Abby and Norma #759
30 July, 2010 - Posted by: erika
I am afraid a large percentage of my readership will not get these references.
Archive for July 2010
I am afraid a large percentage of my readership will not get these references.
Abby and Norma #758
29 July, 2010 - Posted by: erika
I find it easier to imagine enjoying physical pain than to imagine enjoying being labeled. But it takes all kinds to make a world, I guess.
Abby and Norma #757
28 July, 2010 - Posted by: erika
I suppose if you accept the premise that your only choices are immortality in heaven or immortality in hell, then you'll probably want to go to heaven even if you do believe that immortality would get totally boring after a while.
Still, interesting to see that Chrissy is such a glutton for pain and penance that the only thing about hell that she couldn't bear would be Abby's presence. I don't know if that means she finds Abby enjoyable, or if Abby's the one thing unpleasant enough to break her.
Abby and Norma #756
27 July, 2010 - Posted by: erika
Spring of Drowned Mosquito would be pretty ridiculous even for Ranma.
But I suppose an adult mosquito could drown. They can sit on the water's surface, but I bet they'd sink if you pushed them down in. (Which probably would mean that pouring water on her would kill her right after it turned her into a mosquito... so the idea's still ridiculous.)
Abby and Norma #755
26 July, 2010 - Posted by: erika
There was a young lady named Tiffany
Who found that she had an epiphany:
that if you combine
an eagle and lion
the outcome is gruesome, not gryphony.
Or you could try this one. Baryphony: the internet taught me a new word.
Abby and Norma #754
23 July, 2010 - Posted by: erika
This is the real Toreador song. The parody Abby sings has been around a long time; my mom sang it to me since I was a very small child. (Probably why I turned out so weird.)
Abby and Norma #753
22 July, 2010 - Posted by: erika
Most of my own theory-of-mind trouble isn't that I assume people know things they couldn't possibly know-- it's that I assume they know things that they could figure out if they thought about it as much as I do.
I've definitely had situations where it was unclear whose theory of mind was worse. Mostly with my husband. But I think that's typical in male-female interactions. (Though I'm not as vague as a lot of wives and girlfriends. I've always been annoyed by women who give their men barely-detectable hints and expect them to understand.)
Abby and Norma #752
21 July, 2010 - Posted by: erika
If you let the psycho think that the virtual victim was a real person, it might work. (Same if you let the diamond-buyer think that the lab-created diamond was natural.)
Abby and Norma #751
20 July, 2010 - Posted by: erika
Oooh. In this comic, Abby uses a non-gender-specific word to describe Norma's potential mate, and Norma makes a threat that, if carried out, would result in her seeing Abby naked every day. The Abby/Norma slash fans are going to go crazy with this one.
I'm kidding, of course. My comic is not famous enough to have slash fans. Maybe some day...
Abby and Norma #750
19 July, 2010 - Posted by: erika
I've always been amused by the idea that once you've done something for money once, you've lost your amateur status and you are from then on a professional that-thing-doer. It almost makes me want to have sex with some stranger I meet in a bar, and then sneak out in the night and leave money on their dresser. "Ha ha, you're a prostitute now and you can never ever stop being one!"
Abby and Norma #749
16 July, 2010 - Posted by: erika
Abby believes that loving people just because they're related to you is an unforgivable insult. In her view, her own complete lack of love for her mom is an expression of basic human decency.
Abby and Norma #748
15 July, 2010 - Posted by: erika
Abby can ruin any great story. She just can't help throwing in totally incongruous bits of wordplay.
Abby and Norma #747
14 July, 2010 - Posted by: erika
A war waged by women would leave few people physically dead, but many emotionally scarred.
Abby and Norma #746
13 July, 2010 - Posted by: erika
I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone of any age call someone "diaper-head"... but I have often wondered what people in Britain thought of the infamous Don Imus comment.
Abby and Norma #745
12 July, 2010 - Posted by: erika
Abby found out just yesterday that Angelina Jolie has kids.
Abby and Norma #744
09 July, 2010 - Posted by: erika
I promise that Abby will be reborn by next strip as a non-turtleneck-wearer.
Abby and Norma #743
08 July, 2010 - Posted by: erika
At least she didn't threaten to wash the pen with soap. If you've ever seen a pen go through a washing machine, you can understand that washing is their greatest enemy... and if Karen's pen were ruined, she would be devastated.
Abby and Norma #742
07 July, 2010 - Posted by: erika
The class that controls the means of production dominates all the in-groups.
Abby and Norma #741
06 July, 2010 - Posted by: erika
I tried to find out if "comedy" and "comedone" were related... I found some resources that say that "comedy" comes from words meaning "revelry" or "carousal" (basically partying) and "comedone" comes from a word meaning "glutton." I'm guessing they might both be relatives of "comer," meaning "eat."
Abby and Norma #740
05 July, 2010 - Posted by: erika
I'm not sure, but it sounded as if Norma just equated logic with Abby's junk. If I were Abby, I honestly wouldn't know whether or not to take that as a compliment.
Abby and Norma #738
01 July, 2010 - Posted by: erika
To me, patriotism is a big bloated version of "school spirit," and when I was in high school I avoided pep rallies whenever possible.
That said, I do like fireworks.
