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But the toxoplasmosis will make you think they’re cute.
This strip most likely refers to a popular song Full Moon And Empty Arms, which in turn was based on Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2.
The most well known rendition of this song was by Frank Sinatra from 1945.
8·23 hours ago“Stars!” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stars!
A 4X game for Win 3.11 that was set up for multi-player by email and ftp turbo.
Fantastically ergonomic use of early GUI features.
You could design your own alien race and ships, the default races were well balanced, but all played very differently.
I’m just thinking, “What young person is going to get this joke, if I don’t explain the pop culture reference?” on several of these strips.
This strip refers to the then-popular American broadcast TV show “The Love Boat” that was set on an ocean cruise liner. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075529/
The in-show boat was based on a real life cruise ship named the “Pacific Princess” not the “Love Boat” so the cartoon is inaccurate with regards to the ship’s name.
The show was filmed on sets and cruise liners other than the Pacific Princess.
The opening theme is classic 70s….
The cosmic-sized clown is just off screen
Blowing bubbles doesn’t seem like much of a punishment.
But the symbolism in the song of bubbles representing doomed hopes is torture.
It all depends on how much the symbolism mattered to the person blowing bubbles in the comic.
If you’ve never heard of the song, or it doesn’t mean much to you personally, then the devils would probably find something else for you.
Makes me wonder of Gary Larson was a secret WHU supporter, or at least a Premier League fan.
I doubt that many people today, or in the 80s, would know of this song otherwise.
This strip references a song from 1918, I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles.
It has depressing lyrics about crushed hopes and missed opportunities. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'm_Forever_Blowing_Bubbles#Lyrics
1919 recording of the song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvpvbla3rWg
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=Mvpvbla3rWg
edit: Today, it’s best known as the team anthem of English football team West Ham United FC.
41·5 days agoI alternate between French Press and Aeropress.
With the Aeropress, I alternate between metal filters, and paper filters because both taste slightly different.
If I run out of beans or ground, then instant it is!
2·5 days agoAh, I’m on Android v2.24.3, which is the current version on the Google Play Store.
Screenshot of text formatting 3 dot menu
Creepy angels created gingers, the spawn of Satan
/s
2·7 days agoIt’s a genuine mystery right now.
Could be anything from a new virus, a new parasite, as if varroa wasn’t bad enough, pesticides or a combination of things.
I’m sure the USDA has their best researchers working on it.
Oh wait…
12·7 days agoThere’s a migration program to transfer torrents from utorrent to qbittorrent.
https://forum.qbittorrent.org/viewtopic.php?t=3224
I remember using it way back when, and they’ve kept it updated.
Having double poled light switches at the top and bottom of a staircase that control a light fixture that illuminates the stairs has been in building code for decades.
Although this is likely an old house built before then, it’s a cheap upgrade to hire an electrician to make this situation a lot safer.
OG had mythical wooden teeth grills
Sounds like a DNS caching problem.
Reboot your mobile device and/or wifi router?
Michael Jackson’s dream…
Just paste Xi Jinping’s head over Johnson’s.