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1. about 2 hours ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

   Actually, an osprey is a lot closer to an eagle than a hawk. Still, the point is that no official source spells “osprey” as “s-e-a-h-a-w-k.”

   But if we’re going after NFL names, there is no such thing as a “Brown” or a “Steeler.” And “Saints” most certainly begs a question, and “Packers” is pretty much non-sensical — though inspired.

2. about 2 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Engineering is full of instances of master-slave relationships among components and systems. Will they have to change to PC-correct dominant-submissive? And why is it that that would be somehow better?

3. about 2 hours ago on The Lockhorns

   Even Loretta is so deluded as to think the instructions will help.

   Clue: they don’t have any words. The “art” is of limited help.

4. about 2 hours ago on The Fusco Brothers

   I wonder if there’s a list somewhere of all of Duffy’s fly-in-the-soup gags. This punishment never quits! And I mean that in a good way.

5. about 2 hours ago on Day by Dave

   A National Day specifically intended for Dave Whamond. Do you suppose he made it up?

6. about 16 hours ago on The Lockhorns

   I remember when Shugart Associates Serial Interface was new. SASI. Great. But the mavens at the IEEE who were willing to declare it an industry standard weren’t going to accept it under the name of a particular company. So, Shugart renamed it the “Small Computer Serial Interface” and SCSI was born.

   Of course, they tried to make out that it was still pronounced “sassy.” Yeah, right.

   Gif with a hard G it is. Deal with it, the people have spoken. One guy tried to explain to me that it has to be a soft g because every word that starts with “gi” has a soft-g pronunciation. As I pointed out, yeah, just like girl and gift. Or girth. Or (related term here) girdle. Giving it some thought, I’m sure you can come up with a few of your own.

7. 1 day ago on Reality Check

   Yeah, there’s another place with no waiting! Well, it’s waiting — for you!

8. 1 day ago on Pluggers

   I remember vacuum-powered wipers. They sucked.

9. 1 day ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Yeah, but the real strange ones are the most dangerous!

10. 1 day ago on Loose Parts

    Actually, real lumberjacks use chain saws. Very long chain saws. And yes, there are chain saw cases.