Silencers Tweet According to one source, the first effective silencers for guns were actually designed to be sound mufflers for machinery. Also, I’m surprised I didn’t get any complaints about a comic strip that may involve guns.
Reptiles vs. Everyone Else Tweet For several years in this strip there was an annual competition between the reptiles and everyone else. It started with football, then I know they played tug-o-war, and I can’t remember what all else. Wonder why I got away from it?
Violent Workshop Tweet I love it when seminars are offered on topics like this and the way the flyer is worded you’re not really sure whether they are in favor of violence or alcoholism or whatever.
Reflexology Tweet I don’t think cats know they’re cats, what with the way they seem to hate other cats.
TB Testing 1-2-3 Tweet My family has long referred to this restaurant by its initials, which has led to some fun misunderstandings when inviting other people to join us.
Where Would YOU File Them? Tweet I’ve always thought I would enjoy running a used bookstore, but my editorial decisions, such as the one above, might hamper my commerce.
Never Learn Tweet I think my wife came up with this one while we were watching some TV show that used the phrase from the first panel.
No Bad Advertising Tweet We were on a company picnic to the local AA minor league team (“The Bladder Spasms”) and we kept hearing all these endorsements for foul balls, double plays, walks, seemingly every conceivable play. I suggested we do this (since we are a hospice company). The marketing staff didn’t go for it. The funny thing was that, about five minutes after I suggested it, the local team actually pulled off a suicide squeeze!
It Means, Um … Give Me a Minute… Tweet According to medicine.net: “Abbreviation meaning ‘when necessary’, from the Latin “‘pro re nata’.“