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[MR_Candyman]

^agreed. There's a song that has the sound of a railway crossing in it that has ****ed my parents and I off in several occasions. There's also those songs with the sound of an ambulance thrown in. Some random, some not, always annoying.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

They actually started the reversed-text practice in 1973 -- not for ease-of-reading reasons, but because too many people were driving backward down the highway blasting the Star Wars opening theme.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

It gets worse! You know that wizened old monk with the gypsy wife whose voodoo shop we smash up every every day after school?

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Yes, I understand that the turn is half a mile past the big field, but my GPS knows that, too. This would be easier if you weren't about to ask me to repeat it all back to you.

[mulligan2k]

^agreed. There's a song that has the sound of a railway crossing in it that has ****ed my parents and I off in several occasions. There's also those songs with the sound of an ambulance thrown in. Some random, some not, always annoying.

my pet hate is siren sounds when your driving, always gets me checking my mirrors!

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Sweet unintersecting dreams!

[Rigby]

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I don't get that one.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Ever notice how the more successful observational comics become, the more their jokes focus on flying and hotels?

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

I'm just worried that we'll all leave and you won't get to come along!

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Normally, the Shuttle can't quite safely reach the orbital inclination required to pass over both those points from a Canaveral launch, but this is an alternate history in which either it launches from Vandenburg or everyone hates the Outer Banks.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

I learned from Achewood that since this poem is in ballad meter, it can be sung to the tune of Gilligan's Island. Since then, try as I might, I haven't ONCE been able to read it normally.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

he tumbleweed then tried to roll off into the sunset, but due to the Old West's placement north of the subtropical ridge, the prevailing winds were in the wrong direction.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Which, at one point, led to a study showing that LSD produces no more hallucinations than a placebo.

[Ently]

I don't get that one.

He means she's a pain in the butt! And he can't wait to fall asleep so he doesn't have to deal with her :p

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

What'll I say -- 'I was staring at some cat vomit when I got the news?'

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

It'll be hilarious the first few times this happens.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

If you need some help with the math, let me know, but that should be enough to get you started! Huh? No, I don't need to read your thesis, I can imagine roughly what it says.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

I've looked through a few annotated versions of classic books, and it's shocking how much of what's in there is basically pop-culture references totally lost on us now.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

'Dude, wait -- I'm not American! So my risk is basically zero!'

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Since the goatee, glasses, and Seltzer & Friedberg DVD collection didn't tip you off, there will be a $20 negligence charge for this service.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

dpkg: error processing package (--purge): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit 163: OH_GOD_THEYRE_INSIDE_MY_CLOTHES

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Today's strip - link only due to swearing in the comic.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

'Guys? The Town is supposed to be good, and I thou--' 'PHYSICIST STEPHEN HAWKING DECLARES NEW FILM BEST IN ALL SPACE AND TIME' 'No, I just heard that--' 'SHOULD SCIENCE PLAY A ROLE IN JUDGING BEN AFFLECK?' 'I don't think--' 'WHAT ABOUT MATT DAMON?'

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Lucky. In MY dream, all the people who grew up loving The Giving Tree paired up with all the students who had weird dreams after reading The Metamorphosis. That one was more confusing.

[Bioran]

'Guys? The Town is supposed to be good, and I thou--' 'PHYSICIST STEPHEN HAWKING DECLARES NEW FILM BEST IN ALL SPACE AND TIME' 'No, I just heard that--' 'SHOULD SCIENCE PLAY A ROLE IN JUDGING BEN AFFLECK?' 'I don't think--' 'WHAT ABOUT MATT DAMON?'

Nice one.