# OMFG! A funny BC strip! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109 "2004-06-01T18:09:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/1 "2004-06-01T18:09:39Z")
[strip of 14 May](http://www.comics.com/creators/bc/archive/bc-20040514.html) A bit of the old brilliance showing through. ---
**Author:** ![xvxdarkknightxvx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/34f0e0/32.png) [@xvxdarkknightxvx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xvxdarkknightxvx)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/2 "2004-06-01T19:04:30Z")
I didn’t think it was that funny, but that could be because I needed a dictionary. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/3 "2004-06-01T19:20:31Z")
You think that’s scary? Today’s Family Circus made me giggle. Not a whole lot, but it did. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2004, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/4 "2004-06-01T19:22:23Z")
OMFG! A hair/hare pun! That’s frigging _hilarious!_ I haven’t laughed so hard since I mislaid my 1916 first edition of “Japes for gentlemen, a compendium of wit for use in the aid of ice-breaking during business and social engagements.” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/5 "2004-06-01T19:32:57Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > OMFG! A hair/hare pun! > > That’s frigging _hilarious!_ > > I haven’t laughed so hard since I mislaid my 1916 first edition of “Japes for gentlemen, a compendium of wit for use in the aid of ice-breaking during business and social engagements.” Okay, so it’s a joke that hasn’t been funny for almost 90 years. It’s still a joke that _used_ to be funny, which puts it head and shoulders above anything Hart’s written in my life time. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/6 "2004-06-01T19:35:50Z")
Huh. I thought the joke was about using electricity to remove the Energizer Bunny from his head. Guess I’m no fun at parties. ☹ ---
**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:** [June 1, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/7 "2004-06-01T19:40:13Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Okay, so it’s a joke that hasn’t been funny for almost 90 years. It’s still a joke that _used_ to be funny, which puts it head and shoulders above anything Hart’s written in my life time. It’s a twist on the hair/hare pun, which I’d neer seen before. It made me smile. Much better than the usual “X got Y!” joles he does. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/8 "2004-06-01T19:54:45Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > OMFG! A hair/hare pun! > > That’s frigging _hilarious!_ > > I haven’t laughed so hard since I mislaid my 1916 first edition of “Japes for gentlemen, a compendium of wit for use in the aid of ice-breaking during business and social engagements.” 😕 I don’t get it. What’s so funny about losing a book? Unless it was a really dreary and depressing book (the title woud tend to suggest that it may have been), and you were laughing with relief. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/9 "2004-06-01T19:55:04Z")
> [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > [strip of 14 May](http://www.comics.com/creators/bc/archive/bc-20040514.html) > > A bit of the old brilliance showing through. Old brilliance? When was Johnny Hart ever brilliant? ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/10 "2004-06-01T20:03:23Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > Old brilliance? When was Johnny Hart ever brilliant? Well, I dunno. I thought his stuff from the sixties was hilarious, but I was a lot younger. It makes me sad how few of his recent strips even attempt something I can recognize as a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/11 "2004-06-01T20:17:23Z")
I thought it was at least cleverly subtle. At least the sign over the cave didn’t say “Hair Removal”. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/12 "2004-06-01T20:37:36Z")
> [@Rube E. Tewesday](#): > > Well, I dunno. I thought his stuff from the sixties was hilarious, but I was a lot younger. Exactly! Remember water balls? I haven’t laughed so hard at a BC strip since the last time I pulled out one of his paparback collections from the early '70s. Then again, I’m a sucker for visual puns. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2004, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/13 "2004-06-01T21:30:09Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I don’t get it. What’s so funny about losing a book? That’s just it. Where can I turn to for yucks without it? At least I still have this one committed to memory: > [@](#): > > “Pa,” quoth Sammie to his sire, “why don’t you go out west?” “Why do you ask, my boy?” “Because Bill Higgins’ father went and he struck a banana.” “A _‘bonanza’_, you mean, Sammie.” “Well, what’s the difference?” “Why, when people strike a bonanza it sets them up, and when they strike a banana it sets them down, and very emphatically, too.” Thankfully, Johnny Hart is there to fill (in his small way) the void left by my cherished copy of _Japes for gentlemen, a compendium of wit for use in the aid of ice-breaking during business and social engagements._ ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/14 "2004-06-01T21:49:49Z")
**Larry Mudd** : Reminds me of the “1,001 Riddles” book I had as a kid, which contained such immortal knee-slappers as: Q. When is a boy not a boy? A. When he’s abed. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/15 "2004-06-01T22:05:48Z")
I must be some kind of dumbass, I totally didn’t get the joke. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/16 "2004-06-01T22:09:44Z")
Ah. I remember the one day the Laugh Parade was funny. Preposterous, you say? Chequez vous: Background, a flying saucer. Foreground, an alien with an acoustic guitar. “I have a message for the people of earth, and it goes a little something like this.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/17 "2004-06-01T22:21:28Z")
I enjoyed this particular strip. Non-obvious visual pun with a subtle under_current_ of bizarre (no electricity in pre-historic times). Good for a chuckle. ---
**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/18 "2004-06-01T22:27:58Z")
**World Eater** : Electrologists remove hair. He had a _hare_ on his head. _snort_ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/19 "2004-06-01T22:29:04Z")
> [@xvxdarkknightxvx](#): > > I didn’t think it was that funny, but that could be because I needed a dictionary. Ditto. [Electrologist,](http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=electrologist) in case we’re not the only ones. Even after I read it, it wasn’t that funny. The Family Circus thing I adamantly refuse to believe. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/20 "2004-06-01T22:43:14Z")
Thanks guys, no chance it will be funny now though. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109.md?page=2)