Pokem with a Stick
So you remember, we had a little game on Friday. I asked you all to identify the “borrowed” item in Friday’s strip. The borrowed item was Carl’s closing line, “Hey, I’ve been turned into a grape. Can I go home?” That line is from the movie, Emperor’s New Groove. The line was actually “Hey, I’ve been turned into a cow, can I go home?” My favorite Disney movie for sure.
We had three people who identified the line. The main winner (chosen randomly) was Jennifer R. But since I only had three folks give the correct answer, I also awarded the other two runners up with a reward as well. Bret J. and Kenny L. Congratulations to you all. You will receive a character sketch card with a character of their choice.
Now here’s the deal. I gave it some thought over the weekend. I said I’d do a reader appreciation thing during the month of July, however, I’m going to postpone it until August. August is the two year anniversary of Flatt Bear. I’m going to tie in the two year celebration with reader appreciation games. So just be patient and there’s more to follow.
You can always make something happen if you poke it with a stick!
The sharper the stick, the more happens.
Such a contest encourages timely reading! I love that movie, but alas, am catching up too late. TOO LATE!!! I think I’ll go watch it again.
It does indeed. Next time I’ll make a better effort to announce a contest on Twitter and FB. This one was just an experiment. More contests coming in August.
Poking with a stick is too aggressive.
You have to start with throwing rocks from a distance. 😉
Throwing rocks…. Hmmmm, I’ll have to work that in somehow.
I have poked many things with a stick with no consequences
Maybe you’re not using a big enough stick.
Thats what his wife said! [ha-CHA-cha-cha]
Hahaha I have a feeling plenty of restraining orders will be in place soon!
Ack! Restraining order! That’s the phrase I was looking for last night. All I could come up with was arrest…
I love The Emperor’s New Groove! How could I not catch that?
Well, it was either a really good game cus only two people got it, or it really was horrible because only two people got it.
It was a really gooooooD game! I was concentrating too much on the pink hat and the goldfish. 🙂
I figured as much. There were quite a lot of distractions in that frame.
Ah, the old Sherlock Holmes “stick gambit”
Foiled by the stick.
Great facial on Duffy in panel #1. Poking with a stick is safer than actually touching anything that could bite back. Poke Carl with the stick Duffy & see if he bites. There’s always something funny about poking someone with a stick.
The very phrase is comical. At least to me.
Nothing weird here? How about those guys in the bushes??? 🙂 😀 Comgrats to the winners too!!!
There always seems to be someone or something lurking in a bush in this comic strip. So, is that still considered weird?