Fauxtos

Gary O · November 09, 2011, 06:52:29 PM

Well, I just copied it from an old Ziggy cell, and really don't get Ziggy at all.....as the caps in all the Ziggy cells drive me a couple clicks past sanity (short trip)...don't know whether to go 'huh' or 'what?'
I imagine it means cats and fish are upsought because they were on his menu.
I just liked the weird Ziggy lookin' creature.

I'm going to be experimenting with a bit of twisted humor (a bit off and a lot over the wall), and hope to get this very kind of feed-back, carroll.
If anyone has a tendency to go 'huh?', I'd love to know, and explain.

And yes, of course you can forward anything I create, but keep in mind I'm getting this stuff from the web too.
I've run into pix that give a copyright notice, and I leave those alone, but still.....

fauxto of the evening

Gary O · November 09, 2011, 07:18:09 PM

Quote from: Sassy on November 09, 2011, 04:38:27 PM

Another one that's a classic Grunge Bill Scungie Pants

Thanks Sassy, I enjoyed that one too.
Been workin' with sea life subjects...quite fun

November 09, 2011, 08:20:06 PM

edit: nevermind

Gary O · November 09, 2011, 08:59:54 PM

Quote from: Rob_O on November 09, 2011, 08:20:06 PM
edit: nevermind

Too late Rob
Yeah, I get that, but I just don't get the whole Ziggy genre...yeah, he's everyone, and his irony is supposed to be poignant....but, really? The toon's longevity astounds me.

Now far side, wow, I could read Larson till the cows come home. He bailed quite early...hope he resurrects himself

Dilbert; good stuff
Non Sequitur; sometimes
Pickles; yeah
Goose and grimm; sometimes a few farsidean cells appear
All the others just take up crossword space IMO.

BTW the Ziggy creator just passed away a couple months ago

Larson, what a mind

carroll · November 10, 2011, 01:54:15 AM

Thanks, Gary, NOW I get it! (Duh! Nouns and their antecedents . . . .) I don't think I've ever seen a Pickles cartoon, but I agree with your assessments of which ones are funny (I usually read the comics first, and they definitely seem to have gotten less astute and/or funny -- I'm not turning into a fuddy-duddy, am I? Hee, hee.)

Gary Larsons is definitely the pick of the litter -- I wish he'd grace us with more of his perspective, as well! I loved Calvin and Hobbes (Bill Watson?), too . . . .

I always wondered if their cartoons came easily to them, or if they had to 'deliberately' skew a "normal" perspective (is it work or is it play? Real or Memorex -- except I guess, that would be play/work = real/Memorex . . . not the other way around -- ok, I'm getting really picky . . . .)

November 10, 2011, 09:04:26 AM

Pickles
Always gives me a smile...sometimes a chuckle.......sometimes a run and show the bride

I can't get into Calvin and Hobbs.......my friends of the comic realm don't understand why, but hey, we're all a bit different, thank goodness.

I suppose their creativity comes in bunches, and they can crank out a ton of material in short order, then when the urge abates, they leave it alone.....Larson may be the exception.

I have a select group of business contacts, of which, after putting something together, I'll broadcast my creations to them, and they to me. These are things that would never make muster here, but as I pound 'em out, giggling maniacally, thinking OMG this is great stuff, killer funny, I await their critique. Sometimes it never comes.......We are all quite honest with each other. Not brutal. But if we think something ain't that good we'll just give our own tweak and send it back or just not reply (no words says alot). It's a rich experience for me, however a bit tough on the ego sometimes. The urge is to follow up with 'Hey, what'dya think?'.....'Yeah, Gary, looks like you put a lot of effort to it.........your day job is still secure, right?'.....so I leave it alone.......

fauxto of the day (old ads revisited)

MountainDon · November 10, 2011, 10:19:45 AM

I love Calvin & Hobbs.

Gary O · November 10, 2011, 06:30:11 PM

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Gary O · November 11, 2011, 08:21:16 AM

Boy, those guys at The Soda Pop Board of America were sure ahead of their time. And seems to have wanted everyone else to just catch up. What a bunch of great guys.

fauxto of the day

November 11, 2011, 06:09:12 PM

fauxto of the evening

carroll · November 11, 2011, 10:58:15 PM

Ouch! Turns out that Pickles is a favorite of mine, too -- read it every day . . . and usually laugh! I'd just never noticed the title . . . .

Glad to know there are other fans of Calvin and Hobbes out there, MtDon!

Gary, your captions are really funny! "Post natal narcotics" indeed!

carroll

Gary O · November 12, 2011, 08:21:06 AM

There was a Lard Information Council?
Apparently the term fat, dumb and happy was not in sequential order

fauxto of the day

Note; snopes says the ad is a hoax.....but then snopes is kinda hoaxy too....however, based on my own research, I think I remember gramma bein' pretty darn happy, and grampa too, after wolfing down a 2nd piece of pie made with lard filled pie crust......

...and the Personal Defibrillator Council still recommends it

Gary O · November 12, 2011, 04:43:09 PM

fauxto of the evening

waggin · November 12, 2011, 07:17:47 PM

This video is weird enough that the only possible place to put it is on Gary O's thread. Oh, and it has some great "captionable" images!

"Freeway to Stairbird"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOMlX7jaQBs

November 12, 2011, 09:17:35 PM

Yep, waggin....weird

waggin · November 12, 2011, 10:08:18 PM

Quote from: Gary O on November 12, 2011, 09:17:35 PM
Yep, waggin....weird

For those of us who went to see live rock shows during the late 70's, the 80's, and 90's, it pokes fun at several of the norms of that era. Shoot, I think I've even been at shows in the oughts where some drunken moron screamed out "Freebird!" as a request of a band that plays a completely different genre of music.

Gary O · November 12, 2011, 10:29:00 PM

Oh, yeah...that's a major flashback, for sure.....as we both said.....weird

Gary O · November 13, 2011, 11:02:27 AM

more old ads
I remember the 'Husky' size for boy's Levis.....seemed OK, but chubby for girls? not so much...

fauxto of the day

Gary O · November 13, 2011, 07:54:52 PM

OLD ADS CONTINUED

FAUXTO OF THE EVENING

Gary O · November 14, 2011, 08:37:32 AM

last of the old ads for awhile

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'makes a different and useful gift'.......wonder how that worked out.........

November 14, 2011, 09:07:28 AM

Gotta love the vibra-finger. Note the non-grounded plug. i wonder if the body of that thing was double insulated?

Sometimes electrical codes are a good thing

Gary O · November 14, 2011, 10:27:27 AM

Yeah, why not plug in yer electric finger and stick it in yer mouth.
Musta been fun times back then.
Had a friend that was an electrician.
He told me once he was pullin' line for a phone system, and maintained a habit of using his teeth to strip the lines.
Then one day somebody called while he was strippin' the phone line.
Yeah, it was low voltage, but still bit back.

waggin · November 14, 2011, 02:15:02 PM

Quote from: Gary O on November 14, 2011, 10:27:27 AM
Yeah, why not plug in yer electric finger and stick it in yer mouth.
Musta been fun times back then.
Had a friend that was an electrician.
He told me once he was pullin' line for a phone system, and maintained a habit of using his teeth to strip the lines.
Then one day somebody called while he was stippin' the phone line.
Yeah, it was low voltage, but still bit back.

Now that would be a new spin on the "party line" concept!

Gary O · November 14, 2011, 05:50:00 PM

fauxto of the evening

Gary O · November 14, 2011, 07:20:51 PM

Quote from: waggin on November 14, 2011, 02:15:02 PM
Now that would be a new spin on the "party line" concept!

Speaking of party lines, anybody remember these?

A year or so ago we watched Double Indemnity (Stanwyck and MacMurry) with the grandkids (Sat night old movies).
Oldest said 'What's he doing with that phone?'
He was dialing
Then we explained how the term 'dial tone' came about......