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1. about 23 hours ago on Diamond Lil

   “I’m not like other people. Pain hurts me!” – Daffy Duck (one of my favorite quotes for the doctor’s office)

2. 1 day ago on Arlo and Janis

   A woman I worked with years ago kept chickens, and named them…after people who annoyed her at work. After a particularly bad day with the boss, she remarked “I feel like having roast chicken for dinner.” Half of her flock must have been named for the boss. I asked her if she had one named after me, and she replied with her best psycho smile and creepy sweet voice, “Of course not…you’re my buddy.” For a moment I knew how a Hitchcock or Stephen King character must feel…

   I hope no chickens suffered because of my transgressions…

3. 1 day ago on Pearls Before Swine

   “A friend is a stranger you haven’t alienated yet.” – Rat

4. 2 days ago on The Argyle Sweater

   These days, pop culture references are “Gone in 60 Seconds” due to the constant stream of instantly-forgettable movies, songs, and other content…

5. 2 days ago on Crabgrass

   Duct tape: it’s not just the handyman’s secret weapon…

6. 6 days ago on Speed Bump

   @Bednar: I think your example is along the lines of Wheeler’s “participatory anthropic principle”. The only reason I know about it is that the anthropic principle was apparently a big deal in the 1960s, and it was referenced in some of the 60s sci-fi I tried to read. The authors came up with a lot of wild and weird stuff, but the quality of writing seemed to be adversely affected by whatever it was they were smoking IMHO…

7. 7 days ago on Farcus

   Some people have to learn the hard way not to fill the whoopee cushion with nitroglycerin.

8. 7 days ago on Free Range

   The cops are waiting for backup from the Fashion Police…

9. 7 days ago on Cornered

   “Oh, superfly

   You’re gonna make your fortune by and by

   But if you lose, don’t ask no questions why

   The only game you know is do or die"

   - Curtis Mayfield

10. 7 days ago on Speed Bump

    If that one bothers him, just wait until he gets the one that asks him to select all of the images of his wife in the shower…