I actually thought it was a comment on him paying cash. The “American Way” these days is to charge it.
More likely the other thing though.
OK, I guess that works. Like I said, Bucky’s not usually the hugging type, he’s more of the smacking type, so it kind of threw me. Maybe Bucky’s been hanging out with Chubby Huggs.
I just double checked the link. Worked for me. Although, with all of Yahoo!'s “upgrades”, I wouldn’t doubt that they would eff it up somehow.
I haven’t flown post-9/11, but I didn’t know that the TSA has problems with folks paying cash for tickets? You can’t buy a ticket at the counter anymore?
I’m about ready to give up on **Get Fuzzy **as well.
Thanks for the help, all! 
I now know I’m not alone!
You can still buy a ticket at the counter for cash, but it increases the chance of being strip-searched.
So is that a friendly warning or a helpful hint? 
Either way, thanks!
That was a quick response:
Munch: So…I don’t get it. Is the joke that American Way is American Airlines’ free on-board magazine and thus Bill’s an idiot for trying to buy it, or is it a commentary on how airlines are charging for everything these days and Bill’s an idiot for paying for what used to be a free service? Joe says the second, I say the first. Who’s right?
Guy: Munch wins again! (i am assuming you have won before) Thanks for reading the strip. all best, guy
If our pitifully thin daily rag ever gave up Get Fuzzy, I would hasten its demise by giving up my subscription. Get Fuzzy and Dear Abby are the only things I actually look forward to reading in it, other than the Readers’ Recipes on Wednesday.
What, do the authors of “Brevity” know they have a large following among frequent flyers? Because if it’s a general-interest cartoon, that’s something of a niche-specific gag.
I also thought it was that he was paying cash for a magazine called “American Way,” when the American way is to pay with credit…
The ‘Get Fuzzy,’ I’m guessing is the beginning of a story arc with Bucky acting affectionate (probably with some devious purpose in mind).
Do you have NoScript? Because, even if you have Yahoo on your trusted list, it seems to think it was a hijack attempt (cross site scripting, to be exact.) Since I knew it wasn’t, I used the little drop down and did an “Unsafe refresh.”
But, for posterity, the proper link that doesn’t depend on unsafe JavaScript techniques is:
http://comics.com/brevity/2010-03-22/
(I never link to the front page of a site if there’s a way around it. You never know when they’ll change to the latest comic.)
I never got British humor. Benny Hill, etc. I still don’t. Monty Python goes right over my head. I did like the skit with the knight who lost an arm and called it a “flesh wound”.
Pity, I’d say, more than affection. And today’s comic pretty much confirms that.