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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,617 posts)
Thu Oct 26, 2017, 03:35 PM Oct 2017

Ten years ago today in "Zippy the Pinhead":

Well, why not?



What brought this about was a search I conducted for Zippy's "Just Say Don't to Donuts" campaign. Here is the strip I was looking for. I have it on my cubicle. My coworkers have learned to accept it.



From the other day:



And another:

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Ten years ago today in "Zippy the Pinhead": (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2017 OP
When I went to college TlalocW Oct 2017 #1

TlalocW

(15,391 posts)
1. When I went to college
Thu Oct 26, 2017, 04:19 PM
Oct 2017

I started reading a different newspaper with different comics, and I was introduced to Zippy and the novel,"Siddartha," about an Indian ascetic trying to find enlightenment at the same time (reading material for one class). And somehow the characters have become fused in my mind due to Siddartha and Zippy's unique spiritualities, foreign garbs, and interesting appearances.

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