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1. 1 day ago on Peanuts Begins

   In Tokyo’s busiest intersection they installed lights in the pavement to get the attention of people who faceplant into their phone and never look up.

2. 1 day ago on Peanuts Begins

   Now our pedestrian crossing lights Ping while it’s green.

3. 1 day ago on Buni

   That must be the leaf Linus Van Pelt was talking about, the one that was going to embarrass the whole tree.

4. 1 day ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   No, it’s reality.

5. 1 day ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Not in Europe. The ad stops. In order to continue you have to press Play again and then you get another ad, as punishment.

6. 1 day ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Maybe in the US you can fast forward through ads but here in Europe the ad just stops, and you are also forced to watch another one as punishment.

7. 3 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   In the 18th-19th century people said, “Vaya con Dios” and the response might be “Quede Ud con Él.” Remain in God, but to modern ears it sounds like “Go with God—no, you keep Him.”

8. 3 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Adios and Adieu = To God. Meaning Go to God, which sounds like you want someone to head for eternity right now.

9. 3 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Ah yes. “Well that’s what you wanted to say, so it’s just the same!” Along with the friend’s mom who told me when I was ten that saying “I hate her” was just like wishing her dead. And I thought MY parents were messed up!

10. 3 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

    Jumping Jehosaphat. Jo was also known for exclaiming “Christopher Columbus!” Both, I suppose, mild versions of Cheezus.I also remember in several episodes of A and E’s Nero Wolfe the man who played Inspector Cramer would exclaim “Cheese and Rice!” instead of the other.