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Leprechauns Gone Wild

By Jimmy Johnson


Happy St. Patrick’s Day! In case you’re wondering, there really is such a thing as a “clurichaun.” I mean, there’s such a thing as a mythical Irish fairy called a “clurichaun.” I tell you: the things you have to know to be a cartoonist! Mostly, you have to know how to get to the Google search page. If it seems I’m chronically nostalgic for all things pre-digital, let me tell you how cartoonists used to do things. They actually kept catalogs and files of clippings at hand, just so they’d know how to draw, say, a lawn mower. Now? Pffft! Google “lawn mower” and instantly see images of just about every type of lawn mower ever invented or imagined. Also back then, every good cartoonist’s shelves groaned with dictionaries and thesauruses and encyclopedias! Now, it’s dust and old Beanie Babies.
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180 responses to “Leprechauns Gone Wild”

  1. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    No, Jackie, saw my first Harry Potter movie a few weeks ago on this cable system…Dad has though…he likes the Harry Potter movies.

  2. Jackie Monies Avatar
    Jackie Monies

    The Movies use this as part of plots.

  3. Jackie Monies Avatar
    Jackie Monies

    Good movies actually.

  4. Smigz Avatar
    Smigz

    Debbe and Jackie, I’m learning a lot about Van Morrison!

  5. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    Oh my cat….GR 😉 click on link and see what I ‘tripped’ on….

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfETVe9lqeU

  6. Jackie Monies Avatar
    Jackie Monies

    Van Morrison is alive and still performing. I had a black hat and Cape, big bulky sweater on the other day like the one he had here.

    Someone said I looked like him but hastened to add just the clothes, that I was prettier.

  7. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    I give credit where credit is due…..don’t we all chase after that nut?????

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wJulNhqTNA

  8. emb Avatar

    Here’s another MN eagle cam. Understand there are 3 eggs. Peace,

    http://www.ustream.tv/mneaglecam

  9. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    An old ad from a previous employer…OMC…we’re talking 40ish years ago….

    http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/computers-and-software-ads-1970s/5

  10. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    I use to have the ‘poster’..don’t know where it disappeared to….

  11. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    …the one with “pride of Honeywell”

  12. Jerry in Fl Avatar
    Jerry in Fl

    A coinkidink that everyone was listening to music. RIP Chuck Berry. Dead at 90.

  13. Dennis Ewing Avatar
    Dennis Ewing

    I think it is about time to reread all of Mr Robinson’s Callahan books even though Mike hasn’t been in what the last 5? Memory is not what it should be, but anyone who likes Spider Robinson can’t be all bad. I guess it will give me something to do while the surgeons decide what to do about my back. I wish I could tell people just send me your MRI and I’ll get back to you maybe like a neurosurgeon.

  14. Ruth Anne in Winter Park Avatar
    Ruth Anne in Winter Park

    Just got home from a 70th birthday party, that Bob’s high school class (Winter Park HS class of ’65) threw for themselves. Nice casual affair with the focus on visiting with old friends and making new ones. I’ve reached the point where I have more fun at his class parties than at my own, although I suppose I should check to see if we’re going to have a 50-year reunion this year.

  15. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Dennis, I hope the surgeons don’t have to do anything to your back involving cutting! Good luck.

  16. Dennis Ewing Avatar
    Dennis Ewing

    I am afraid I have run out of luck as far as cutting. What I a waiting to see is how much they are going to cut. I have nerve problems at 3 levels. That fall I took in January was the last straw for the back. Hoping for minimally invasive, but I am fearing full on fusions. I have been trying to avoid this for 20 years.

  17. Ghost Avatar
    Ghost

    Debbe 😉 I can not only remember when skirts were this short, I can remember when they were considered appropriate wear for almost anywhere one went while wearing them…including many churches.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1EpaboCERg

  18. Ghost Avatar
    Ghost

    “No man is free who is not master of himself.” Epictetus

  19. Jackie Monies Avatar
    Jackie Monies

    I had my first child in 1971 and I wore maternity dresses this short! Can you imagine?

    By the way I actually managed to find some sundresses and rompers in the Department of Inappropriate Clothes . We will see how short they are.

  20. emb Avatar

    Foggy in Baltimore. Probably still only 2 eggs. Cannot tell if this is Bo or Barb. Peace,

    http://chesapeakeconservancy.org/explore/wildlife-webcams/peregrine-falcon/

  21. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    Good morning Villagers…..

    Yes…..still have two Indiana teams still in my bracket…….

    …..and Dad laid back down.

    So, Jackie, what colors you wearing today???

    Dennis, have you seen those commercials regarding laser back surgery?

    Need to get my day started here, laundry to do, swiffer to push around cat hair 🙂 endless chores I’ve procrastinated on the past few days here. I hate grocery shopping too….and it needs to be done…..arrgghhhh!!!! Baby sister coming into town around noonish.

    later…..

  22. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    GR 😉 I remember those days….the Catholic schools we wore uniforms, and the he had to touch he floor when kneeling…..waistline got rolled up a lot 🙂

  23. emb Avatar

    Ghost:

    Your short skirt was about the length of Elaine’s dress when we went to a Philadelphia ball done at the Art Institute [?] for the opening of a Gauguin exhibit, say ’70 or so. I had to rent a g—-mn tux. We referred to her outfit as the, “If you got ’em, flaunt ’em’ ” dress. She didn’t quite have the figure for the one below, which was a choice adjacent to yours. Just as well.

    This was the kind of thing Jimmy Carter was referring to, no? Gotta get ready for church.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXyI8zwQFyU

    Peace,

  24. emb Avatar

    Debbe: Our third room-and-board girl had gone to a parochial school in Rockford, IL, described that roll-up routine as soon as they left to go home. Still in touch; she’s 70+ and an absolute delight. Current church [don’t remember which] has a somewhat more relaxed theology. Whoops!

    Peace,

  25. emb Avatar

    Elephants coming in[?], far R backgr. Maybe will come down for a drink. Peace,

    http://explore.org/live-cams/player/african-safari-camera