Editors of syndicated comic strips see a lot of comic strips. It is almost impossible for a cartoonist to make them laugh or take particular note at all beyond spelling, rudimentary punctuation and “Does it contain anything dirty,” intentional or otherwise. Therefore, it was a rare occasion indeed when my long-suffering editor Reed Jackson dropped me an email in 2009 about this holiday Arlo & Janis, saying, “This is exactly what’s going to be happening at my house over the coming days,” or something to that effect. I still remember!
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Did I miss everyone mourning Stan Lee?
Cursing Spell Check. Guess everyone heard the inventor passed away? May he roast in piss.
Jackie put this on FB and asked me to post it here for her. Sure, I think the artist must have heard your story too!
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Thanks Mark. So coincidentally odd.
Sleepy heads! Peace,
So Janis isn’t a fan of fried turkey? It tastes very good if prepared and cooked properly. A friend in Tennessee would do two for Thanksgiving, one with traditional spices and one Cajun. I miss his Thanksgiving dinner and the company he had there.
Janis must have been watching this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSI79ZftCpU
Hey! I agree. Deep-fried turkey is really good eatin’.
I also agree, though, that it’s better if any fire fighters on the scene are there only because they were invited to join you for dinner.
Happy belated emb
Jackie, did you know about this?
TULSA, Oklahoma – You probably are familiar with Blue Dog paintings made famous by artist George Rodrigue.
We have the wonderful opportunity to see some of his works when the Shiny Happy Blue Dog exhibit opens at the Sand Springs Cultural & Historical Museum at 9 East 3rd Street on Saturday, November 17th
The secret to safely frying a turkey is to “test” fit it to the fryer with cold water, away from the house (or in the sink). Push the turkey to the bottom of the pot, then cover with water with about 1 inch over the turkey. If there isn’t at least six inches of pot left, get a bigger pot or a smaller turkey. Once you remove the turkey, note the water level and mark the pot (outside) for filling with oil later. The crispy outside and super-moist inside of a fried turkey is hard to match with other cooking methods. Properly prepared, it won’t even absorb much oil at all!
So David, when should we get to your house? 🙂
Kidding I”m kidding!
My mind may have been numbed by the experience, but I’ve rarely laughed so hard…
Last night I babysat my 5 yo grandson who knows his way around Netflix. He introduced me to a ludicrous but hilarious cartoon series from South Korea:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYqI25DjVKc
TR that was funny! With your warning I was able to stop after the first one. Otherwise…… 🙂
ROadrunner, 3 stooges, Honeymooners and a little Jackie Chan?
Re 11-19-18 cartoon: ”When all candles be out, all cats be gray.” (Older version of “All cats are gray in the dark.”)
Llee, that Korean cartoon is now in my portfolio of “guilty pleasures” that my kids’ don’t share. Of course they’re all girls…
David f A
The turkey must be completely thawed and there must be NO
moisture present. Any surface moisture instantly turns to steam
and blows the oil out of the pot.
Guilty pleasures: last night about 10.00 p.m. I went in an baked a sheet of chocolate chip cookies and brought rack of hot cookies to bed. Shared them with Ghost.
I think that was a first for him.
A former boss, who was a nationally competitive Karate Super Black Belt With Lace Around It (or something like that), was, needless to say, rather particular about his weight and level of fitness. His technique for handling the “eatin’ holidays” was to up his activity level and lower his caloric intake leading up to the holiday, so as to lose five pounds. Then he could eat pretty much what he wished during the holiday and break even.
I doubt he ate chocolate chip cookies in bed to accomplish that, however. 🙂
I know a little, too.
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Canada geese, swans, a male bufflehead, other ducks. Their feet lose little heat because of a counter-current heat exchange set of capillaries, a rete mirabile.
https://explore.org/livecams/birds/mississippi-river-flyway-cam
Peace,
Sorry, set of arterioles and venules. Capillaries are farther down in the leg. Wiki article is short but good.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rete_mirabile
Peace,
Was +/- sure he would come back. Sultan/troll still has one wish.
https://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2018/11/19
Peace,
For Rick in Shermantown, OH: https://www.facebook.com/punbasedhumor/photos/a.743768985773863/1254408244709932/?type=3&theater
Let’s try that again: https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/46447706_1254408248043265_8775752370626756608_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=190eb5bc40fad1ffee0546342cd53491&oe=5C754C94
Current A & J. I find Ghost and I doing that!