Comic for Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Posted: 6:25 am, Wednesday, April 15th Alright, 2.0 and I are finally returning to Brooklyn this afternoon, so hopefully on Friday, you have a little bit of post worth reading. I have 14 things on my to-do list to do when I get home, and even though a few of them are relatively easy to achieve (I love putting things like, "Go to the bathroom" on my to-do lists, to give me a sense of achievement), I'll still need to look at a lot of stuff on the web to take plenty of breaks. bullfrog Miyaa -- Wednesday, April 15 2009, 09:34 am Okay, I have to ask: what's a Derby? Coach -- Wednesday, April 15 2009, 10:33 am A derby, pronounced dar-bee, is a match between two local rivals. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_derby
ktbb -- Wednesday, April 15 2009, 11:53 am I *so* love today's strip. SO many good things in it!!!
Sigh.
Any other font geeks out there? I'm working in the British Library today, and their coffee shops have been taken over by a bakery called 'Peyton & Byrne'. I've fallen into lust over their 1920s-Bloomsbury-bluestocking-London font, and I just can't place it. I was wondering if anyone else could: www.peytonandbyrne.com. Joe B -- Wednesday, April 15 2009, 12:23 pm ktbb: Ditto on today's comic, definitely. The font is Gill Sans or a close variation ( compare http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/gill-sans/light/ ). I like its clean look and the letter shapes are very pleasing. It's a little more commonly seen in Britain than here in the States. It always makes me think of the Underground's custom Johnston font and that associates with stylish 1930s London. Bullfrog -- Wednesday, April 15 2009, 05:53 pm Nice work, Joe B. I don't know if I would've gotten it from all caps of Gill Sans. We used to use Gill on one of the minor newsletters at my old digs, it's a classy font. I am back in Brooklyn! Whoo! Coach -- Wednesday, April 15 2009, 06:51 pm I am not sure if you are attempting to give me a "cameo role" in the strip today, but I have beautiful blue eyes and I prefer to use words stronger than wanker.
Bullfrog -- Wednesday, April 15 2009, 08:30 pm I kind of was, but I - thankfully - don't really look into dudes' eyes too much, so screw you and your eyes. I also attempted (from memory - seriously, the interweb is a pain at my parents' house) a Man U jersey and I know you follow the Hotspur of Tottenham. Coach -- Thursday, April 16 2009, 01:24 am That kit looks more Liverpool than United as Carling is the sponsor for the Scousers. United is sponsored by AIG. I am sure all these details won't matter.. ktbb -- Thursday, April 16 2009, 06:18 am Thanks JoeB! I feel as if I -- and all taxpayers -- own a share of United since the AIG bailout. I love it too, when a team like Carling can still beat Samsung in a eight-goal battle. Gotta love corporate sponsorship, where the sponsor is more prominent on the shirt than the team name! The tOSU husband's favo(u)rite team, next to AIG, ins Emirates. Bullfrog -- Thursday, April 16 2009, 07:32 am One of the teachers at my school wears an Emirates jersey regularly. Ah, to be tenured. Nothing but ripped jeans and Flowers in the Attic! Bullfrog -- Thursday, April 16 2009, 07:33 am http://farm1.static.flickr.com/50/144612478_580a4ccc43.jpg DFFD -- Thursday, April 16 2009, 09:00 am Coach - nobody gives a shit about the various sponsors of the various foot-fairy teams. Wannabe eurotrash. CK -- Thursday, April 16 2009, 09:51 am Did you all see the armed-dolphins story in yesterday's times? http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/china-reports-dolphins-foiled-pirate-attack/?hp Bullfrog -- Thursday, April 16 2009, 11:17 am I think I posted a story about the navy trying to arm dolphins way back in the beginning days/weeks of the strip - I thought it was just lunacy back then. Evidently, it is now real-life lunacy. John Madden finally retired. You could tell he was a great announcer because he had four knuckles on his feet. |
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