It will soon be that time of year. This old A&J from 2008 reminds me of a much older joke. President Harry Truman was lecturing White House reporters on the intricacies of rose gardening and extolling the importance of manure. A squeamish Presidential Press Secretary approached First Lady Bess Truman and suggested, “Perhaps you could suggest to the President that ‘fertilizer’ might be a more delicate word than ‘manure.'” Bess replied, “Do you know how long it took me to get him to say, ‘manure?'” Yeah, you’ve heard that one.
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Ghost Sweetie, Harry’s middle initial was S, which stood for S. He didn’t have a middle name.
I haven’t been in the Village for the last day or so because I was in Chatsworth with my lovely granddaughter. She’s 8 months old now, and a joy to be with. 🙂
Steve from Royal Oak, MI. Glad you are visiting somewhere you always wanted to go. I think I would have waited a couple of years till they get their new construction finished. At this time both Epcot and Hollywood Studios are kind of bare, especially the studio. By 2019 both the Toy Story land and Star Wars land will be open and new attractions will be completed in Epcot as well.
Two websites you might like are MousePlanet and Micechat.
Voice recognition is dangerous. Eliminate the “hurt you”.
My daughter lives here and I’ve been here 3 other times. I’m sure that we’ll be back with our grandson when he gets older…
Steve from Royal Oak Mi: After some of the bloopers I’v had when my fingers get confused, I can’t imagine things being necessarily better with voice recognition. The few times I’ve tried it other family members have barged in, concerned that I’ve had a psychotic break and am shouting at myself, not at the computer.
Not a music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRxUlNoxFVg
I once texted my son while listening to a baseball game. ” I’ll be home about… strike 3, got him on strikes!” ????
Only 37 songs! Half the people I’d like to share this with are dead. They, of course, may have access, or have long known everything herein. If you find someone who isn’t dead, feel free to share. Will send blind-cc. to some email colleagues. Tom didn’t care for G&S, but then, nobody’s perfect. At the end, he seems like a most reasonable guy. Why should he care?
https://www.buzzfeed.com/bensmith/tom-lehrer?utm_term=.heXPDlx64#.lwPK52MzJ
Peace,
Sweet Charlotte and Jean dear: Good calls on the Truman question.
I noted in my diary today (Do I really have a diary? No; what am I, a teenage girl? No offense to any of you who actually keep a diary. I’ve tried, but my life seems to rush past faster than I can write down anything about.) that I drove Jackie and Misti on a 60-mile round-trip to shop for the boutique in icing conditions in which I would not fly a light plane. AND HELPED THEM SHOP WHEN I GOT THERE.
Actually, Jackie says I shop for clothing for the younger set pretty well. My secret, of course, is that I try to visualize the young lady that would buy such an item and what she would look like wearing it. (Makes the shopping a lot more interesting.) In fact, I was unloading Jackie’s basket and pulled out what I thought was a small white dish towel…and exclaimed “Whoa!” when I realized it was a white denim miniskirt. We measured it when we got to the shop and it was eight-and-a-half inches from top of waistband to hem. Misti promised me that if I am not there when it sells, she will make a photo of the buyer.
As I told Jackie, our motto should be “Doing Our Part to Keep Eufaula Beautiful.”
I keep a diary. So did Anne Frank and Nicholas II—but not together. No worry, not a drop of offense taken.
But apropos of my comment above:
So I found this “Hogan’s Alley” article on Jay Irving, the cartoonist who proudly drew “Pottsy.” I knew virtually nothing about him before, I admit. For anyone interested, here is the URL:
http://cartoonician.com/the-thin-black-line-jay-irving-and-his-cartoon-cops/
I cannot ever recall seeing anyone from the police force in A&J. What an orderly cartoon!
OK, another tack: We’ll try President Truman (mentioned above by Jimmy et al.) for 200:
Harry, now retired in Independence, Mo., asked wife Bess what papers she was stuffing into the fireplace. “I’m burning your letters to me,” she explained. “Bess,” he protested, “you oughn’t do that. Think of history!” “I have,” replied his wife.
This afternoon, we saw “The Phantom Thread.” It was a ghost of a movie.
emb, here’s your Ruddigore on DVD. The YouTube clip you posted has Vincent Price in it, and this is the only version he appeared in.
https://www.amazon.com/Gilbert-Sullivan-Ruddigore-Michell-Trevelyan/dp/B00006JU6G
In the clip you posted, Price appears in close-up in the first second, very recognizable.
Check out the new character in the last panel: http://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy/2018/02/11
And Cupid misfires.
Yet Jimmy, despite his comments to the contrary, seldom does. Funny cartoon.
Oh this is exciting! My police officer friend and ex-tenant is considering moving back!
He and Ghost are down changing locks on the new retail shop in town.
Nothing stops crooks like a cop truck in the driveway and two large armed men living in each end of house is a good security system.
Loved the arrow in the couch in today’s strip. Kind of in the same boat as my wife’s birthday is tomorrow. We’re visiting our daughter so that’s her present.
From Galliglo on FB; https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/27657601_10155118791591891_2410981938928246226_n.png?oh=822e36130e78cebf479318ba5cd53bc3&oe=5B0D737E
Mark in TTown, I’ve come home from church. It’s chilly out, so I just got some hot chocolate. Thanks to you, some of it’s now on my white shirt.
I thought Mark would appreciate that one! Sorry about the shirt, TR…
I liked it enough to share, Galliglo. It is funny, thanks.
Cold water worked. If it didn’t get 100%, there would still be bleach.
Jimmy I love the Lincoln cat cartoon. Good one.
http://www.gocomics.com/preteena caught me by surprise [taking the statement literally].