman, “You Went the Wrong Way, Old King Louis”

3. about 10 hours ago on Non Sequitur

   Mercurial, a punster to the end when he followed that with “Ask for me a-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man.”

4. 1 day ago on On A Claire Day

   Reminded of when we took the Flight of Angels* helicopter tour over Victoria Falls. My acrophobic wife was so fascinated she forgot to be afraid the chopper would fall out of the sky.

   * Named after Henry Stanley’s description of the mist rising from the Falls.

5. 1 day ago on Nest Heads

   Just saw the [Richard] Van [Levee] episode where Rob buys a motorcycle the other night.

6. 1 day ago on Daddy's Home

   All the time when I was in Scouts, a couple times between college and marriage, but only twice since on tours of Mongolia and India (two nights each between hotels). Would love to again, but my wife wouldn’t.

7. 1 day ago on That is Priceless

   My Big Wheel was made of steel (and rubber). AKA a good old-fashioned tricycle.

8. 1 day ago on Non Sequitur

   Per The Humorous Mr. Lincoln, his first choice was “bull dung at five paces.” As I recall, Abe took responsibility for some letters Mary Todd and a friend had written criticizing Shields, and can believe it was over Shields’ handling of the bank (that detail I forget). 20 years later Abe (likely under political pressure) appointed Shields to command an army which was defeated by Stonewall Jackson at the Second Battle of Kernstown.

9. 1 day ago on Non Sequitur

   I think Asharah may be referring to Jackson’s opponents bringing up the questions over his marriage to Rachel during his Presidential campaigns. Seems her divorce from her first husband wasn’t as final as they thought.

10. 3 days ago on Daddy's Home

    “For whatever it’s worth, Charlie Brown” = You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, “The Doctor Is In”