# Bloom County Retrospective: Quotes, Images, whatever hits your Penguin-meter **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 24, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-retrospective-quotes-images-whatever-hits-your-penguin-meter/763844 "2016-08-24T19:30:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-retrospective-quotes-images-whatever-hits-your-penguin-meter/763844/61 "2016-08-26T18:29:51Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > Millions of single women distraught—threaten violent, gory suicide—Diane Sawyer shaves head! I posted this one (along with other Opus wedding cartoons) on my supervisor’s door the day before he got married. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-retrospective-quotes-images-whatever-hits-your-penguin-meter/763844/62 "2016-08-26T20:26:06Z")
“Shut up, Wilbur, and arm the photon torpedoes.” ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-retrospective-quotes-images-whatever-hits-your-penguin-meter/763844/63 "2016-08-27T15:39:27Z")
“Basselopes like lots of butter on their pop tarts.” ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-retrospective-quotes-images-whatever-hits-your-penguin-meter/763844/64 "2016-08-27T15:51:28Z")
“The enemy has obviously been terrified into irrational recklessness.” ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-retrospective-quotes-images-whatever-hits-your-penguin-meter/763844/65 "2016-09-28T19:33:08Z")
I’m bumping this because Diane Rehm did a great interview with Berkeley Breathed on Monday. You can play the audio from this link: [https://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2016-09-26/a-conversation-with-berkeley-breathed-creator-of-bloom-county](https://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2016-09-26/a-conversation-with-berkeley-breathed-creator-of-bloom-county) or search your podcast app for it. He’s got a new book out, “The Bill the Cat Story.” That whole “Bill the Cat for President” story-line from Bloom County does seem especially relevant right now. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-retrospective-quotes-images-whatever-hits-your-penguin-meter/763844/66 "2016-09-28T19:58:35Z")
[Opus just woke up and is looking disheveled] Boy (I forget who): “Stay still, you got some gunk in your eyes.” _wipes Opus’s eyes with Kleenex_ Opus: “Oh I’m so embarrassed.” Boy: “Don’t be. I’m sure even the Pope gets them.” Opus (looked at the reader): “Eye boogers. The great social equalizer.” ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-retrospective-quotes-images-whatever-hits-your-penguin-meter/763844/67 "2016-09-28T20:14:34Z")
Reagan socks! ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-retrospective-quotes-images-whatever-hits-your-penguin-meter/763844/68 "2016-09-28T21:48:00Z")
[QUOTE=Tangent] That whole “Bill the Cat for President” story-line from Bloom County does seem especially relevant right now. [/quote] This time, why not the worst? ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-retrospective-quotes-images-whatever-hits-your-penguin-meter/763844/69 "2016-09-28T22:41:57Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > I still have my “Fundamentally Oral Bill” T-shirt. I still have my “Penguin Lust” t-shirt. Unfortunately, Steve Dallas holding a martini t-shirt is long gone. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-retrospective-quotes-images-whatever-hits-your-penguin-meter/763844/70 "2016-09-28T22:46:41Z")
“Sith Lord Sexypants” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-retrospective-quotes-images-whatever-hits-your-penguin-meter/763844/71 "2016-09-29T00:00:39Z")
“Crank this sucker up!” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-retrospective-quotes-images-whatever-hits-your-penguin-meter/763844/72 "2016-09-29T00:06:39Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Two of my favorites. > > [Offensensitivity](http://assets.amuniversal.com/5068c002212c102d94d7001438c0f03b) and, if we can include Outland, [the Men’s Kouch](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wTKEFIKSrvg/S_eD96iioII/AAAAAAAASpk/TMhj8Bendlc/s1600/Untitled+outland.png). Dang, you beat me to Offensensitivity! I play that in my head when the PC gets too deep. I liked the one where Cutter John and crew were doing the ST roleplaying, and someone called out that up ahead _“That’s the IRS agent whose appointment we are currently avoiding!”_ \* Set phasers on kill!\* ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-retrospective-quotes-images-whatever-hits-your-penguin-meter/763844/73 "2016-09-29T13:11:11Z")
- Say, Jack, look at this. Midget Commies. - Let’s skin 'em. - HOW OLD WAS THAT ISSUE OF _LIFE_?! I spent some time in Iowa City, and have seen the Berkeley Breathed original hanging on the walls of its public library and stood on the lawn of the house that served as the model for the Bloom boarding house. Is like a pilgrimage. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-retrospective-quotes-images-whatever-hits-your-penguin-meter/763844/74 "2016-09-29T14:19:32Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > “Shut up, Wilbur, and arm the photon torpedoes.” Is that the one where Opus goes up to an old couple in a VW and asks them to hold a target for the Enterpoop crew to aim at? ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-retrospective-quotes-images-whatever-hits-your-penguin-meter/763844/75 "2016-09-29T15:30:43Z")
“‘I lost the body,’ says Bedfellow.” ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-retrospective-quotes-images-whatever-hits-your-penguin-meter/763844/76 "2016-09-29T19:00:24Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Is that the one where Opus goes up to an old couple in a VW and asks them to hold a target for the Enterpoop crew to aim at? I think they were parked in a handicapped space with NO PERMIT . ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-retrospective-quotes-images-whatever-hits-your-penguin-meter/763844/77 "2016-09-29T19:19:58Z")
“Whopper, sans bun. Now what do you have to say?” “Milkshake, hold the cup.” ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-retrospective-quotes-images-whatever-hits-your-penguin-meter/763844/78 "2016-09-30T14:50:53Z")
Milo’s dad: “I’ve been messing with tarts…” Milo: “Nary a difference!” ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-retrospective-quotes-images-whatever-hits-your-penguin-meter/763844/79 "2016-09-30T20:36:28Z")
My favorite strip of all time, set during the 1984 American Meadow Party Convention: Binkley: I mean, the Presidency! Wow! Leader of the free world! Global destruction at his fingertips! And we nominated a dead cat!! A DEAD CAT!! Maybe we should have found someone with a more appropriate background! A more experienced background…MILO! WE SHOULD HAVE FOUND AN AMIABLE OLD EX-B MOVIE ACTOR!!" Milo: Don’t be ridiculous. Binkley (burying his face in his hands): Oh, Milo, we should have called Fred MacMurray. My second favorite strip: Milo, on the phone, taking notes: Senator, will you confirm that you sunk Jimmy Hoffa in your backyard pond? Senator: What? Of course not! Milo: Fine. I’ll go with “Sen. Bedfellow denies that pond is where he sunk Hoffa.” Senator: That’s Not True! Milo: OK, “Bedfellow DID sink Hoffa in pond.” Senator: I DON’T KNOW WHERE HOFFA IS!! Milo: “I lost the body”, says Bedfellow." ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-retrospective-quotes-images-whatever-hits-your-penguin-meter/763844/80 "2016-09-30T20:45:07Z")
[Cutter John and the Crew](http://www.gocomics.com/bloom-county/2015/09/06). This was also in an older comic from the 80s and I’ve made it my credo in life. “It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-retrospective-quotes-images-whatever-hits-your-penguin-meter/763844.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-retrospective-quotes-images-whatever-hits-your-penguin-meter/763844.md?page=5)