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Clare Briggs
Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024Most of the crackdowns are against things that aren't speech. As they should be. We need to get away…
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On the Way To The Dressing Room After The Game
April 20, 2024
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Planning The Annual Trip Around The World
April 19, 2024
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April 18, 2024
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April 17, 2024
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Crepe hanger? I don’t think I’d ever encountered that one…
Crepe-hanger:
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We need to bring that back.Report
Out of curiosity, you guys do know why that was a term, right?Report
Just heard that on the Omnibus podcast the other day: “Telling the Bees”. The peculiar custom was memorialized in a bleak bit of poetry by John Greenleaf Whittier.Report
Oh, I do *NOW*. But I don’t recall ever seeing the phrase before this cartoon.Report