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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Oh, I dunno... #148289 09/25/05 08:35 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 a Johnny Hart cartoon I remember time back way back when they were still playing baseball with a cubical ball. Someone (Peter?) hit a long fly ball to the outfield and the umpire (I'm pretty sure it was the fat broad) ran out to the ball, spread her arms out in a safe sign and said, "Six!" There was some discussion of the strip on the editorial page in which a number of columnists for the paper (The Chicago Sun-Times, IIRC) nearly unanimously declared the strip funny but none could explain why it was funny. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Oh, I dunno... #148290 09/25/05 10:25 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City I inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah I Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City >>six<< That *is funny. Elegant, even. Don't ask me why. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter two things to note about johnny Hart #148291 09/25/05 02:56 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass 1. his sense of humor is offbeat http://featurepage.creators.com/washpost.html?name=bc [dated] b. he wears his Christianity on his sleeve, which has gotten him in hot water occasionally: http://atheism.about.com/b/a/044895.htm iii. some folks have *no sense of humor: http://joshreads.com/index.php?cat=13 -ron (that was never two things) obvious p.s. - [not at all germane] Johhny Hart is 73 years old. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,330 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 932 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,541 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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