# Get Fuzzy: 03/04/2006 - ???? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 3, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-03-04-2006/351151 "2006-04-03T22:08:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-03-04-2006/351151/21 "2006-04-04T06:14:32Z")
[QUOTE=jackelope] There’s a new one up [here](http://www.comics.com/comics/getfuzzy/archive/getfuzzy-20060404.html); looks like it is going to be a running joke. Actually, I’m already starting to find it pretty funny, having been at one time the owner of the world’s stupidest dog. [/QUOTE] Yeah, it doesn’t really clarify anything, but it is getting to be funny in that random and pointless kind of way. On the plus side, the date for this strip is 04/04/06, so everyone can be happy, whether they use dd/mm/yy or mm/dd/yy. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-03-04-2006/351151/22 "2006-04-04T07:01:40Z")
Have to wait and see what the rest of the week brings, but it looks to me like Bucky is calling Satchel “Booger”. Prolly hopes to provoke him, since Bucky likes provoking people. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-03-04-2006/351151/23 "2006-04-04T07:51:30Z")
The suspense is over! The cartoonist has indeed discovered the sublime humour of a non-sequitur interjection of “Booger!” Where will he strike next? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-03-04-2006/351151/24 "2006-04-04T14:41:09Z")
It’s clear from the last two days that Conley is a member of the Illuminati. Bucky saying “booger” is obviously the code word to put their plan into action. By doing it several days in a row they’re maximizing the chance that all of their operatives will get the message. Why “booger”? Because it sounds like it’s supposed to be funny. Look closely and you’ll notice it’s actually printed over fnord ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-03-04-2006/351151/25 "2006-04-04T14:50:00Z")
I think Bucky is telling Satchel that he’s found a booger. Dogs being the indiscriminate eaters they are, it’s like ringing a dinnerbell. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-03-04-2006/351151/26 "2006-04-04T14:54:54Z")
A local weekly here publishes the whole week’s worth of “Get Fuzzy” on Thursday of the previous week, so I saw the whole week’s run last week. Yes, it builds to Saturday’s cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-03-04-2006/351151/27 "2006-04-04T15:34:55Z")
So for those of us who are still speculating, is Satchel _chasing_ Bucky under the table, or is he hiding? I presume chasing, but only because of the look he gave Bucky in yesterday’s strip. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-03-04-2006/351151/28 "2006-04-04T15:38:52Z")
[QUOTE=Northern Piper] **NoClueBoy** nailed it. I meant, “I hope Conley’s not going to produce something as ambiguous and puzzling as Larson’s “Cow Tools” cartoon was.” Canadian. [/QUOTE] OK, I get it now. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-03-04-2006/351151/29 "2006-04-04T16:35:07Z")
I’ll just say that if you are puzzled by Monday and Tuesday’s strips, you will be equally puzzled by the next three days’ strips. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-03-04-2006/351151/30 "2006-04-04T16:40:50Z")
I read “Booger!” as: “Hey Satchel, Pinky flicked a booger under the table.” Satchel’s dive under there was obviously a “Yum!” reaction. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-03-04-2006/351151/31 "2006-04-04T21:33:04Z")
Maybe it’s like those old Parkay Margarine commercials where the tub of Parkay says “Butter” and everyone’s reaction is like “where did that voice just come from?” Looks like Bucky is tricking him, sneaking around and saying “booger” and then watching Satchel’s reaction of “who said that?” ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-03-04-2006/351151/32 "2006-04-05T08:07:53Z")
Satche has found another way to push Bucky’s buttons. You’ve never had older siblings? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-03-04-2006/351151/33 "2006-04-05T08:29:30Z")
[QUOTE=randwill] A local weekly here publishes the whole week’s worth of “Get Fuzzy” on Thursday of the previous week, so I saw the whole week’s run last week. Yes, it builds to Saturday’s cartoon. [/QUOTE] Would you say the punch line is worth a week’s buildup? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-03-04-2006/351151/34 "2006-04-08T17:49:08Z")
Nope. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-03-04-2006/351151/35 "2006-04-08T17:54:25Z")
[QUOTE=Smeghead] Would you say the punch line is worth a week’s buildup? [/QUOTE] Yep. Conley had an idea an ran with it. It gave him a week off, sorta, without going to repeats. If you imagine Bucky saying his line in a James Marsters (Spike) voice, it’s a lot funnier. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-03-04-2006/351151/36 "2006-04-09T15:12:09Z")
[QUOTE=Smeghead] Would you say the punch line is worth a week’s buildup? [/QUOTE] definitely not. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-03-04-2006/351151/37 "2006-04-09T15:32:32Z")
I liked it. It was experimental. I mean, how often does a comic writer use physical time as a medium in his strip? It wasn’t art-experimental like Calvin and Hobbes’ attempt to reimplement Little Nemo, it was scripting-experimental like Krazy Kat. I hope he continues in this vein. Honestly, it’s the first newspaper cartoon in a long while that has the potential for being art. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-03-04-2006/351151/38 "2006-04-09T17:03:15Z")
[QUOTE=Northern Piper] definitely not. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I didn’t think so either. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-03-04-2006/351151/39 "2006-04-09T18:42:14Z")
I will give Darby Conley props for going where other cartoonists fear to tread. He has definitely been know to walk the ragged edge on what you can and can’t do in mass distribution comics. I would suggest that his comic is a very nice compromise between an internet cartoon and a mass distribution cartoon (he could swing way over to the internet side and it wouldn’t bother me a bit, but I realize that that probably isn’t where the money is). ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-03-04-2006/351151/40 "2006-04-09T19:16:27Z")
I dunno. I look for art elsewhere. From my comics I usually want a giggle or a grin. This didn’t do either. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-03-04-2006/351151.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-03-04-2006/351151.md?page=3)