The comic:
It's April. Wouldn't this have been better in January? Oh well, better than some old "joke" about taxes.
That will probably be in September.
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Monday, April 18, 2011
Monday April 18th
It's April. Wouldn't this have been better in January? Oh well, better than some old "joke" about taxes.
That will probably be in September.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Friday March 11th
The comic:
This is really sad.
They can't afford a car they can actually ride in. It looks like it's a good height, but something's off.
If I had money, I'd live in a better drawn cartoon, I sure would.
Pity the Pluggers, stuck in Pluggerville, doomed to poor drawing forever.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Thursday March 3rd
The comic:
It's funny because our healthcare system will bankrupt you!
And only 6 bottles? Amateur.
Question - is it really investing if most of them are generics?
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Tuesday February 22nd
The comic:
Going by their height, the only difference is the dog can jump over the gate.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Tuesday July 27th
The comic:
Ha ha, see some programs are tape delayed, but their real life game is delayed because he needs tape because his dad is too cheap to buy another wooden bat. Or to save money and get a metal one.
Also, electrical tape? Ooh la la, look who's fancy pants now! My mom recently tried to block the sun from waking her up (she couldn't pull the blinds down because Mikey would wreck them, I assume), using purple duct tape and black garbage bags, thank you very much! It didn't work so well, the tape started peeling, my sister says it's because of the heat (??) but we didn't use no fancy electrical tape...
Wait, what the front door is "electical" tape?
Is it supposed to be a cute Family Circus malapropism? Well, it's not like he replaced one word, he just mispronounced the real one. Or more likely, Brookins ran out of room in the speech bubble and misspelled the word himself. Because if you're old enough to play baseball, you're old enough to pronounce "electrical" the right way.
Also, this shows that Pluggerville is in some unrealistic America (or perhaps the America of their youth?) because I live in a neighborhood with a lot of spaces for a game of baseball. And we're next to a baseball stadium.
My sister, our friend, and I played baseball in the front yard - it was fun and stupid, because each person was on both teams at once.
And people throw balls around at the park, though the only sport I've seen played is football. Baseball can be risky if you're a good batter - smash goes the window. Oh no, it hit a car!
We don't have sandlots anymore, and our parents don't want us playing in abandoned, empty lots anyway.
And make-it-up-as-you-go-along baseball is much more fun.
Pluggers think they're Charlie Brown and the gang, playing baseball without adult supervision. Well, they're not.
ELECTICAL? Really? This got published? Hey, all of you unemployed people looking for work, don't remind yourself that even the shittiest print comic means that someone is getting paid. It's especially galling when it's a legacy strip or run on reader's contributions, like this one.
Ha ha, see some programs are tape delayed, but their real life game is delayed because he needs tape because his dad is too cheap to buy another wooden bat. Or to save money and get a metal one.
Also, electrical tape? Ooh la la, look who's fancy pants now! My mom recently tried to block the sun from waking her up (she couldn't pull the blinds down because Mikey would wreck them, I assume), using purple duct tape and black garbage bags, thank you very much! It didn't work so well, the tape started peeling, my sister says it's because of the heat (??) but we didn't use no fancy electrical tape...
Wait, what the front door is "electical" tape?
Is it supposed to be a cute Family Circus malapropism? Well, it's not like he replaced one word, he just mispronounced the real one. Or more likely, Brookins ran out of room in the speech bubble and misspelled the word himself. Because if you're old enough to play baseball, you're old enough to pronounce "electrical" the right way.
Also, this shows that Pluggerville is in some unrealistic America (or perhaps the America of their youth?) because I live in a neighborhood with a lot of spaces for a game of baseball. And we're next to a baseball stadium.
My sister, our friend, and I played baseball in the front yard - it was fun and stupid, because each person was on both teams at once.
And people throw balls around at the park, though the only sport I've seen played is football. Baseball can be risky if you're a good batter - smash goes the window. Oh no, it hit a car!
We don't have sandlots anymore, and our parents don't want us playing in abandoned, empty lots anyway.
And make-it-up-as-you-go-along baseball is much more fun.
Pluggers think they're Charlie Brown and the gang, playing baseball without adult supervision. Well, they're not.
ELECTICAL? Really? This got published? Hey, all of you unemployed people looking for work, don't remind yourself that even the shittiest print comic means that someone is getting paid. It's especially galling when it's a legacy strip or run on reader's contributions, like this one.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Monday July 26th
The comic:
They don't know how lucky they are to be able to retire. The next generation may not be able to. Or they'll be shoved out from their old job at 65 and have to supplement their retirement with a job at Wal-Mart. In fact, one of the first ones I covered showed a "senior Plugger" working there.
So Pluggers are elitists.
Or they got into their vaunted blue collar job with a great union. Commies.
They don't know how lucky they are to be able to retire. The next generation may not be able to. Or they'll be shoved out from their old job at 65 and have to supplement their retirement with a job at Wal-Mart. In fact, one of the first ones I covered showed a "senior Plugger" working there.
So Pluggers are elitists.
Or they got into their vaunted blue collar job with a great union. Commies.
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Saturday July 3rd
The comic:
On all that fur!
Two things marking her as a different Plugger - "senior" and "ladies". Senior bothers me because I know women start using that expensive snake oil in their 30s or 20s.
"Ladies" bothers me because all women are so gullible and vain, amirite? It has nothing to do with our youth-obsessed couple or the fact that older men with wrinkles and gray hair look "distinguished" and want a younger woman, or a younger-looking one, at least. Plastic surgery is out of a Pluggers' price range, but all she's spent on gunk for her face over the years is probably more than what a face lift would cost - it just seems like more for the surgery because it's all at once (or on installments).
I use moisturizer. I was a senior in high school, and I "should" be a senior in August, but I don't think I will be. 4th year, yes, but I'm probably not graduating next May.
Anyways, I have dry skin. The right moisturizer is a godsend for everyone, male or female, old or young. I guess moisturizer makes your skin look young as well? I wouldn't know, I already look young all the time.
This makes me sad - I wish this was homey and sweet (gag-inducing) - a Plugger grandmother doesn't need anti-wrinkle cream, because she knows they're part of her life. And it would show her pointing at some with her granddaughter on her lap - "These are laugh lines - I've had a happy life." or "Your mother gave me these!" Off camera - "Mom!"
Or even better - she's complaining about her wrinkles and her partner says, "I love them, they're a map of our life together." (Or - "The laugh lines, frown lines, lines from thinking - they prove you're not a robot!") *cut to snuggle time*
Oh yeah, they're called "apps" because you apply them to your face.
"Trying to look young and wasting money - there's an app for that."
But I thought the iPod and such were designed to be easy to use, especially by people who aren't that comfortable with technology, like, oh "seniors."
Besides, what do they say? Getting old is better than the alternative!
Two things marking her as a different Plugger - "senior" and "ladies". Senior bothers me because I know women start using that expensive snake oil in their 30s or 20s.
"Ladies" bothers me because all women are so gullible and vain, amirite? It has nothing to do with our youth-obsessed couple or the fact that older men with wrinkles and gray hair look "distinguished" and want a younger woman, or a younger-looking one, at least. Plastic surgery is out of a Pluggers' price range, but all she's spent on gunk for her face over the years is probably more than what a face lift would cost - it just seems like more for the surgery because it's all at once (or on installments).
I use moisturizer. I was a senior in high school, and I "should" be a senior in August, but I don't think I will be. 4th year, yes, but I'm probably not graduating next May.
Anyways, I have dry skin. The right moisturizer is a godsend for everyone, male or female, old or young. I guess moisturizer makes your skin look young as well? I wouldn't know, I already look young all the time.
This makes me sad - I wish this was homey and sweet (gag-inducing) - a Plugger grandmother doesn't need anti-wrinkle cream, because she knows they're part of her life. And it would show her pointing at some with her granddaughter on her lap - "These are laugh lines - I've had a happy life." or "Your mother gave me these!" Off camera - "Mom!"
Or even better - she's complaining about her wrinkles and her partner says, "I love them, they're a map of our life together." (Or - "The laugh lines, frown lines, lines from thinking - they prove you're not a robot!") *cut to snuggle time*
Oh yeah, they're called "apps" because you apply them to your face.
"Trying to look young and wasting money - there's an app for that."
But I thought the iPod and such were designed to be easy to use, especially by people who aren't that comfortable with technology, like, oh "seniors."
Besides, what do they say? Getting old is better than the alternative!
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Tuesday June 29th
The comic:
Sent in by a man.
Did he do this in secret, so the woman he hates so much wouldn't see it?
I'm going to say yes.
It's one thing to show respect for your partner, it's quite another to meekly do what they say, secretly hating them the entire time. And for the dominating partner, it's important to ask their opinions on doing things, though since it's always the man being meek around his wife in Pluggerville, and men in Pluggerville don't talk about their feelings...
Hey wait, if they live stereotyped gender roles, shouldn't he have already mowed the yard? It's not like women do that!
Plus, Hank Hill is a Plugger, and he has a tiny yard and a riding mower and he loves his lawn.
She's treating him like a moody teenager, and he's acting like one.
Sent in by a man.
Did he do this in secret, so the woman he hates so much wouldn't see it?
I'm going to say yes.
It's one thing to show respect for your partner, it's quite another to meekly do what they say, secretly hating them the entire time. And for the dominating partner, it's important to ask their opinions on doing things, though since it's always the man being meek around his wife in Pluggerville, and men in Pluggerville don't talk about their feelings...
Hey wait, if they live stereotyped gender roles, shouldn't he have already mowed the yard? It's not like women do that!
Plus, Hank Hill is a Plugger, and he has a tiny yard and a riding mower and he loves his lawn.
She's treating him like a moody teenager, and he's acting like one.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Monday June 28th
The comic:
Say what? They don't use it for Farmville like everyone else their age?
She doesn't look pleased - maybe she went to a different school or wasn't there that year.
Or perhaps she's skeptical and they're going to call up Wally Bikechane (WTF) and ask him to do that again. Was he eating it and then laughed and it went out, like when liquids go out your nose at the wrong moment? I've heard soda burns like hell.
She doesn't look pleased - maybe she went to a different school or wasn't there that year.
Or perhaps she's skeptical and they're going to call up Wally Bikechane (WTF) and ask him to do that again. Was he eating it and then laughed and it went out, like when liquids go out your nose at the wrong moment? I've heard soda burns like hell.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Monday June 21st
The comic:
Um.
Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
We have one plate hanging up, and it's not collectible by any measure, especially since it's split in two.
I'm lost. Boggled in the brain.
Um.
Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
We have one plate hanging up, and it's not collectible by any measure, especially since it's split in two.
I'm lost. Boggled in the brain.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Friday June 18th
The comic:
This reminds me of The Sound of Music.
Does anyone really whistle for their kids? I thought they just shouted. This is bizarre, and just an excuse to bash the internet. Again.
They could have shown a Plugger whistling for their pet to come. Or walking along, whistling a tune.
But no, that would make sense.
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This reminds me of The Sound of Music.
Does anyone really whistle for their kids? I thought they just shouted. This is bizarre, and just an excuse to bash the internet. Again.
They could have shown a Plugger whistling for their pet to come. Or walking along, whistling a tune.
But no, that would make sense.
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Thursday, June 17, 2010
Thursday June 17th
The comic:
But this caption is too long - "Reading only the single-panel comics is Plugger speed reading."
Also - ha ha, this is a single-panel comic too!
And you can't save the newspaper for later in the day to enjoy because...
And the love of Family Circus is okay - they look at the little children as we look at them - some weird species.
But the Marmaduke love gives me a headache - it features humans and animals - and animals that don't talk to wear clothes or read the paper.
And I am quite disappointed that Brookins didn't plug himself - instead of Marmaduke (another animal - competition!), he should have said Pluggers.
And then your head would explode.
But this caption is too long - "Reading only the single-panel comics is Plugger speed reading."
Also - ha ha, this is a single-panel comic too!
And you can't save the newspaper for later in the day to enjoy because...
And the love of Family Circus is okay - they look at the little children as we look at them - some weird species.
But the Marmaduke love gives me a headache - it features humans and animals - and animals that don't talk to wear clothes or read the paper.
And I am quite disappointed that Brookins didn't plug himself - instead of Marmaduke (another animal - competition!), he should have said Pluggers.
And then your head would explode.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Monday May 31st
The comic:
There is no "classic" by Brad Wesner that is patriotic and sappy?
Why doesn't he have glasses on? The way his eyes are drawn, it doesn't look like he can see much.
Also, why does she care?
Unless she recommended the book based on its ending. (Shutter Island for example - though its last lines give nothing away.)
Sometimes I like knowing spoilers/endings ahead of time because it's fun to see how it all adds up - and I will watch or read something again going nah, it's not gonna happen and bam, it does. Also, while watching Bunty aur Babli, I get nervous each time they're on the train towards the end - will they go to jail or not?! My friend thought I was so batty because I told her I'd scene it 50 times and was still like oh no what will happen!
...I really get into movies.
There is no "classic" by Brad Wesner that is patriotic and sappy?
Why doesn't he have glasses on? The way his eyes are drawn, it doesn't look like he can see much.
Also, why does she care?
Unless she recommended the book based on its ending. (Shutter Island for example - though its last lines give nothing away.)
Sometimes I like knowing spoilers/endings ahead of time because it's fun to see how it all adds up - and I will watch or read something again going nah, it's not gonna happen and bam, it does. Also, while watching Bunty aur Babli, I get nervous each time they're on the train towards the end - will they go to jail or not?! My friend thought I was so batty because I told her I'd scene it 50 times and was still like oh no what will happen!
...I really get into movies.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Monday May 24th
The comic:
Because he handles iron, geddit?
This isn't objectionable, it's not funny by any means, but look, he's got a job! They're talking about a movie that came out recently!
But you'd think Pluggers would enjoy comic books and movies made from them - don't Pluggers deserve 2 hours or so of escapism in some AC?
Because he handles iron, geddit?
This isn't objectionable, it's not funny by any means, but look, he's got a job! They're talking about a movie that came out recently!
But you'd think Pluggers would enjoy comic books and movies made from them - don't Pluggers deserve 2 hours or so of escapism in some AC?
Monday, May 10, 2010
Monday May 10th
The comic:
Ha ha, Pluggers wear their pants up high!
This is what you kick off "classics week" with? Reed Hoover is a hack, but Brookins is worse.
Ha ha, Pluggers wear their pants up high!
This is what you kick off "classics week" with? Reed Hoover is a hack, but Brookins is worse.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Saturday May 8th
The comic:
His ears scare me. Also, going on the RhinoMan's story - he is at a friend or relative's house and they lent him decent pajamas. Or he broke in and put on the pjs and is raiding the fridge because his biggest fantasy in life is having a midnight snack. Ha, imagined poverty is funny!
Also, he's not thinking outside the box. If he was, we'd see an open cupboard (though the angles that would require showing more than RhinoMan and an open fridge in a blank void would probably break our heads) or at least the freezer would be open. That would be literal.
Is this supposed to be literal - he'll take food out of the box. Or is it, ha, Pluggers only think of food and that's funny because um, it just is.
No idea.
I'm not doing better health wise, but school is over (except for a 12 page paper, I just want to take an F, I'm so lazy) and I'm on the couch and the dogs need to be in. So mentally, I'm in a better place. So Monday, maybe?
His ears scare me. Also, going on the RhinoMan's story - he is at a friend or relative's house and they lent him decent pajamas. Or he broke in and put on the pjs and is raiding the fridge because his biggest fantasy in life is having a midnight snack. Ha, imagined poverty is funny!
Also, he's not thinking outside the box. If he was, we'd see an open cupboard (though the angles that would require showing more than RhinoMan and an open fridge in a blank void would probably break our heads) or at least the freezer would be open. That would be literal.
Is this supposed to be literal - he'll take food out of the box. Or is it, ha, Pluggers only think of food and that's funny because um, it just is.
No idea.
I'm not doing better health wise, but school is over (except for a 12 page paper, I just want to take an F, I'm so lazy) and I'm on the couch and the dogs need to be in. So mentally, I'm in a better place. So Monday, maybe?
Friday, May 7, 2010
Friday May 7th
The comic:
Pluggers have butts?
Pluggers have curves?
Pluggers don't have a Hank Hill butt? (And he is such a Plugger - so smug. He and Andy Griffith are total Pluggers - "real" folks and so damn smug.)
I think the point is "Pluggers are fat" and the drawing says "Pluggers are fat and it depresses them."
Or maybe this has something to do with guy jeans I don't get?
Anyways, Pluggers are fat! Hoo doggie, what a knee-slapper! Fat people are funny! I tell jokes and make people laugh, and I'm fat. Now I know they only laughed because I'm fat. (Or when I was sick and skinny, because they could tell the future and knew I'd be fat one day.)
Thanks Pluggers for clearing up my misconceptions! Now I know I'm nothing more than my hilariously fat body.
If "Pluggers are fat" wasn't funny, why would it be repeated on a regular basis?
That still doesn't mean this comic makes a lick of sense. Oh well, Texans. What can you expect.
ETA: Ha! "Fat jokes" are funny - Hagar the Horrible writer Chris Browne agrees with me! Or he wouldn't make one every week as well. It's so much fun breaking things and possibly hurting yourself, oh man, I'm going to laugh so much I might cry. Or punch the monitor.
Pluggers have butts?
Pluggers have curves?
Pluggers don't have a Hank Hill butt? (And he is such a Plugger - so smug. He and Andy Griffith are total Pluggers - "real" folks and so damn smug.)
I think the point is "Pluggers are fat" and the drawing says "Pluggers are fat and it depresses them."
Or maybe this has something to do with guy jeans I don't get?
Anyways, Pluggers are fat! Hoo doggie, what a knee-slapper! Fat people are funny! I tell jokes and make people laugh, and I'm fat. Now I know they only laughed because I'm fat. (Or when I was sick and skinny, because they could tell the future and knew I'd be fat one day.)
Thanks Pluggers for clearing up my misconceptions! Now I know I'm nothing more than my hilariously fat body.
If "Pluggers are fat" wasn't funny, why would it be repeated on a regular basis?
That still doesn't mean this comic makes a lick of sense. Oh well, Texans. What can you expect.
ETA: Ha! "Fat jokes" are funny - Hagar the Horrible writer Chris Browne agrees with me! Or he wouldn't make one every week as well. It's so much fun breaking things and possibly hurting yourself, oh man, I'm going to laugh so much I might cry. Or punch the monitor.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Saturday May 1st
The comic:
Ahahahahahahahahahahaha - finally, the comic does its job. I can't stop laughing.
Wish they'd gone with the original name, because the Plugger could oh-so-innocently bring some tea bags to the tea party. (Someone must have finally told the teadiots about urban dictionary, le sigh.)
Hahahahahhahahahahahaha, shit I'm going to tumble off the bed soon.
Thanks, Marion!
Ahahahahahahahahahahaha - finally, the comic does its job. I can't stop laughing.
Wish they'd gone with the original name, because the Plugger could oh-so-innocently bring some tea bags to the tea party. (Someone must have finally told the teadiots about urban dictionary, le sigh.)
Hahahahahhahahahahahaha, shit I'm going to tumble off the bed soon.
Thanks, Marion!
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Saturday April 10th
The comic:
The caption says "Pluggers' 'don't ask, don't tell'." And features the female chicken Plugger standing in front of an open fridge, looking towards the male dog Plugger (and the audience), asking, "Did you take the last piece of cake out of the fridge?" The dog has a guilty look on his face, food on his mouth, and he's holding a plate with a piece of cake on it. And he's using a fork.
This hurts my head. He can't tell right now because his mouth is full, but WTF? Is she going to kick him out of the house once she finds out he did take the cake? Because he was foolish enough to use silverware, leaving a trail behind.
So do stereotypical wives (as if there are any other in Pluggerville) not ask if their stereotypical husbands eat "bad" food?
But she did ask.
THIS MAKES NO SENSE!!!
This hurts my head. He can't tell right now because his mouth is full, but WTF? Is she going to kick him out of the house once she finds out he did take the cake? Because he was foolish enough to use silverware, leaving a trail behind.
So do stereotypical wives (as if there are any other in Pluggerville) not ask if their stereotypical husbands eat "bad" food?
But she did ask.
THIS MAKES NO SENSE!!!
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