Why am I always picking on Ohio? I’ve never even been to Ohio, except for two trips to Cincinnati, and I think that barely counts as Ohio. Anyway, I ran across this Sunday A&J from 2004 and decided to show it to you today. I know, I know. We’re about as far as we can get from Columbus Day, but I was searching through old Sunday cartoons, looking for examples to make a point here, but I found this one instead. It doesn’t make my point at all, but I like it. I swear! I’m drinking the same coffee this morning that I always drink.
64 responses to “oO (Get it?)”
Love this strip! One of your best Sundays.
Given the highness of that second “O”, it may not be what you are drinking that is at issue? Are you visiting one of those ‘recreational’ smoking product states? 😉
John Denver has a great song about Toledo, Ohio.
https://youtu.be/Z9Zcc4j0IWw
The Sunday strip is extremely clever – every frame. And your pun for o hi O is also very clever. You’re on a roll!!!!
As a buddy from Cleveland used to say (I’m from Toledo):
Ohio is a great place to be from.
(emphasis on ‘from’…)
-jp
Every panel is great but “Zen minimalism” literally had me laughing out loud!
Glad David posted Denver’s Toledo song or I would have!
Glad you referenced Forrest Lawn too Jimmy.
I read that part of the reason Denver did the comedic/political songs
Was from his time in Chad Mitchell Trio and those kind of songs were part
Of the material that they did in college appearances.
Still listen to a lot of Denver even now.
But have you ever noticed how many states have a Franklin?
Or who was this guy (or gal) named Main? Sure are lot of city streets with that name!
Yet Main St isn’t the most popular street name in the US. One source lists it as 7th. Second is first.
http://www.nlc.org/most-common-us-street-names
Hey hey – Columbus day is my birthday = can’t be all that bad!
Thank you for reminding me of the Chad Mitchell Trio. I was born a conservative Republican so I was not into protest songs. Barry Goldwater was the first presidential election I ever voted in, he so inspired me. In spite of all this I loved many of the Chad Mitchell songs, especially “Barry’s Boys.” Actually, I agreed with it completely and thought it was very complementary to those of us who really believed. “What did You Learn in School Today?” was another favorite. I much preferred that to what they learn, or don’t learn, today. I must add Chad Mitchell to “My Music.”
Jimmy, this ‘toon makes a very good point. Well, the push-pin has a point, at the least.
In fairness, the District of Columbia was (sort of) named for Christopher Columbus, although I seriously doubt he’s be particularly proud of that.
I imagine there are boatloads of things named for the explorer: country of Colombia, Columbus in GA, Columbus Circle in NYCity, Columbia River, and so forth.
Favorite Chad Mitchell song is “The unfortunate man”, re lawyer named Mr. Clay. “Be sure to examine your intended wife. She had limits; some had to wait until after it was official. When we sang it in the car, I did bass harmony; it’s an easy part to follow. They also did Hava Nagila [sp.?] well.
Had no idea Denver sang w/ them, and no longer have the LP to check. Peace,
MN’s Franklin is about 11 mi. due E of Redwood Falls, which is nowhere near any naturally occurring redwoods, but is in a valley that seems much to vast for the minor river that runs through it, the MN River. Wonder how that happened?
Peace,
Jackie, saw your report of Ghost on ‘next’ page. Glad to hear progress if not recovery. Getting all dried out, from winter air, heating, making copious volumes of snot, reacting to germs with fever, and the side effects of the drugs to treat it, can make a strong man as loopy as a desert wanderer. I’ve heard rescue swimmers are trained on how to deliver a single KO punch to subdue a drowner into compliance. Might be a myth. Not sure I would suggest it as a course of action.
The love rings out on its own. It is a bright spot in gloomy days. Thanks for sharing it with us.
emb, U-shaped valleys are glacial, carved by solid water, somehow mysteriously retreated on a very large scale without the help of humans. V-shaped valleys are cut by liquid water in rivers. Plains and other flat areas too broad to be considered valleys may be ancient inland seas, released during one of those mysterious thaws. These are just the erosion based shaping forces. Other geologic forces of lifting may also apply. But I think you know that already, and just want to keep throwing things out there.
Happy to oblige. You seem to have a strange idea that Christian faith precludes natural understanding. Very odd. Elitist and dismissive, all rolled up.
I never had any stops in Ohio and my timing never gave me reason to stop at The World’s Biggest Truck Stop… but it did look amazing as I drove past it!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_80
Grim news on the flu in Oklahoma. We have had 92 deaths of which 80 were adults over 50. Only 12 deaths were age 18-50.
It is not too late to get a flu shot and it does help some ameliorate the severity or offer protection.
There’s that $10 word. Where’s Debbe?
http://kfor.com/2018/02/01/officials-92-deaths-associated-with-the-flu-in-oklahoma/
Elitest. Good $5 word. Good vocabulary.
I hope people can agree that the purposes of religion and science need not be at cross-purposes… Science is for discovering how things in the universe work, have worked, and will work. Religion is for discovering how to live and treat each other.
As an amateur astronomer and former trucker, I know how very far apart things are both in this world and in the universe. I know that the ultimate speed limit is the speed of light and that as far as we can tell we’re seeing things that happened minutes ago (on our sun), hours ago (Neptune), and many years ago (well over 10 billion for distant galaxies). The laws of physics and chemistry are more obvious and provable than those of other fields, but where truth is the goal (not politics) the truth will prevail.
As a Christian, my faith informs me that we are meant to be spiritual beings living by higher laws; that means we can also fall lower than any animal preying on another. Religious truth is found by differing means in various religions, but even there we can learn by observation which religious teachings bear good fruit.
So, please power down your weapons and find other places to explore those differences of opinion. I’m waiting to find out just how much mucous Ghost has and will produce, also how many women it takes to restrain him when he is delirious.
https://www.popsci.com/should-i-get-flu-shot-is-it-too-late-to-get-flu-shot#page-2
Bravo, Trucker Ron!
I’m with TR. I’m both religious and an amateur scientist. I am good with science providing whats, hows, wheres & whens, with my faith providing the whys. There’s no reason to argue religion here. Though the scientific method requires scepticism, no reason to argue science here, either. Present a few facts, maybe, and discuss, but no need for name calling.
I’m wondering how we establish the control, for comparison, to Ghost’s never-ending mucous?
On the flu, saw published today that this year’s vaccine may be as little as 10% effective for working adults. Glad that with the kidney transplant I’m spending most of my time at home! For those of you that were watching TV in the 80’s, “Lets be careful out there.”
Ghost’s mucous production has slowed down. On Monday we see my lovely Dr. Lovelace for his skin. I will find a beautiful allergist for the nose.
Through process of elimination and symptoms, results, recovery and use of MayoClinic online diagnostic site we believe Ghost suffered a sudden bizarre food poisoning during our Tulsa trip.
He had two women fussing over him all day and was able to recover to point he is drinking the Southern panacea for upset stomach, Coca Cola.