Remember the memorable 1997 sequence at the beach, when Gene’s friend Mary Lou is expecting a baby? Of course you remember it; it’s memorable! Well, the above is the lesser-known final cartoon in that storyline; the family is back home, and Mary Lou is forgotten. Or so it seemed at the time. I guess you would equate this one to the little skit they would tack on the end of television sit-coms, little jokes that stood apart from the basic plot. You know, the last minute or so that was always dropped when a show went into syndication, to make room for another commercial.
Letter of the Law
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236 responses to “Letter of the Law”
I love it when strips reference each other!
GR6 should enjoy today’s Tank McNamara:
http://www.gocomics.com/tankmcnamara/2015/07/13
I’ve read the strip faithfully since the one with Howard Cosell’s infinitely expanding word balloon swallowing a colosseum and resulting in the calling out of the National Guard.
As I’ve noted before, young women (any many young men) seem quite at easy on the beach or at poolside wearing what is essentially very skimpy underwear, and yet would panic if locked out of their house wearing actually underwear which was less revealing.
I had not seen that strip. The one that I remember had Arlo in the tub saying to someone who opened the door “The Bumsteads? No, they live next door.”
Debbe 😉 Another great one killed by the “life”, although in his case, it was not as the result of his actions or lifestyle. I can still remember how distressed I was at the news of his death. Ironically, he had already decided to end his musical career at the end of the tour on which he died. I consider this song both a major part of his legacy and his epitaph.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO1rMeYnOmM
Good morning Villagers….
GR 😉 I too remember that fateful day, and agree with your comment on it being his legacy and epitaph. I’m sitting here trying to remember that one song that had the lyric “meaner than a junkyard dog”. I know it’s on that page, but no time this morning, overslept.
Another hot, humid day….need to keep hydrating myself. The Boss is back, and he’s coming in to see me. Told him about Ian and his depression, and he said he understood.
Loosing another high schooler at the end of this week, and ‘Skittlles’ has told The Boss he is quitting the second week of August. Evan said it’s not his kind of work. Besides, nothing gets done, you get started on one thing and something else happens/breaks and there it goes…it’s a vicious cycle. I do believe the heat and humidity has brought out the negativity in all around me….I’m not exactly ‘slap happy’ either, but I don’t bail out.
Cxp, I love your comments on your cockatiels…..and the fact you have a blind one. I’m going to guess he/she does not get out and fly……
There’s a liqueur called ‘Francesca Hazelnut’, and it’s very nice. It is in a bottle the shape of a Francescain Monk, complete with rope around the waste. Kind of pricey, only bought a bottle of it down in Mexico many years ago.
Gotta go….
Ya’ll have a blessed day
Re: today’s real time strip, what would you enjoy coloring in your coloring book?
Re: today’s strip. Here is what Janis was talking about: http://store.doverpublications.com/by-subject-coloring-books-design-coloring.html
If you look around this site, you will find many others, such as Celtic and Oriental patterns too.
Debbe, You and Mindy are both an inspiration to the rest of us to give it 100% every day.
Debbe, Bad, Bad Leroy Brown. And show me a job that doesn’t describe one way or another.
Someone is acting very strange at the Old Faithfull waiting area.