Its true, it’s all perspective. From Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks 2000 year old man: "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die."
I was expecting several comments suggesting TV series to watch. Surprised (pleasantly) to find none! It means I can recommend something without feeling unoriginal.
I’d recommend Nero Wolfe (2001 TV series, not 1981). The books it’s based on by Rex Stout are also phenomenal.
However, if it’s a Sitcom you’re looking for, I guess I’d recommend the Andy Griffith show. I haven’t watched many sitcoms, but I have fond & cozy memories of this one.
I once worked in retail in college. I said I would never work retail again! Then what do I do after retiring from my company job, I went and worked retail again! 🥴
During the Year of the Masked Terror, that mean lady job hunter worked or shopped in every store I visited with my nonverbal autistic son, who turned 26 that year. Now, I could have done more to keep a mask on him. But his balance isn’t great, and tying his hands behind him just seemed like a bad idea. He recoiled in horror from me if I put one on, which would have been merely droopy without his additional tendency to run away. So, oftentimes we were regaled with moral homilies and a generous admixture of threat and insult. I really should have invested in a body cam. Those videos would be priceless now.
What I mostly remember about the pandemic were the people who liked to lean in about two inches from my face as they talked. It was as if the instruction to socially distance oneself brought in every close-talker from a 100 mile radius. My favorites were the people who would pull down their masks to speak, presumably because they were completely muffled with it on. If anything, I got a good year’s worth of strips out of it.
I started to think about whether there are planned emergencies. I realized that they have nothing to do with my planning to deal with them -- they're ones that other people plan to dump on me. Sometimes the planning is very elaborate.
I love all of these, as always. But in the one with Rusty, I noticed that the computer monitors in adjacent panels line up, making the scenes look fuller. That's so cool. I'm sure you did it on purpose.
I do not plan for emergencies. They say that the thing that kills you is the one thing you didn't plan for. If you recall the Simpsons episode in which Mr. Burns had every disease known to man, his physician equated each disease to a troll doll and tried to cram all the troll dolls through a doll house doorway to illustrate that no disease could gain a foothold in Burns's body. Burns is immortal. Applying the same logic, no disaster will ever touch me because no single emergency can get through the door.
The older you get, the less difference there is between an inconvenience and an emergency.
An inconvenience is you dropping your spoon on the floor. An emergency is me dropping my spoon on the floor.
Its true, it’s all perspective. From Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks 2000 year old man: "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die."
100% accurate, true and every other word of agreement you can think of.
Now I want to look at the oldest strips!
I was expecting several comments suggesting TV series to watch. Surprised (pleasantly) to find none! It means I can recommend something without feeling unoriginal.
I’d recommend Nero Wolfe (2001 TV series, not 1981). The books it’s based on by Rex Stout are also phenomenal.
However, if it’s a Sitcom you’re looking for, I guess I’d recommend the Andy Griffith show. I haven’t watched many sitcoms, but I have fond & cozy memories of this one.
Yay! A recommendation. I leaned that Andy Griffith was filmed next to the Dick Van Dyke Show. Don Knotts was a genius as Barney.
I once worked in retail in college. I said I would never work retail again! Then what do I do after retiring from my company job, I went and worked retail again! 🥴
It’s better when you know you can leave if you want.
During the Year of the Masked Terror, that mean lady job hunter worked or shopped in every store I visited with my nonverbal autistic son, who turned 26 that year. Now, I could have done more to keep a mask on him. But his balance isn’t great, and tying his hands behind him just seemed like a bad idea. He recoiled in horror from me if I put one on, which would have been merely droopy without his additional tendency to run away. So, oftentimes we were regaled with moral homilies and a generous admixture of threat and insult. I really should have invested in a body cam. Those videos would be priceless now.
What I mostly remember about the pandemic were the people who liked to lean in about two inches from my face as they talked. It was as if the instruction to socially distance oneself brought in every close-talker from a 100 mile radius. My favorites were the people who would pull down their masks to speak, presumably because they were completely muffled with it on. If anything, I got a good year’s worth of strips out of it.
I started to think about whether there are planned emergencies. I realized that they have nothing to do with my planning to deal with them -- they're ones that other people plan to dump on me. Sometimes the planning is very elaborate.
You are the solution to someone’s emergency. I like that. I may be someone’s Plan B. I’m only good as a runner up solution.
I love all of these, as always. But in the one with Rusty, I noticed that the computer monitors in adjacent panels line up, making the scenes look fuller. That's so cool. I'm sure you did it on purpose.
I did and you’re the first person to point that out. Thank you.
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I do not plan for emergencies. They say that the thing that kills you is the one thing you didn't plan for. If you recall the Simpsons episode in which Mr. Burns had every disease known to man, his physician equated each disease to a troll doll and tried to cram all the troll dolls through a doll house doorway to illustrate that no disease could gain a foothold in Burns's body. Burns is immortal. Applying the same logic, no disaster will ever touch me because no single emergency can get through the door.
I know a few people whose responses can be pointed or sharp and sometimes both.
I see your joke, but I don't have to like it 😉
A pizza cutter is sharp but no point….
I cut pizzas with an ullu knife. It is sharp and has TWO points. I've had and used the round kind. But I don't get their point.