A little while ago somebody here (I think) used the phrase "basset hounds got long ears" as an example of a non sequitur post. So I typed that phrase into Google and got several pages of results, while "basset hounds have long ears" turned up no results. How did "basset hounds got long ears" become a running joke?
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
It was used as a punchline in a Bloom County strip many years ago. At the time, the strip was at its height of popularity.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
quote:It was used as a punchline in a Bloom County strip many years ago. At the time, the strip was at its height of popularity.
God almighty, I miss that strip.
Posted by Earendil18 (Member # 3180) on :
I thought the Bloom County guy started doing strips again.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
quote:I thought the Bloom County guy started doing strips again.
He did, but neither of Breathed's latter incarnations has lived up to the glowing original, IMO.
Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
I was the one who used that here. I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul. Besides that particular comic fitting so well, it was part of a thing I did with a now defunct Hatracker of beloved memory.
If you don't know it, you need to go out and buy yourself some Bloom County books. I think at least a quarter of what I know about the funny comes from reading Bloom County, Calvin and Hobbes, and The Far Side.