A dilemma for the pigeons in the park is pictured in this Rhymes With Orange strip from one year ago today. For those unfamiliar with the word chametz, it refers to any food product made from grain and water which has been allowed to ferment. Such are forbidden to eat during Passover (which started on April 22 last year), hence the stale rye bread crusts and crackers (and strip timing) ... not to mention the subtitle:
Speed Bump from today in 2015 pokes fun at the practice of reserving a parking space for the "employee of the month" at some businesses.
Today's Peanuts strip, originally published on this date in 1974, features a very talkative Woodstock ... somewhat like companion birds who are still talkative for a while after their cages are covered for the night:
Bizarro from this date in 2013, recalling the network talent show "So you Think You Can Dance". Is that still on the air?
The concept of decoys is twisted 180 degrees in this Loose Parts from one year ago today.
Mutts from April 17, 2015 has Mooch thinking he can help out his bird friends in the neighborhood by repurposing* ... only to have it backfire:
* - Regular readers of Mutts will know that Mooch the cat speaks with an impediment that often makes the "s" sound come out "sh".
The Other Coast is mostly about a pair of dogs, but some avian characters sneak in from time to time, like in this strip from today in 2013:
An interesting game of chess is played in this Mike DuJour from this date in 2013.
And what goes with Polly's cracker? Hagar the Horrible from this date in 2011 has the obvious answer:
Six Chix from April 9 of last year. Alfred Hitchcock would be proud.
