Snark It Up, FuzzBall!

What else can be said?

I haven’t been “doing” much to Family Circus recently — the humor isn’t enough to snark. This is a half-hearted attempt.

Thelma Keane (the inspiration for the strip’s “Mommy”) passed away 25 May 2008 at the age of 82. Mommy always managed to have it together, even with the occasional messy room or sugar-whacked-out kids on Easter, without any screeching or breast-beating. Others could learn from it. Godspeed, Mrs. Keane.

…and donate non-perishable foods to the annual Letter Carriers Food Drive (like oh-so-nom-nom-nommy pancake syrup and fat-free refried beans), and THIS is the thanks you get!

(Of course, Mr. bats :[ could’ve just slipped this in the recycle bin, but no…..)

…in the dictionary, this is the illustration that accompanies the definition.

No kidding! (Just give it up, Jeffy…you’re destined to grow up to be Ziggy.)

Nothing too inspired, I’m afraid. Then again, we’re just back from Las Vegas, and I’m getting back into the swing of snark. Fortunately, there hasn’t been too much action this week, just a keane flashback of Rex ‘n’ Niki’s fishing expedition. (And don’t think for a moment that Rex, Niki, Faith, or Lee wouldn’t be doing the same thing as Big Daddy Keane.)

I feel sorry for Gene Wilder…where is it written that some of his best roles (Willy Wonka, Young Frankenstein) get refilmed or made into Broadway musicals (that don’t include him? It’s not like the guy is dead!). At least he’s spared the horror that goes beyond mere childish banter, into the realm of cloyingly cute. Hmm, make that “Kloyingly Kute.” Erk.

And since I had an extra Willy Wonka photo to doodle around with:

Heck, Johnny Depp can handle the keen kidz…he’s worked with John Waters, Terry Gilliam and Marlon Brando, and lived to tell about it!

Yes, I was, a few posts below with Andy the Wonderdog, I did this some time ago when Big Hair Grandma Keane had dug into her “Grandma’s Big Book of Cloying Sayings to Needlework” and was spouting something to Jeffy about love and wings (or love and wings and nuts and berries and other bits of forest detritus). Ah…the original showed Jeffy flapping his arms like a lunatic while telling Big Daddy Keane and Thel, “Grandma says parents should give their children love and wings.”.

Other than retorting that parents should give Grandma a good, swift kick, I’ll just mention that 20% of mammalian species are bats. Cool fact, huh? Feel free to toss it about at your next cocktail party. I loved my Mammalogy class (yay to Dr. Cockrum and Ronnie and Yar!). Bats are just perfect, and you shouldn’t tamper with perfection.

On the other hand, Jeffy and the rest are open for ridicule.

Someone who is close personal friends with my favorite Sith Lord screams or yells “Noooo!” or says “I have a bad feeling about this.”

As an annoying alien who thought he was a friend of my favorite Sith Lord once said, “Meesa have a no-good feeling ’bout dis ting.”

As the astro-mech, companion droid to my favorite Sith Lord’s protocol droid would say, “beep beep boop quack…ahhhhh.”