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guigirl

https://www.thefarside.com/2021/02/07/1

Gwen-Dragon

@guigirl Hmm, i this a EN language joke?
I understand that as: "I found my drill at Blueberry Hill"?
But as non-english speaking person i do not get it.

TbGbe · Linux Mint KDE 18.3 Stable Vivaldi 4.0.2312.27 and Snapshot Vivaldi 4.1.2328.3

@Gwen-Dragon said in Likeable laughs from others.:

"I found my drill at Blueberry Hill"?

Correct.
It's a pun on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQQCPrwKzdo

I found my Thrill on Blue Berry Hill

Gwen-Dragon

@TbGbe Ah, ok. Thanks for solving my irritation on that language joke.

LonM

If it makes you feel better, I'm a native English speaker and I did not get the joke either. I am not very cultured when it comes to music, so I missed the reference.

guigirl

Well, not that this will help anyone who struggled here [that was not my hope or intention btw], but a big reason that this joke resonated with me is that when i was in highschool 300 years ago, Happy Days was always on in the afternoons after i got home, & i loved that show. Richie Cunningham [= Ron Howard] used to sing that song when he felt happy, & when he thought he was about to get lucky with one of the girls.

TbGbe · Linux Mint KDE 18.3 Stable Vivaldi 4.0.2312.27 and Snapshot Vivaldi 4.1.2328.3

@guigirl Don't worry, we can educate these ~~idiots~~ youngsters

guigirl

Maybe this is a common problem, for some?

https://www.thefarside.com/2021/02/09/4

Catweazle

https://pbfcomics.com

guigirl

https://www.thefarside.com/2021/02/12/4

For classic Hitchcock fans.

guigirl

Having never heard of them/it before, this discovery in Hacker News means nothing to me, but in case anyone reading this happens to know of & like them/it... this:

https://michaelyingling.com/random/calvin_and_hobbes/

TbGbe · Linux Mint KDE 18.3 Stable Vivaldi 4.0.2312.27 and Snapshot Vivaldi 4.1.2328.3

@guigirl said in Likeable laughs from others.:

https://michaelyingling.com/random/calvin_and_hobbes/
~~You can search for a DATE and it will find that specific comic, though it MUST be of the format MM/DD/YYYY. So 09/01/1986 will work, but "Sept 1st '86" and "9/1/86" wont - yet.~~ All date formats work now!

Search Results for "15/11/85"
Your search returned no results.Remember that it searches for the EXACT phrase you typed! (And dates must be of the format MM/DD/YYYY)

faint

guigirl

@TbGbe Haven't you transgressed the unwritten rule? Isn't your date the proper way you & i write it, ie, not the mad bonkers arse-about way that Merkans do it & that this search engine mandates?

Given i don't know this alleged cartoon/comic as mentioned, i had no idea of stuff pertinent for a lookup, so i meekly tried balloon. The resultant many hits seemed wry at best, but mostly just... pointless. I wonder who is/was the target readership?