Less with Moore

We've made it to the end of February! A special thanks to my brother-in-law who came up with this comic - I had heard of Beth Moore before but I still don't know much about her and would not have come up with this pun situation on my own. But her name really lends itself to such puns. She has two kids - that's fewer Moores than I expected. Now trying to think up a play on 'the Moore the merrier' but my brain is done for the day so I'll just lay that out there for you all to work on. 

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Title: Southern Baptist Convention
A: This year, let's do less with Moore.

Birdy Names for Children

This comic is related to one from earlier. It is probably becoming more clear, but yes my favorite bird is the Emu. Why? It's just one of those odd animals and I think they're cool. We saw the emu getting fed at a zoo once and the zookeeper was like 'eat your greens!' because the emu were just picking through their feed bins to get the apple pieces and throwing the salad leaves on the ground. Kinda reminded me of that scene from Napoleon Dynamite where he's feeding Tina the llama. 
The plural of emu is either emus or emu, both are accepted.
Also, have you heard of the Great Emu War?! How many bird breeds can say they won a war again human aggressors? Well, many birds died but the thing is the military gave up on trying to cull the herds. Also the bounty system put in place actually had people breeding emu to collect the bounty instead of hunting wild emu like intended, so there was that. 
One final thought on emu, some people keep them as livestock, like chickens or ducks! That's an adventurous backyard poultry project. But their eggs weigh a pound! And are very pretty. Good Mythical Morning did a segment on exotic eggs and yes, you can hard boil an emu egg. 

Explanation: It is implied that the name would be one from the comic linked above, namely (hah) Robin or Jay or Wren, whereas of course the name is Emu because Emus are awesome. 

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D: Do you have a name picked out for your little one?
L: Yep, we're naming our kid after my favorite bird.
D: How sweet!
L: Little Emu is gonna do great things.

Gender Neutral German Name

A conversation which might have happened after a sneeze. Now I want to know if that word is truly gender neutral, since many words in other languages have gender (like table in Spanish is 'mesa' which is feminine). Per this site it is feminine, so I guess it's not truly neutral. But either way, it would not be a good name for a child. Maybe for a cat with allergies. Scratch that (haha), it would be an excellent name for a cat with allergies. Good luck with spelling that name on any forms though. I double-checked the spelling to ensure I didn't make a typo in the comic. 

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L: We could name our kid Gesundheit - it's gender neutral.
M: Well, I agree with the second half of that. 

Names Starting with E

 

One of these names is not like the others :) I couldn't resist adding my favorite bird into the lineup. 

My friend's due date is today and she has already shared the name of her kiddo so is not in need of any suggestions but I figured it wouldn't hurt to do another short series on names. 

To explain the comic, the first person has a picture of her children (3 kids and a dog). The second person thinks Emu is the dog since it's not a normal human name while the others are. The first person corrects the misinterpretation by saying Emmett is the dog, which means her kids are named Ella, Emma, and Emu. 

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A: Here's a picture of my children - Ella, Emma, Emu, and Emmett. 
B: WHAT?! Oh, three kids and a dog, nice.
A: Yeah, Emmett's a good dog. 

Sam With the Green Eggs

 Many kids like Doctor Seuss and also many kids make unexpected connections. I have happy memories of reading Dr. Seuss books as a kid and also memorizing at least one for a Reader's Theatre (I wasn't doing the performing - my sister was - but I had to sit through all the rehearsals and ended up memorizing all their parts). And there's a game that would be played at my church's VBS called 'Cat in the Hat' which was kind of like musical chairs but instead of music, the leader would read the book 'The Cat in the Hat' and when certain words were said, kids would have to move and a chair would be removed. But helping with that game enough times got me to memorize at least the beginning of that book. 

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A: And this is Uncle Lucas' friend Sam.
S: Hi!
E: I don't want green eggs.

CoVid Screening for Telehealth Visit

 I have to complete a CoVid screening before any in-person doctor appointments and it's just a short questionnaire about do I have it, am I waiting to know if I have it, do I live with someone who has it, etc... But I was going for a telehealth visit and it said I needed to fill out a questionnaire and I thought up this comic because that'd just be ridiculous but the questionnaire was actually about my health and family health pertaining to the visit so it was not ridiculous. But I still made a comic about my first impression. Also my doctor couldn't figure out the telehealth system so he ended up just calling me which worked fine because it was a consult and you can do that over the phone, no extra technology needed. 

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L: I have a virtual visit with my doctor today.
M: Have you completed the CoVid screening?
L: Right, because computers can transmit viruses. 

From the Bottom of My Heart

 

Sometimes you just want to draw things literally - except the heart is the cartoony type because (a) this is a cartoon/comic and (b) anatomical hearts are difficult to draw and look weird. Actually drawing any internal organ is either difficult or ambiguous since most people don't know what internal organs look like. But if you play the game Organ Attack you could learn! Also the author of that game has a comic and is very good at drawing cute internal organs. 

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*Heart with text in the bottom of it*: Happy Valentine's Day
Subtitle: from the bottom of my heart

Peanuts Gallery

 

I did my best to draw Charles Schulz's characters, and here they are in my style (a little more filled out since they just didn't work as stick figures). Do you know where the term 'peanut gallery' originates? If you clicked the link, you now know! It apparently is debated if the comic strip's name is related to the popular phrase. I always liked reading the Sunday comics in the paper, especially the Peanuts strip. 

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C: Nobody wants our comments.
P: They tell us to be quiet.
S: *sad face*

Unscented Deodorant

 

I actually prefer unscented with most things because I like to be more neutral, and also just everything wants to have its own scent from laundry detergents to soaps and hygiene items. No need to layer on all those flavors, just stick to like one and call it good. Also, many people are irritated by the fake scents to when I do go with scented, I like to find ones that use essential oils or other natural means rather than fabricated scents. It's an uphill battle though with reading lots of labels. 

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A: Who uses unscented deodorant? That just... doesn't make scents :) 
B: *facepalm*

In The Yes

 

I don't recall what sparked this one but I think it was just hearing someone talk about being in the know and since 'know' and 'no' sound the same, this comic happened. Not sure if I'll get around to using this in an actual conversation but you are very welcome to do so and tell me about the success of it. 

Also, Happy Birthday to my niece and Happy belated Birthday to my brother-in-law!

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A: He's in the yes.
B: What??
A: It means he's not in the know. 

Carnivorous Dessert

 

Mousse looks like 'mouse' but sounds like 'moose' so that's just confusing. I don't remember when I thought up this pun but I'm probably not the first person to do so. I think I have a similar comic from a while ago (thought up at my previous job) - let me look for it. Here it is! When I was last in CT, my grandmother made an amazing chocolate mousse and it was so tasty (but everything she makes is tasty). I didn't eat all of my serving because I realized even with a dairy pill, it was still loaded with lactose and I didn't want to get ill right before my return trip home. But it was super tasty. 

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L: What is a carnivore's favorite dessert?
M: Do they even eat dessert?
L: MOUSSE!!!

Movie Time

 

Happy February to all! Happy Birthday to those born in this month, like my father-in-law, nephew, a few nieces, cousin, uncle, and the list really does go on - it's a popular month for birthdays!

This was an actual discussion from an evening recently. I believe we settled on a new TV series, possibly this is when we found Forged in Fire which, while Netflix only has one season and it's not the first and they start with a recap two-part champion episode so that was confusing, we have enjoyed watching it. Watching crafty people do their thing is enjoyable, even if one of the blacksmiths took a dig at crocheter. 

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M: It's only 8pm - we have time for a movie!
L: But we don't have time to PICK a movie!
M: Yeah...