Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for December 04, 2022

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    McColl34 Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Lupin neither needs nor wants competition!

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    McColl34 Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Real hippos are seriously bad news to be close to! They are huge, powerful and extremely territorial!

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    leopardglily  almost 2 years ago

    This was my sister’s and my favorite Christmas song. We would sing it loud and long and sing it again and again and again. My poor parents probably wanted to break the radio.

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    Ahsum  almost 2 years ago

    Sunday Funday

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    Robin Harwood  almost 2 years ago

    Georgia is surely too young to know that song!

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    Le'letha Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    My theory is that someone, somewhere, had a surfeit of stuffed hippopotamus toys and thought “How can I make every parent in earshot of a radio buy one of these?” And a plan was born.

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    Sue Ellen  almost 2 years ago

    Pucky Prince of Bacon Missing content?

    I always assumed that the BCN books would contain all the comics, but as I was reading my Pucky Prince of Bacon book, I discovered that some of my favorites are missing. The whole section—starting on June 17 with the Sunday strip where Lupin realizes he might be a toddler up to June 26 when they bring the new baby home—is missing. There are no missing page numbers, just missing content. I don’t know if it was left out for a reason or if I got a misprint.

    This Sunday strip with the famous “toddler” quote

    https://www.gocomics.com/breaking-cat-news/2018/06/17

    was replaced by the “why do open books make good cat beds” Sunday strip. None of the dailies relating to the people being missing, the intruder filling their food bowls while Lupin flirts with her, and Elvis swatting the intruder’s ankles are in the book. Why not?

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    Sue Ellen  almost 2 years ago

    Shhhh…Goldie…we think the children might understand what you kitties are saying. Don’t spoil this for her.

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    pschearer Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    The original 1953 song:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNDri18-eQ0

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    marilynnbyerly  almost 2 years ago

    Disaster averted!

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    Aspen_Bell  almost 2 years ago

    I want a television Christmas! (Bought this in a thrift shop almost 40 years ago!)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=781I6b0WlZQ

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    MrsXandamere  almost 2 years ago

    Well that is just too adorable.

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    dmah Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    My hometown zoo had a tradition of feeding the hippos whole pumpkins in the autumn. They would swim up to the handlers with wide open mouths, catch one, and smash them to pieces with one mighty bite. I remember one pumpkin missed the mouth, and it bounced off the hippo’s nose. It was a BIG pumpkin — had to be almost 10 lbs — but it didn’t phase the hippo at all. He just waggled his ears happily and swam after the pumpkin, which was floating in the pool. Bobbing for pumpkins.

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    kangtourcat Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    That song and grandma got run over are two of my least favorites. I can always go for the Shoutmonks! And with that, I always think about Bill Jackson. Still miss him.

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    fullmoondeb Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Today’s strip had me laughing right from the start, love it!

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    Brian  Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    When I was in high school, one of the biology teachers had some huge scars on his forearm from being bit by a hippo while working at the zoo. That teacher later ran off with a student, but I don’t think we can blame the hippo for that.

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    ikini Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Investigative reporter Goldie saves the day! All worries are over!

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    Jungle Empress  almost 2 years ago

    In hindsight, that was one of the weirdest Christmas songs I ever heard as a kid. Puck is absolutely correct on both counts.

    I do appreciate the Elvis tail poof, though!

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    in-dubio-pro-rainbow  almost 2 years ago

    I don’t know this song to be honest, but I hope it’s no hip(po)-hop or some wild beat to swing the booty, till you need a hip(po) surgery by a guy that forgot his HIPPOcratic oath twenty years ago…whatever I propose a toast and a loud hipp, hippo, hoorray for today’s masterpiece!

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    WelshRat Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    The woman is almost as smart as Bert!

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    Gent  almost 2 years ago

    What do you calls a hippopotamus from the late 60s/early 70s?

    A hippie potamus.

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    cat19632001  almost 2 years ago

    As usual, Burt has done a wonderful job with the chyrons today.

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    cat19632001  almost 2 years ago

    Maybe the hippo could live out in the barn?

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    Tigrisan Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Gayla Peevey was a child star who originally recorded and released the song in 1953. It caught on and has be re-released many times over the years by a lot of different artists and children. @pschearer posted the link to the original on youtube further up. :)

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    christopherbacon692  almost 2 years ago

    Going to D&Dize Ora: Kitten so only1st or 2nd level. Chaotic Good Berserker Barbarian

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    KenseidenXL  almost 2 years ago

    Hippos kill more people than Lions. It’s true.

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    nerdhoof  almost 2 years ago

    My favorite Christmas song is Stan Freberg’s “Green Chri$tma$” https://youtu.be/I5IXlfJSEi4 (Not to be confused with the song from the Jim Carrey Grinch movie)

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    Kitty Katz  almost 2 years ago

    Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

    At the Water Cat Brother’s Boat

    Freshwater Cat: Iggy, glad you could go with us on this fishing run.

    Iggy: I’ve always loved the sea. I’m glad to go out on the Nile.

    Saltwater Cat: Thomios said he wanted to have a fish course tonight.

    On the Banks of the Nile

    Hippo: What, can’t a guy get a tan?

    Salty: Sorry, Hank. We’re just catching fish for Thomios’s dinner tonight.

    Hank: Oh, is he having a salad course?

    Fresh: I’m sure he would if we asked.

    Later, at Dinnertime

    Serfig-Aro: Dinner is served. Let us welcome our special guests Hank Hippo and his lovely wife Hetty.

    Thomios: It’s a good thing we had extra greens in the pantry.

    Puckmosis: I wonder where they came from.

    In the Background: We’ll never tell!

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    cat19632001  almost 2 years ago

    Two panels of Pucky with a Pointer + art work!

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    Nuliajuk  almost 2 years ago

    Clearly the answer is a house hippo. Much smaller than the wild outdoor version.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TijcoS8qHIE

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    FreyjaRN Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    It figures that Lupin doesn’t want anyone out-destroying him.

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    misty  almost 2 years ago

    Have a holly jolly hippo

    She’s the best gift of the year

    Now I don’t know if she will grow

    But that’s one thing you’ll fear

    Have a holly jolly hippo

    And when you try to sleep

    Say hello to loud snores, you know

    And shove earplugs in deep

    Ho ho, your big hippo

    She’s hungry as can be

    Don’t make her wait too long

    Or else she’ll eat the tree

    Have a holly jolly hippo

    And in case you didn’t hear

    Oh by golly have a holly jolly hippo

    This year

    - Johnny Marks – Holly Jolly Christmas

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    fullmoondeb Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Hahaha!

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    rs0204 Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    I remember that song from my youth; yes, that long ago.

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    ocarol7 Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Yay Mom!

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    Mr Pets  almost 2 years ago

    Yay! A christmas comic! I love these!

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    Gent  almost 2 years ago

    Now cats, hippopotamuses is always hungry hungry hungry and they will eats all your foods. So better leaves em hungry hungry hippos in the wild itself.

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    katey11 Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Aaarrrggg – ear worm! Can’t stop the song now?

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    Daltongang Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    It would be fun if it was Pat, and of course she would have to bring Stan.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eod34J2pL4

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    Colorado Expat  almost 2 years ago

    While a hippo-based nap pile may be glorious, it would be hazardous… The result of the hippo rolling over in its sleep could end up with the hippo on top of the pile!

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    Hanmerhack  almost 2 years ago

    I played Santa one year and I had a little girl who; when I asked what she wanted for Christmas, just said “an animal.” So I decided to play along and asked what kind of animal, “a dog or cat or maybe you want a frog?”As soon as I said frog her face lit up.“Yeah! I want a frog.”I was working hard to keep a straight face and kept on. “Oh a frog you say. What kind an African frog or a bull frog.”“A bull frog! A big Bull frog.”I looked over at her dad who was having a harder time holding in his laughter than I was.I said “well you try your best to be a good girl than we’ll see what you get on Christmas.”We got our pictures took. Handed her back to her father; and if he was any kind of a dad, he would have gone straight home, handed her off to Mom and then hit Toys Are Us for the biggest frog they got.

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    Katzen1415  almost 2 years ago

    Yes, only an animal many times larger and more aggressive could possibly be more destructive than Lupin. This reminds me of the time a professor of mine jokingly asked for a car as an honorarium for speaking to my organization. He got a Hot Wheel.

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    ladykat  almost 2 years ago

    I don’t remember that song from my childhood, but I taught it to my daughter and she taught it to my grandson. My daughter also taught it to my oldest great-granddaughter, along with Grandma got run over by a reindeer. I get serenaded badly every Christmas. None of us can carry a tune, even with buckets to put them in!

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    daleandkristen  almost 2 years ago

    https://patch.com/ohio/cincinnati/fritz-newest-cincinnati-zoo-hippo-star-flashes-toothy-grin-photos . AWWWWWWW

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    JLChi  almost 2 years ago

    If you’ve never smelled a hippo, you’re lucky. They are stink-eee.

    We drove to a hippo pool in Africa. The stench was overwhelming. Right next to it was a designated picnic area, with tables and sun umbrellas. Oddly, no one chose to eat lunch there.

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    prrdh  almost 2 years ago

    “Mud, mud, glorious mud.”

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    face.less_b  almost 2 years ago

    I thought it was about organ donation. I want a hippocampus for Christmas. Only a hippocampus will do. . . Wait. What was I saying?

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    WickWire64  almost 2 years ago

    Google “Bert the Farting Hippo” for the story and the plushie that was a famous prop on NCIS. But buy American!

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    rchadwic  almost 2 years ago

    I believe the plural of hippopotamus is hippopotami…..

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    GaryCooper  almost 2 years ago

    I want a hippopotamus for Christmas, too.

    Actually, I’ve always wanted an anteater. Anybody out there have an anteater going spare?

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    GaryCooper  almost 2 years ago

    It’s true that hippos are very dangerous. In Africa, they kill more people than crocodiles or lions do.

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    Red Bird  almost 2 years ago

    Yikes! That other picture is the stuff of nightmares.

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    mistercatworks  almost 2 years ago

    Makes you wonder if ex-Presidents come in cuddly, plush form. :)

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    rchadwic  almost 2 years ago

    I wonder if the appropriate song for the child of a math/geometry teacher might be “I Want a Hypotenuse For Christmas”…..

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    Hedgehog  almost 2 years ago

    I loved this song too, and had the little 45 rpm record.

    Jessica the hippo is a rescue who bonded with her humans:

    https://www.jessicahippo.com/

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    Jacob Mattingly   almost 2 years ago

    This is now easily one of my faviorite strips in BCN history. It usually dosen’t happen this easy even just having gotten into it this year.. but it’s just so inherently hilarious. It feels like Georgia had this one in the pocket for years and simply waited to unwrap it.

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    willie_mctell  almost 2 years ago

    It’s the only 20th century Christmas song that is worth listening to. I did enough choral singing to know a little bit about it. The best stuff all was written before 1900.

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    Daeder  almost 2 years ago

    Nap-pile-potamus!

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    knight1192a  almost 2 years ago

    Introduce them to The Chipmunks. Then they’ll want a hula-hoop.

    Amd now I need to break out my MP3 player for one of my Christmas playlists. Think it’s just over five hours worth of music, certainly over four and a half.

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    CoffeeKitty37  almost 2 years ago

    A wonderful compromise!

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    sugordon  almost 2 years ago

    Anyone else here remember the episode of The Beverly hillbillies where Granny thought the hippo was the biggest hog she had ever seen and had it marked up for butchering?

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    mepowell  almost 2 years ago

    The reference up thread to Tom Lehrer sent me to his website https://tomlehrersongs.com/ You can find all his wonderful parodies there. There’s an important message on his website as of Nov 1, 2022, he’s releasing all of his songs from copyright. He also warns his website may come down soon so if you want to check it out, you should hurry.

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    DM2860  almost 2 years ago

    That was my sister’s favorite song in the 60’s so my mom got a plush Hippopotamus for my sister for Christmas.

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    MT Wallet   almost 2 years ago

    Afficionado, who posts on Andy Capp, buried Bella.

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    BrettFernau  almost 2 years ago

    Impractical? Certainly. But a wonderfully cute Christmas song!

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    Taracinablue  almost 2 years ago

    Cute!

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    kittylover.truitt  almost 2 years ago

    Love this! I once got a stuffed hippo for Christmas:) I still have her :)

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    stefaninafla  almost 2 years ago

    My mother made me two stuffed hippos. They were huge, each over five feet long.

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    Huggybearojb  over 1 year ago

    The I want a hippopotamus for Christmas is a song, right?

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