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Writing Tips From the Funny Papers

Here we are again at our first Wednesday of the month feature. Enjoy! From Pearls Before Swine : Rat says to goat, "I'm expanding pig's vocabulary. Today's word was 'defenestration' which means the act of throwing someone out a window." The next panel show a broken window. The third panel has rat saying, "Learning can be a painful process." From Pickles: Earl and his friend are playing checkers. Earl says, "It bugs me when people say "I could care less. What they really mean is  'I couldn't care less'. Meaning they have no interest in whatever it is. But if they say I could care less,' it means they have at least some interest in it. Pretty stupid, don't you think?" His friend responds, "I could possibly care less, but I doubt it." This next one from B . C. isn't about writing or books, but it's funny, and those of us who have tried to write around kids at home...