Never having heard of it before I looked it up and was interested by the Wiki on the pencil – Apparently just predated Cumberland’s Keswick pencil though
Just for fun: ‘Dixon Ticonderoga pencils were the favourite pencils of the author Roald Dahl.’
Not new, Brian, I’ve seen an occasional reference to Sister Sprocket’s pipe-fillings du jour before. This was just the first time I had seen so many in a single strip that I felt a sarcastic comment was called for.
BTW — how are some of you people able to post smilies? I don’t see a link to an assortment of them, nor did I think the board supported HTML markup so I could add them as an ‘img’ tag.
@B Bill – I don’t ‘post’ a smily – just as in your smartphone they are automatically produced if you use the right punctuation.
Try a :
Then a -
Then a )
In a single ‘word’ like this
Use of the ; will give you a wink –
At one point in the 80′s I had to buy 35″ length pants instead of 29″ in order to get the thighs large enough to fit. Cost me extra to get them all re-hemmed.
SKF BB – check
Ticonderoga pencil – check
Walz cap – check
REI socks – check (though more Smartwools than REI’s)
MUSA pants – I’ve got MUSA shorts, but not pants yet…
I’ve got clipboards, but they’re whatever the office has, no clue as to brand.
Tretorn boots – afraid I’ve not even heard of them. I’m wearing my Limmers, but have Chippewa/LL Bean, too, Matterhorn, amongst others…
But, last time I wore skinny jeans, would’ve been when I was still skinny, over 20 years ago… Carhartt khaki pants are my norm, but they’re loose.
I have to get my pants tailored after I buy them. If I buy the right length and waist I can’t fit my legs in them, so I buy the right waist that my legs fit in and have the ends cut off and sewn.
OT, but… between the headwind, avg. of four or five hours of sleep per night for the last few nights and working as an election officer for sixteen hours yesterday, I was really slow on the morning commute. My legs were dead and I just didn’t feel like pushing that hard. By the end of my ride to work, I had developed an earworm, the chorus from Slow Ride by Foghat:
We used to call them “straight leg” or even “boot cut” although that latter term now applies to a completely different shape. When straight leg jeans first came out I was still using socks that covered my ankles. I know, I was out of fashion not freezing my ankles in “golf socks” with that idiotic pom pom on the heel. Well I couldn’t get anything BUT those damn calfless jeans that were so tight to my ankles so I started wearing socks over them. I’d tried cutting them and lacing back up so they could be pulled over the socks but it wasn’t effective. However, I soon had a great deal of fun with long socks that covered over the knee. Before long the only part of my jeans that showed was a narrow strip of thigh between oversize tops and long socks. I got nicknamed “pippi” because of those socks! I would convert knitted tights if I couldn’t find the socks I wanted. when flares came back into fashion I was very relieved. I’m glad we are allowed to choose now! These days they don’t try so hard to force us into their shapes, though the clothing manufacturers still try and dictate our colour palettes.
That’s quite the product-placement fest! FWIW, Swrve pants have a little dart at the knee to make it easier to bend. Some of the Betabrand bike to work gear is pretty OK too (tip: their B2W trousers shrink but their B2W jeans do not).
i have skinny jeans, and no they don’t work, one you can’t bend your knee, and when you can, the pants ride up your leg and shows off your bright white socks, in my case. after that i cut them up and i use them for grease rags, when i fix bikes.
not to defend the product placement per se, but I always saw them as bike snob and/or hipster signifiers rather than adverts … what tobacco distributer would place pipe tobacco in a bicycle strip?
And the sweater is… ?
Like K’Tesh –
Merino of course? (Just an attempt at starting a discussion
)
‘Like’
…immortal, apparently!
I ride in skinny jeans, but mostly with 2% lycra. Which Yehuda has an aversion to.
Never having heard of it before I looked it up and was interested by the Wiki on the pencil – Apparently just predated Cumberland’s Keswick pencil though
Just for fun: ‘Dixon Ticonderoga pencils were the favourite pencils of the author Roald Dahl.’
I expect I will be getting a refund of my Kickstarter donation now that Rick has apparently started selling product placement in the strip.
he forgot thistles stevejobs-sweater
Must be new here, welcome! Been a few times I wanted to take up a pipe reading this comic.
Not new, Brian, I’ve seen an occasional reference to Sister Sprocket’s pipe-fillings du jour before. This was just the first time I had seen so many in a single strip that I felt a sarcastic comment was called for.
BTW — how are some of you people able to post smilies? I don’t see a link to an assortment of them, nor did I think the board supported HTML markup so I could add them as an ‘img’ tag.
Kinda reminded me about the “twenty-seven 8×10 color glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one”.
…and then he looked at the seein’ eye dog…
@B Bill – I don’t ‘post’ a smily – just as in your smartphone they are automatically produced if you use the right punctuation.
Try a :
Then a -
Then a )
In a single ‘word’ like this
Use of the ; will give you a wink –
This Help?
i tried skinny jeans.. had a hard time gettin my calf through the thigh part of the pants even though my bmi is around 21
At one point in the 80′s I had to buy 35″ length pants instead of 29″ in order to get the thighs large enough to fit. Cost me extra to get them all re-hemmed.
SKF BB – check
Ticonderoga pencil – check
Walz cap – check
REI socks – check (though more Smartwools than REI’s)
MUSA pants – I’ve got MUSA shorts, but not pants yet…
I’ve got clipboards, but they’re whatever the office has, no clue as to brand.
Tretorn boots – afraid I’ve not even heard of them. I’m wearing my Limmers, but have Chippewa/LL Bean, too, Matterhorn, amongst others…
But, last time I wore skinny jeans, would’ve been when I was still skinny, over 20 years ago… Carhartt khaki pants are my norm, but they’re loose.
I can’t even wear my 501s any more, due to excessive thigh size after I started riding a lot.
I just got a couple pairs of the MUSA pants, on clearance, but it’s been raining so I have been wearing my rain pants instead.
I cannot imagine anything more uncomfortable than 501s – except maybe an iron maiden.
I have to get my pants tailored after I buy them. If I buy the right length and waist I can’t fit my legs in them, so I buy the right waist that my legs fit in and have the ends cut off and sewn.
He needs to try a skirt – no knee bending problems and far more comfortable!
OT, but… between the headwind, avg. of four or five hours of sleep per night for the last few nights and working as an election officer for sixteen hours yesterday, I was really slow on the morning commute. My legs were dead and I just didn’t feel like pushing that hard. By the end of my ride to work, I had developed an earworm, the chorus from Slow Ride by Foghat:
Slow ride
Take it easy
Slow ride
Take it easy…
We used to call them “straight leg” or even “boot cut” although that latter term now applies to a completely different shape. When straight leg jeans first came out I was still using socks that covered my ankles. I know, I was out of fashion not freezing my ankles in “golf socks” with that idiotic pom pom on the heel. Well I couldn’t get anything BUT those damn calfless jeans that were so tight to my ankles so I started wearing socks over them. I’d tried cutting them and lacing back up so they could be pulled over the socks but it wasn’t effective. However, I soon had a great deal of fun with long socks that covered over the knee. Before long the only part of my jeans that showed was a narrow strip of thigh between oversize tops and long socks. I got nicknamed “pippi” because of those socks! I would convert knitted tights if I couldn’t find the socks I wanted. when flares came back into fashion I was very relieved. I’m glad we are allowed to choose now! These days they don’t try so hard to force us into their shapes, though the clothing manufacturers still try and dictate our colour palettes.
That’s quite the product-placement fest! FWIW, Swrve pants have a little dart at the knee to make it easier to bend. Some of the Betabrand bike to work gear is pretty OK too (tip: their B2W trousers shrink but their B2W jeans do not).
More product placements, please. They are fun.
Indeed! I learned about MUSA stuff from this strip today, and now have a pair of shorts and a pair of knickers from Rivendell on my Amazon wish list.
Is that a chain wrench in your pocket, or ya just happy to see me???
That’s an awful lot of product placement!
what, no padding?
Speaking of knees… have you seen this? http://theflizbike.com/
I like the Fliz – I hope they go mainstream!
And speaking of skinny jeans the ad at the top of the comments was for Betabrand pants.
i have skinny jeans, and no they don’t work, one you can’t bend your knee, and when you can, the pants ride up your leg and shows off your bright white socks, in my case. after that i cut them up and i use them for grease rags, when i fix bikes.
You use white socks for grease rags?
not to defend the product placement per se, but I always saw them as bike snob and/or hipster signifiers rather than adverts … what tobacco distributer would place pipe tobacco in a bicycle strip?
I believe they’re an homage to Chester Gould and the little labels he put in his Dick Tracy comic strips. See http://hoodedutilitarian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Dt2wrr.jpg for an example.