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1. 6 days ago on In the Bleachers

   It is not unusual to have a word that is both a noun and a verb. There are about 500 words in the English language that are commonly used as both. Here is an example of a few…

   access, dump, mail, shelter, ache, dust, make, shock, act, dye, man, shop, address, echo, march, show, aim, email, mark, sign.

2. 12 days ago on The Other Coast

   Our previous dog, a Siberian husky, would just be lying on his bed as I vacuumed around him, literally an inch or two away from his head and he would continue to lay there looking bored. The dog we have now isn’t really afraid of it, but once I get within a couple of feet of him, he will get up, very cautiously walk away giving a wide berth and then head off to another room until I am done with the area.

3. 13 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   So you’re saying that the lawn mower cut your grass?

   Many people probably won’t get the reference, but I don’t care, I think it’s funny. ☺
4. 22 days ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

   Ripley does not know how to spell the name of one of the Great Lakes, believe it or not. ☺

5. about 1 month ago on For Better or For Worse

   Of course, it’s a real word, you just gots to believe it to make it true. /s ☺

6. about 2 months ago on B.C.

   That was an interesting article, thank you for the link. After doing a bit more research though, it became very confusing, very quickly. On some car maker’s sites, I discovered that they used the two terms interchangeably. I also found more than one site where they stated that if the moonroof covers the entire roof, it is referred to as a sunroof. I also recall seeing car advertisements that refer to them as sunroofs.

   I do not disagree with you or the article, it just seems that the industry itself doesn’t always go by the set definition. What else is new? ☺

7. about 2 months ago on B.C.

   See DCDETE’s comment above. The only thing (s)he left out is that the glass can be slid open to allow in fresh air if you want. So, this means that the turtle had his newly installed sunroof open and therefore the bird’s feet went right through the hole in the shell and touched down on the turtle’s insides. Often in comics, turtles are shown as fully formed creatures (head, body, legs and tail) with a separate shell they climb into. So in this case, the bird would have landed directly on his soft (and squishy) back.

8. about 2 months ago on FoxTrot Classics

   Since this is a comic strip (where the characters usually don’t age and real-life physics don’t apply), we need to accept the size of his iguana.

   In reality, though, the size of Quincy in this strip would put him somewhere between a hatchling and under a year old. The average iguana would reach about two feet long (snout to tail) by age one. By two years old, it would be close to three feet long; as an adult, it can reach between six and seven feet long.

   I don’t own an iguana myself, but I’ve known people who do and by the age of one, they pretty much allow the pet to roam about the house, just being careful when opening the door to the outside so it doesn’t make a break for it. A terrarium is a very short-term residence for a pet iguana.

9. about 2 months ago on Garfield

   And to show it wasn’t a fluke, he will do it a second time.

10. 2 months ago on The Argyle Sweater

    Are you sure she is knitting, or is she nailing the blanket to her legs because she is tired of it slipping off all the time? Enquiring minds need to know! ☺