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    English Fops...ON THE MOON!

    Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 11:56 PM

    After reading Friday's strip about "English Fops on the Moon", Sheldonista James C. sent in news of this awesomely ridiculous movie from 1964: First Men on the Moon, about a moon mission from Queen Victoria's England.

    I love it.

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    On the subject of terrible names...

    Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 12:46 AM

    Nebraska, know that today's strip is done with love. And I don't just say that to avoid the inevitable deluge of pro-husking e-mails. I say it because it's true.

    All of us, no matter the background, no matter the region, have a *cough* less-than-stellar *cough* team name in our life.

    My High School mascot, for example? The "Dons".

    C'mon.

    How weak-sauce is that? Basically, we were named for wealthy Spanish landowners of significance. Kind of a tough name to get pumped about: "Go, pseudo-royal-blooded-landowners, go!"

    So let's hear it: Who's had the worst team name out there? (And University of California Santa Barbara Banana Slugs...you don't count: You choose that name willingly.)

    EDITED TO NOTE: Thanks to the kind, gentle, timid e-mails of 10,000 UC Santa Barbara and UC Santa Cruz alums, I am kindly, gently, timidly reminded that it is UCSC, not UCSB, with the "Banana Slugs" mascot.

    You would think that I, having graduated from UCSD, would know that.... but alas, I am at long last revealed to be a moron. :)

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    Detailed Strip Info

    What does Arthur think about the name "Nebraska Cornhuskers?"
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    Panel Dialogue Location Props
    1 ARTHUR (sitting on Gramp's head): I don't understand the name "Nebraska Cornhuskers".
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    2 ARTHUR (sitting on Gramp's head): I mean, that's basically food preparation, right? Husking corn? So...they named their team...after food preparation?
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    3 ARTHUR: What if other states did that? The "Louisiana Shrimp Peelers" or the "Maine Lobster Crackers" or the "Idaho Tater Peelers"...?
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    4 ARTHUR (sitting on Gramp's head): BUHHH...I betcha $100 there's a high school somewhere called "The Tater Peelers"
    GRAMP (reading): Sir, I shall not take that wager.
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    December 10, 2001
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    May 07, 2006
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    December 01, 2001
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