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Thank You, Animal Planet

By Jimmy Johnson


Obviously, summer hours have gone into effect here. However, the door is open, and the lights are one. Help yourself to whatever’s in the fridge. You long-time visitors take care of the newcomers. By the way, today’s classic strip is from way back in 1993 and probably was born from the frustrations of being a humorist, especially an oblique one.

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240 responses to “Thank You, Animal Planet”

  1. Morphy Avatar
    Morphy

    Mark, the license plate holder, either and or both? [hat tip Sterling Archer and friends, multiple variations]

    But you’ve reminded me of a phrase: Whip me, beat me, make me write bad checks!

    Have lost memory of original reference. But have a vivid memory of a friend who liked the joke. Can anyone help place the reference? I’m thinking early 1980’s movie, maybe as late as an early Madonna reference? (the singer from Michigan)

  2. JACKQULINE MONIES Avatar
    JACKQULINE MONIES

    Those weren’t cowboys Mark.

  3. pmccarthya@yahoo.com Avatar
    pmccarthya@yahoo.com

    My difficulty is I can hear it in the voice of Teri Garr, Meg Ryan, or Steve Martin equally well.

  4. Rick in Shermantown, Ohio Avatar
    Rick in Shermantown, Ohio

    I am currently reading “The Circle.”

    For those of you who both love and fear computer technology, I recommend it.

  5. TruckerRon Avatar

    That oddball quote may be from one I’ve never seen, Stewardess School (1986). And there’s also a song…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRRF1AQ29LI

  6. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    “….and don’t you eat that yellow snow, watch out where the huskies go”

    name that tune 🙂

  7. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    Mark…just how long did you idle behind that license plate??

  8. TruckerRon Avatar

    Debbe: Too easy, Mr Zappa had that one.

  9. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    I know it sounds absurd, but please tell me who I am……

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh3Kk5tZSmo

  10. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    the harmonica is what takes you away from feeling like a piece of furniture…a long way home

    for Morphy

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLP0y-X4uYs

  11. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    TR 🙂 can’t beat these quotes, Mr. Zappa was great.

    “Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

    Rock journalism is people who can’t write interviewing people who can’t talk for people who can’t read.

    If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.

  12. Mark from TTown Avatar
    Mark from TTown

    Debbe, waiting at long red light, then behind them till they turned off.

    Never developed a taste for Zappa’s music because I never really heard it till the last few years. When it came out on vinyl it had so many of those words you weren’t supposed to broadcast it never really had a chance on the radio.

  13. Mark from TTown Avatar
    Mark from TTown

    And yes, I do like Supertramp very much.

  14. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    then you’ll like this one, Mark…..

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

    good night….

    Oh, TR…love the ‘zebra’…I wonder what put that dog “in the mood” to be painted??????

  15. TruckerRon Avatar

    I could never abide body paint… I’m MUCH too ticklish. Maybe shaved dogs aren’t?

  16. JACKQULINE MONIES Avatar
    JACKQULINE MONIES

    So last night Ghost showed me the latest craze for girls to wear to concerts and music festivals, glitter boobs. The ones he showed were rather small examples except for one that was rather saggy.

    So here are some nice perky ones and a YouTube tutorial in case anyone here wants to decorate for the holiday. https://youtu.be/oz8ZcmCW0Vw

    Nudists body paint a lot but I have never done so. The elaborate jeweling is rather interesting.

  17. emb Avatar

    By current Village standards, this is pc because no party is singled out.

    http://www.gocomics.com/shoe

  18. Steve From Royal Oak, Mi Avatar

    My experience with body paint involved painting my living room…..

  19. Mark from TTown Avatar
    Mark from TTown

    Jackie, interesting to look at, but probably uncomfortable to handle.

  20. JACKQULINE MONIES Avatar
    JACKQULINE MONIES

    Excuse me, I don’t know. They have body paint events at my nudist club but I have never been to one. They are holding a black Light body paint dance this month but Ghost isn’t interested.

    He has seen copies of some of the club magazines! LOL

  21. curmudgeonly ex-professor Avatar
    curmudgeonly ex-professor

    I watched the jewel/glitter gal Jackie sent in. We each have our own preferences, of course, but, if the model were my wife, I would much prefer her in her natural state – no jewels, no glitter, and certainly, no tape.
    In a very few weeks, my MBH & I will have been married 55 years, and I’ve always been of the opinion that she need not try to gild the lily.