Tuesday March 1st

The comic:

It's not unexplained - the Straight Dope - and they're right by a computer that may have the internet, so google away.

I'm guessing she's about to roll her eyes.

And yes, when people bring up "life's unexplained mysteries", I do look for the answer online if I don't already know it.

Saturday September 19th

The comic:


Why would a Plugger have a cell phone?

Saturday December 13th

The comic:


Oh my god, I'm a Tiger.

And hopefully, I will still enjoy browsing antique stores when I am that old.

I will be a Plugger one day.

Please mourn for me.

Though, wait, it says "senior plugger," implying there are senior out there that are not Pluggers.

Thank God. We can get old and not become Pluggers! Rejoice!

Wednesday May 21st

The comic:



And all non-Pluggers play the stock market and don't give a damn about grocery prices!

This is disturbing, because I don't know anyone who cares about the stock market and I know plenty worried about food prices.


However, we don't feel better than people who do care about the stock market, and Pluggers feel better. They're simple folk, non-elitist, and true Americans. OH GAG.


Do Pluggers care about what's causing prices to go up? Nah.

Do they care that they don't know? Nah.

Will they do anything to find out? Nah.

Will they kvetch? Yah.

Also, there's a bit of weirdness in their shock. You visit grocery stores on a regular basis - prices rarely shoot up overnight, it's gradual. That's not to say that gradual increases are any better than fast ones.


This is yet another example of a Plugger feature being a basic truth for most people.

Thursday the 28th

The comic:

Pluggers are old.

Yes, we know that. We also know that non-Pluggers die from syphilis before they become "old".

Big deal.


No, what's shocking, shocking! about today's glimpse into hell is that there are Plugger teachers.

No! No! No!

Actually, I can think of at least one teacher I had who could have been a Plugger. Everybody hated him, and he taught my friend's mom. (And other "old" people who stayed/returned to the area.)

Pluggers are also immortal.

I think - I'm not googling it, do it yourself if you want the "truth" - that retirement age is 65. So his two students are now 85, making him at least 100! Or if the retirement age is 55, then they're now 75, and he's 90! (I'm assuming most teachers - not grad students! - are about 15-20 years older than their students, especially in elementary and middle schools!)

Oh yah - song du jour. Enjoy!

November 6th

A note about this day - it was so damn hot in the CFA building during my UNHP class, but worth it. We saw a professional belly dancer perform and then we all danced. The guys were less shy about it, but we were better. And a cool thing to me - the steps we did involved small kicks, and almost everybody I noticed (big mirror across the wall we faced; I looked down) wearing long - not capris or shorts - pants had a slight flare at the ankle.

Please, no Plugger belly dancing, EVER!

The comic:



Disco dancing, now, that would be just fine.

As long as I never see it.

Being a child of the '90s, I have no idea what the deal is with leisure suits - I've seen pictures, they must have been doing a lot of blow.

Which would explain why RhinoMan is now so poor!

As for the caption, blatant Foxworthy ripoff alert! (Though Foxworthy probably didn't come up with the phrase, he did make it famous.)

Are they Pluggers or rednecks?

Also, as a girl, I'd like to wear a tie for the sake of wearing something girls don't normally wear, since I don't have to.

Ha!

But I did see a reference to 'skinny '60s ties' in one Mad, so I know the width probably varied with the fashions.