Tuesday February 16th

The comic:


Pluggers have no patience and cannot amuse themselves when stuck in a line.

It's called a book. It's also called an mp3 player, though that doesn't always work because you might miss your name or number being called. Or an expensive cell phone - surf the web while you wait! I have an ipod with no connection to the internet, but I uploaded some funny videos and I watched them one day while waiting for class to start.

Of course, this assumes you like reading. That's the most basic thing. Why else would I carry a purse? I always take a book, even on a 2 am Taco Bell run - you never know!

So what do Pluggers do? Whine about the situation and do nothing to make it better. I'm not the most social person, but if the line was that bad, I may start talking to the people around me. We all deal with the weather. And long lines.

But Pluggers don't want life to be fun, they want to whine. No sympathy!

Friday January 1st

The comic:


That's it, set the bar low!

My resolution for 2010 is to watch more Bollywood.

And possibly update this on a more regular basis. (I just wasn't in the mood for the countdown and I had surgery on Wednesday and whine whine whine.)

Happy 2010! 2000 wasn't the future, but surely 2010 will be!

Tuesday August 18th

The comic:


RhinoMan can afford a sprinkler, a hose, and a yard! I'd say he can afford water, but the sprinkler's not turned on, so who knows?

Thursday September 4th

The comic:


Pluggers are lazy, lazy, lazy, but act like they work harder than a... miner.

If they really worked as hard as they claim, they wouldn't have time for this.

RhinoMan has moved up in the world! He has a significant other telling him what to do, and a checkbook!

Why does he look so sad, though? Is he henpecked? Has the chicken lady left her hubbie? Ooh, scandalous!

Wednesday July 23rd

The comic:


Pluggers are fat.

And like to watch TV.

We now return to your regularly scheduled programming.

On a side note, this is the one time I'm glad they changed the gender. Hello, boobies?

ETA: If the comic was as old as its subject, I'd say this classic is from the '50s, when TV dinners were brand new and we'd have flying cars in 2008.

Saturday June 28th

The comic:


There are mowers that don't use gasoline, you know. The classic one with no engine, and one with a battery that keeps popping up in commercials.

I don't mow the yard. I did when I was 8, and I have photographic proof. I also mowed it a couple years back, or the part behind the back fence. Hard work, and I'm happy to blame my allergies and do the dishes instead.

But it must be cut. Bugs! And aren't you supposed to keep it cut, don't most towns have rules and such?

My sister mows the back, and our neighbor mows the front. My plan for the future is to have a yard for my dog, and help some kid by paying him to mow it.

Wednesday June 25th

The comic:


I don't quite understand this. I googled "low-mileage vehicle" because at first I thought it meant high MPG, which looks stupid typed out. So it means a vehicle that hasn't been used a lot.

So Pluggers drive their cars a lot more than they ride their exercise bikes. Which could be a mile a week.

So non-Pluggers have lots of low-mileage vehicles? It would help if I knew exactly what this means. Google didn't help much.

I know the main meaning is "Pluggers are lazy," but shouldn't there be more?

Tuesday June 24th

The comic:


RhinoMan has a TV! You go RhinoMan!

Okay, what's on the tv?

A VCR, DVD player, cable/satellite box, maybe an adapter for the DVD player. (Our old living room TV looked similar, as in it was big enough to sit on the floor and support all those things and a nice picture frame. We needed the adapter for the DVD player because our TV was kind of from the '80s.)

And some video and dvd cases.

That makes sense.

But is that a phone? I've never seen a phone by a TV or in an entertainment center, except maybe a cell phone set down next to one or on a shelf.

And is that another TV with the news on?

That should be saved for a picture-in-picture comic.

Also, aren't Pluggers supposed to be handy? Wouldn't they relish building an entertainment center?

ETA: Eek, Pluggerville is big enough to have its own version of American Idol! Or they're so cut off from society that they can't see any other country's version. Either way, weird.

Monday June 16th

The comic:


Okay, I get putting it up high, kinda, though it's not necessary.

But the bifocals? Why include the glasses?

"Oh, put the mirror there so I can see myself with my glasses."

Saturday May 3rd

The comic:


So the little one is not a Plugger.

Big surprise, Pluggers are lazy. But supportive of their active family members.

There is no definition of the "most important piece of sports equipment," and folding chairs can be used in a made-up sport, somehow. Never underestimate the imagination of a non-Plugger.

Monday the 17th

The comic:



I know that mattresses are not cheap, nor are they easy to replace without help. (And she doesn't look like she has help.)

But still, it's not good to keep a mattress that long. Not only is it not ideal for your back, there are germs or something.

I think.

I sleep on a thin dorm mattress on a metal frame with springs.

Last fall, I think in October, I bought a foam pad at Target for about $20. It is so comfortable, and I am going to get another one over the summer. (And maybe just stack them up - ah!)

I don't really have an opinion about today's comic, it's very blah after yesterday's hate fest.

This just reinforces Plugger characteristics - they're cheap, they're lazy, and they know better than the rest of us. *yawn* At least this only affects her.