
Phred and Boise Ed sent this in: “I definitely didn’t get this until I read the comments on the page… Certainly fits the bill here.”

Phred and Boise Ed sent this in: “I definitely didn’t get this until I read the comments on the page… Certainly fits the bill here.”

billr sends this in: “It obviously hinges on what a “Poke” is, and the only poke I know of is the Hawaiian street food.”
There’s this classic children’s book:

There’s also Gumby’s pal Pokey, but that’s probably not much help, either.

Speaking of Pokey, there’s this Bizarro from Sunday (LOL, not CIDU).



Polymarket is a prediction market — under current rules of the CFTC, technically not gambling so legal in all 50 states. It allows you to gamble (ahem, “predict” with $ at risk) on a wide variety of things. Here are some of the trending bets as I’m writing this (May 2, 2026). Note you can bet on whether Bitcoin (BTC) will go up or down in a 5 minute period. But that’s not gambling. Definitely not gambling.




Boise Ed sends this in: “So long as he considers it only a first draft and revises it as needed, why not take advantage? (I do appreciate Wayno’s irony, though.) And I like the name RevBot.”



Mitch4 writes: “Oh, am I really sending in a “Family Circus”?! But never before have I heard BALLET PARKING and it’s too good to ignore. Imagine the choreography practices!”
Mitch4 also send this one in:

and this one: so Mitch4 earns our OY Badge of the Day!

Kedamono gives this an OY and a Eww:



I could understand the employee’s reaction if the boss had said “Although we can’t give you a salary increase, we’re giving you more responsibilities”. Here, it’s a mystery why the employee would make that sarcastic response.






Mitch4 sends this in: “Well, halfway CIDU. I get it that the hair is given a location-specific styling at each place. But not exactly how.
So, what is #1? A wandering stream? Why?
For #2, I guess it’s spaghetti curling?
For #3, I was thinking French Braid … except it’s not braided. So, soft-serve ice cream??”
Kedamono sends:

Something something apples…graduating, to be used elsewhere? WTF?!

Happy Mothers’ Day!
We’re going to lead off today with a nice Synchronicity sent in by Ian C:


Bonus panel:

The mouseover text also plugs his Patreon page.
Yes, we’ve de-emphasized synchronicities because we were getting too much clutter (really, talking animals show up every day in my feeds), but these from April 23 also qualify as LOLs, so here we are.
We definitely passed on a May 7 synchronicity in which both Reality Check and Real Life Adventures featured cat vomit.



Yorick’s absence: was it due to some skullduggery?
