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Nov 17, 2006

Wally might be part dog. What is it about man’s best friend that loves to run and retrieve stuff anyway?

Frisbee is one of those words like Kleenex where a brand name has become the recognized word. Nobody says flying disk or facial tissue. Flying disks have been thrown by people for centuries, in the form of cake pans, lids or any disk shaped objects. What we know as the plastic flying disks of today got their start as the “Flying-Saucer” invented by Fred Morrison in 1948. The idea didn’t really take off though until another model by Morrison came out in 1955 called the “Pluto Platter”. It was bought by Wham-O (gotta love that toy company’s name) and then marketed and sold as the “Frisbee” (which was most likely a play on the spelling of Frisbie from the Frisbie Pie Company, whose pie tins made good flying disks themselves).

Happy Feet

Yup, it got released today. Man, it’s been over a year since I first mentioned the film. They sure take a long time with animated films. I’m glad I just do comics, they take me long enough to get out. Anyway, Happy Feet looks really good, let’s all go see it. πŸ™‚


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35 Comments

  1. Tim says:

    On the kleenex thing, I disagree. Myself and everyone I know just says “tissues”, is it really necessary to specify “facial”?

    Maybe it’s an australian thing…

  2. Leonardo says:

    2nd comment yeah!
    funny stripe πŸ˜› keep going πŸ˜€

  3. Ishmael says:

    Now Wally must be part dog πŸ˜€

  4. Veranda says:

    I agree with Tim, nobody I know says Kleenex, we say facial tissue… maybe it is an australian thing… or maybe I’m just a little strange. Love osbourne’s face in the 2nd and 3rd panel:)

  5. purple people eater says:

    I wonder if Wally can play dead?
    Orca fact
    Some Orcas Beach themselfs to scare animals into the water where hungry Orcas are waiting to eat them. Sad but true.

  6. S. Monkey says:

    Great Comic! I saw Happy Feet it was great!!!!!

  7. RW says:

    Awesome comic! Ya, my whole family calls them kleenex, everybody els I know calls them tissues, huh.

  8. kaiti says:

    Nice comic, wish that I had a dog though. I have always wanted a dog.

  9. carlyneese says:

    cool the past 3 are the best ones yet in my opinoin

  10. Cristina says:

    Wally is just like Osborne’s dog…

  11. Ishmael says:

    I just came back from watching happy feet πŸ˜€

  12. BriaN says:

    I’ve often thought about the whole Kleenex and Frisbee thing, cough drop did it too. Good comic…

  13. Carlyneese??? says:

    OHHHHHH THAT HAPPY FEET CLIP NEVER GETS OLD I HAVE SEEN IT LIKE 9 TIMES AND IT IS STILL VERY VERY FUNNY

  14. Cristina says:

    I call them kleenex, maybe it’s an american thing…

  15. SportyBlonde! says:

    I totally wish my dog would do that!!! And i call them tissues, but occasionally I say Kleenex. Hmmm… I cant wait to see Happy Feet! But I cant go until my nephew comes into town. I promised I would see it with him. And that’s in like 2 weeks!

  16. Hannah says:

    hey people
    i’ve seen that clip WAY more times than 9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    my friends just saw Happy Feet and I haven’t im
    so jealous!!!!!! πŸ™

    yeah i think Wally must be part-dog πŸ˜€

  17. Phizlo says:

    I can’t believe it. Wally is part dog. Wally must be addicted to it by now. πŸ™‚
    The Happy Feet Movie is so AWESOME & FUNNY!!! I liked the part when the Amigos made fun of the leopard seal! πŸ˜€

  18. Ishmael says:

    I like the part where the killer whales through lovelace and mumble πŸ™‚

  19. Ishmael says:

    oh yeah it’s link to happy feet to

  20. purple people eater says:

    I like the last part were the peungiun falls of the cliff.
    “Hey look at that. What? AHHHHH……”

  21. Carlyneese??? says:

    PLEASE DONT GIVE THE ENDING AWAY PLEEEAAAASES
    I CALL THEM TISSUSE CAUSE KLEENEX IS TOO HARD TO REMEMBER

  22. Carlyneese??? says:

    THIS IS MY 13 TIME SEEING THE LINK (IN A ROW) IT IS GRRRRRRRRRREEEEAT I LOVE IT I LAUGH EVERY TIME

  23. Ferrety Penguin says:

    wow..thats some refelex wally has

  24. Ferrety Penguin says:

    that happy feet trailer was SWEET

  25. that was funny wally must be part dog. POKEMON RULES

  26. ostrich girl says:

    wooo hooo for happy feet!!!!
    i love wally in theis strip. classical humor

  27. Simon says:

    I want to see happy feet so much.

  28. OrAnGe JuIcE says:

    I just got back from Dallas, Texas from my sister’s soccer tournament and we had watched Happy Feet on Friday at the Imax. Ramone (The adeline with the buzz cut) is just so funny. After the movie, I went to Build-a-bear workshop to buy the plushie. That’s right! For a limited time only they have mini Ramone, Lovelace, and baby Gloria plushies coming in sets of three. They also have bigger ones of Baby Mumble, the storybook, and the soundtrack. (Most of the soundtrack features the penguins singing their “heart songs”, Gloria singing Boogiewonderland, etc.)

  29. zeel says:

    that was un expekted and kind of werid

  30. Semakora says:

    “Wally might be part dog. What is it about manÒ€ℒs best friend that loves to run and retrieve stuff anyway?”

    I don’t know… But I think it might just be that they like having their master happy! o-0 *Shrugs*

  31. Amy says:

    I love it when Wally has wide eyes. Hilarious.

  32. Daniel says:

    I couldn’t understand some parts of this article Frisbee, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.

  33. Jenny says:

    Wow! He IS part dog.

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