February 18, 2022

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dennisinseattle
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2 years ago

That Leonardo illustration is hard to take when it’s someone you know.

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 years ago

Well, that’s not Cleo.

dennisinseattle
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2 years ago

That is clear.

StelBel
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Reply to  happyhappyhappy
2 years ago

Happy and Dennis:

LOL !!!

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 years ago

This, no doubt, is one of Leonardo’s preparatory sketches.

Tigressy
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Reply to  Liverlips McCracken
2 years ago

Tmi.

(Yes; I knew.) 😉

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Rotifer MY AVATAR IS BETTY BOOP'S BUTT Thalweg
Reply to  nighthawks
2 years ago

WordPress has a myriad of options, but no trigger warning?

P51Strega
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 years ago

LOL

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 years ago

I love Van Gogh, but I’ve always thought the brush strokes in this one make him look like a werewolf.

Alexikakos
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 years ago

 
The photograph was apparently taken sometime in the 1930s.
Accepting that.
The cigarettes are filtered so they are likely either Parliaments or Viceroys the two brands with the biggest market share in the ’30s; both made by Brown and Williamson.
Matchbooks were patented in 1892, but the match used in the photograph is a wooden one taken from the box in hand.
 

StelBel
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 years ago

Nighthawks:
great wordplay! I’m glad they weren’t using a Bic!

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 years ago

They’re wearing 1920’s or very early 30’s bathing suits, not tennis whites, and the cigarettes have been highlighted with white ink or paint.

I’ve seen this picture elsewhere, too…. uncropped, with their bare legs showing.

Bobbed hair, naked legs, cigarettes… I think this was meant to be scandalous, at that time, and probably titillating.

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Reply to  SusanSunshine
2 years ago

I’m not titillated. I never smoked, thankfully, and not impressed by it. But that is a nice racket.

dennisinseattle
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2 years ago

I guess Miley Cyrus was coping Faith Hill.

dennisinseattle
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2 years ago

copying

Alexikakos
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2 years ago

 
The oldest she could have been when she made this was 21; she’ll be 30 on Wednesday, November 23 of this year.
 

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  Alexikakos
2 years ago

She was a couple of months short of 21, by the dates.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  dennisinseattle
2 years ago

LOL… I think Faith Hill would be horrified at that suggestion…

Or at least would think Miley had gone truly astray.

happyhappyhappy
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2 years ago

I don’t know anyone that bad, but i do know a guy that would call 911 and immediately take photos after.

happyhappyhappy
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2 years ago

Alexikakos
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2 years ago

 
Another well researched and narrated episode by Pete Beard.
I can’t find any timelines detailed enough to state which, but I’m sure that two images in the drawings were either the inspiration for, or were inspired by, The Shadow, and Betty Boop.
 

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Liverlips McCracken
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2 years ago

That’s cold, Claude.

StelBel
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2 years ago

While all that may be true, that would negate the whole premise of the gag. Since it’s a comic strip where humor is key, why would you want to do that? Just let it go………..

Repeat three times: it’s only a cartoon…it’s only a cartoon…it’s only a cartoon…

Alexikakos
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 years ago

 
I rarely cook stuffed foods.
I have never practiced doing it enough; so I always flounder around and get crabby.
 

Last edited 2 years ago by Alexikakos
SusanSunshine
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2 years ago

Kind of out of character for Claude, this mean streak.

At least, I like to think it is.

Of course, it wasn’t a friend, was it… just some guy hanging around the park.

Tsk tsk.

Last edited 2 years ago by SusanSunshine
perkycat
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
2 years ago

Sadly, this is the way of the world these days. Take the picture or video first, then maybe help. But, I have to say that the pictures and videos can be very important. It wouldn’t have hurt Claude to make a little call to 9-1-1, though.

Tigressy
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2 years ago

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Alexikakos
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2 years ago

 

🙂   ˅  ˅  At the demand of Miss —comment image  ˅  ˅   🙂 below.

 

 

 

Last edited 2 years ago by Alexikakos
Tigressy
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Reply to  Alexikakos
2 years ago

Again: Use the spoiler tag!
Thank you.

Unnerved, not grumpy. I’ve even cancelled the thumbs down.

Tigressy
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Reply to  Alexikakos
2 years ago

Just an example…
How would you feel if you read a thrilling book and someone blurted the ending to you without fair warning?

Alexikakos
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2 years ago

 
For those getting :
“Video unavailable
The uploader has not made this video available in
your country”
 
I don’t know if nighthawks’ posting is this one, but here is one that is a live, virtually heavy-metal version.
 

 

Old Phart Plods
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2 years ago

Okay … first things first. Thanks all for the well wishes on yesterday’s news.

Alexikakos
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2 years ago

 
Valerie Bertinelli has a new book out titled: “Enough Already.”

 
I’m not going to be reading the book, but I became really interested in her almost 36 minute interview with Tom Power of CBC’s “Q.”
She’s a really nice human being.
The interview touches several times on her marriage and nearing reconciliation with Eddie van Halen before his death from Covid. Her learning to cook Indonesian dishes from her mother-in-law Eugenia ( van Beers) van Halen came up in relation to her cooking show.
Her admiration for Betty White comes through loud and clear.
 
     LINK TO INTERVIEW
 
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER (ISBN) 9780358567363 (hardcover)
 

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Old Phart Plods
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2 years ago

“Didja fall?” Nope I just like hanging around the park… here’s your sign.

Good TGIF Cleo and Claude phans!

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NATIONAL DRINK WINE DAY!

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Y’all stay charged and stay thirsty my friends! (((((HuGz!)))))

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  Old Phart Plods
2 years ago

Warning to would-be miscreants….

This does not mean that today you can get away with battery!

perkycat
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
2 years ago

Funny! You never know how some people will take things.

Alexikakos
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2 years ago

 
Look what’s on sale again (and it’s gone down from last time) ! ! !
 

Superstore February 17 through 23.PNG
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2 years ago

happyhappyhappy
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2 years ago

Taxidermy gone wrong.

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SusanSunshine
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Reply to  happyhappyhappy
2 years ago

Hatching a bright idea.

happyhappyhappy
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2 years ago

Recycling!

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