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  1. zbicyclist's avatar
    zbicyclist on A Balloon?!March 19, 2026

    Considering the U.S. federal tax system, getting a sucker might be more appropriate: but harder to get across the joke…

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    travelgirl on OctoMarch 19, 2026

    perhaps the joke is that the fertility clinic gave her eight kids, so she's trying to find someone to watch…

  3. Darren's avatar
    Darren on A Balloon?!March 19, 2026

    Yeah, I like beckoningchasm's take. Balloon as a prize for putting up with the ordeal. Although I think I would…

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    beckoningchasm on A Balloon?!March 19, 2026

    I think it's a variant on the "child goes to the doctor and gets a piece of candy (or a…

  5. chemgal's avatar
    chemgal on A Balloon?!March 19, 2026

    I think it's just a simple absurdity joke. Normal event + absurd outcome = comedy. It's just that some absurdities…

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March 19, 2026 by phsiii

A Balloon?!

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  • John Deering, Strange Brew
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From billr:

It’s obviously Tax Season (in the US), but I don’t see any joke here. All I can think of is, “floating a balloon” as a financial thing, but aside from that, nothing.

All I get from my accountant is a piece of chocolate (and a bill)!

March 18, 2026March 18, 2026 by zbicyclist

Octo

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  • Rina Piccolo, Tina's Groove
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Mitch4 sends this in: “Seems like the fertility clinic has already done their job, only too well — and the sister ought to be staying out of that place, not going back!”

(intended for Thursday 3/19 but accidentally posted now. So I’m getting ahead of myself.)

March 18, 2026 by phsiii

No post, no cry

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(With apologies to Bob Marley)

Y’all will have noticed that there was no post today. That’s because the well is dry at the moment! Keep ’em comin’, gang…this only works if we have material to share.

March 17, 2026March 11, 2026 by zbicyclist

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

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  • Jim Benton, Jim Benton Cartoons
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March 16, 2026March 15, 2026 by zbicyclist

Itis of March?

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  • Beware of Toddler, George Gant
  • 14 Comments
March 15, 2026March 10, 2026 by multipleciduers

Sunday Funnies – LOLs – March 15, 2026

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  • Andertoons, Frank and Ernest, Greg Cravens, Jim Benton, Jim Benton Cartoons, Mark Anderson, Thaves, The Buckets, Wallace the Brave, Will Henry
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Maybe not so much an LOL as a scene from a documentary about parenting.



March 14, 2026March 7, 2026 by multipleciduers

Saturday Morning OYs March 14, 2026

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  • Argyle Sweater, Doonesbury, Dustin, G.B. Trudeau, Jonny Hawkins, Keith Tutt and Daniel Saunders, Lard's World Peace Tips, Scott Hilburn, Steve Kelley and Jeff Parker, Street Scene
  • 9 Comments



This one appeared in my feed recently, but the copyright is 2020. Is Argyle Sweater now in reruns?



March 13, 2026March 9, 2026 by phsiii

Stumped!

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  • Brevity, Dan Thompson
  • 10 Comments

(Yes, that’s a tree joke)

billr asks,

Is a tree fund some new kind of financial instrument?

Anyone? Your editor has a theory but doesn’t much like it.

March 12, 2026March 7, 2026 by zbicyclist

Measuring Up

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  • Andertoons, Mark Anderson
  • 7 Comments

Boise Ed sends this in: “I think they are holding paper clips. What that has to do with the speech line is anyone’s guess.”

As I remember what a grade school classroom can do with paper clips if someone finds some rubber bands, I think I’d take my chances with rulers.

March 11, 2026March 6, 2026 by phsiii

I don’t see it

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  • Deon "Supr Dee" Parson, Rosebuds
  • 13 Comments

Dirk the Daring (this time with the “the”!) says,

She may see things, but I don’t.

I’m truly baffled too. Unless Rosa is nine feet tall and is looking over the tops of the shelves, which I’m pretty sure she isn’t.

P.S. Unless WordPress is flaky (always a distinct possibility), this is the first time Rosebuds has made CIDU!

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