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1. about 6 hours ago on Wizard of Id Classics

   He seems to spend a lot of time in the castle wine cellar. I’d expect there are a few bottles of cognac on hand. My question would be where he gets the crème de cacao which wasn’t available in Europe prior to 17th Century. (The presence of a serfdom system and knights indicates, to me, The Wizard of Id should take place no later than the 16th Century. And yes, I’m aware of the anachronisms that often appear in this strip.)

2. about 6 hours ago on Wizard of Id

   When I came back from a local store last Thursday evening (March 13) I noticed a house that not only still had up their lights (kinda forgivable considering the weather) but they had then lit. I probably would have ignored it if it wasn’t for the elaborate tree and reindeer.

3. about 7 hours ago on Close to Home

   But they do have the ability to do real research (i.e., no Faux News, [Un]Truth social platform, etc.) and recognize facts and reality. Their brains don’t hurt when they think because they’re use to it.

4. 1 day ago on The Born Loser

   A few years back if you pressed 0 repeatedly or start swearing the system would put you right through. I think too many people figured that out as neither of those seem to work anymore.

5. 1 day ago on One Big Happy

   I would “pop” my nephews and nieces on the bottom occasionally when babysitting. Not to harm, but to get their attention. The punishment they hated the worse was standing/sitting in the corner for a certain time period. The time period was adjusted or began over again when they asked “how much longer” or “can I get out of the corner now?” After a couple of times when they were told not to do something, they stopped or didn’t begin.

6. 1 day ago on One Big Happy

   That’s the way my grandma would have used it.

7. 2 days ago on Non Sequitur

   It’s only fair to have statues to commemorate people who fought against the United States on our soil. We should have statues of Hitler, Mussolini, Hirohito and Yamamoto (the latter conceived and led the attack on Pearl Harbor; I’m sure his statue would brighten the place up). While we’re at it how about a few of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Mehmed V and Franz Joseph. Heck, let’s go back to the beginning and have a few of George III.

8. 2 days ago on Moderately Confused

   Maybe ladycat, like me, keeps a list of various passwords for different sites on a word document. I put the document in a password protected zip/rar file I keep on two flash drives (one I carry with me on my keychain, one kept in safe as backup if first becomes corrupted). When I can’t remember a password to I don’t use frequently I open the protected file to find the one needed. I then “shred” the opened document (original still on flash drive) with an app that guarantees it can’t be recovered by the majority of computer users. That way I only have to remember the password to the compressed file. And that password is so strange I doubt anyone could figure it out.

9. 4 days ago on Bound and Gagged

   Allegedly the rhyme is a reference to the pirate Blackbeard. The sixpence was the daily wage he paid his crew members (something not done by other pirates) and the “pocketful” of rye referred to a leather bag, or pocket (similar to a canteen), he gave them containing rye whiskey. Other lines also have allegorical/metaphorical meanings. The “pie” refers to his ship and the “birds began to sing” refers to his crew overtaking the crew of ships they ambushed.

   A lot of the “innocent” children’s verses we were taught as kids have dark histories. (“Ring around the rosie” is about the bubonic plague. “Rosie” is the rash which normally had a red ring, the “posies” were flowers used to mask the smell, and “we all fall down” was people dying.)

10. 6 days ago on Stone Soup

    I use rabbit ears on my television. Since stations have gone digital I get quite a selection of stations. Use to have a satellite but the box died on me and after about four to six months of trying to get it replaced I finally told the company to stuff it. Never watched much TV anyway. Maybe a movie I’m interested in if I know it will air. Mainly the local news for the weather report (especially if there’s a storm watch/warning).