Saturday Comic

Our comic strip for today comes from Close to Home, by John McPherson.

It appeared on October 11 of this year.

Close to Home, October 11, 2014

 

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Happy Thanksgiving

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Colorful Characters — Dale Story

We are all aware of Abebe Bikila, who won the 1960 Olympic Marathon running barefoot. And I’ve introduced you to Bruce Tulloh, who won a 6-miler at the British games in 1962 barefoot, and the gold running the 5000m the at the European Championships.

Here is another barefoot winner from the 1960s.

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Business Owners and Barefoot Insurance

A while back I wrote about Business Owners and “Trust”, looking at a lot of negligence lawsuits and discussing a user comment regarding the cost and time of a possible lawsuit from a barefoot injury (while completely ignoring possible lawsuits from all sorts of other footwear injuries).

A small-business owner and friend has pointed out to me that it is the insurance companies who spend the time and money. Here’s what he told me.

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Saturday Comic

This week we spent some time looking at hippies and how they influenced the animus against bare feet. Today’s comic emphasizes that. It’s from a strip called Carnival by Dick Turner.

The cartoon appeared on November 21, 1971.

Carnival, November 21, 1971

 

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Barefoot Waitresses

Yesterday we found out about the barefoot waitress in Reserve, NM back in the 1960s.

But are there more?

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More from Albuquerque

In one of the comments to When NSNSNS Came to Albuquerque, it was asked whether the anti-barefoot attitude of the restaurants were already established before the NSNSNS signs appeared.

We can answer that.

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When NSNSNS Came to Albuquerque

It’s always interesting (in a pathetic sort of way) to explore the origins of the dreaded “No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service” signs.

Here’s an article from the summer of 1977 from Albuquerque.

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Foot Bath Baloney

I thought I’d deal with some more foot-related quackery.

I present the amazing Ion Detox Foot Bath.

Snort.

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Saturday Comic

For today let’s remember summer and a carefree barefoot childhood. This is Dennis the Menace from July 27, 2007.

Dennis the Menace, July 27, 2007

 

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On Barefooting in Cold Weather

I haven’t shown a poem in a while, but that’s mainly because I really haven’t come across many. But today I have a brand new one by fellow barefooter Chris Billings. He’s from near San Antonio, where you’d think it does get all that cold.

That just means that when it does cool off, the people there are even more aghast at seeing somebody barefoot.

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Colorful Characters — David Brinkley?!?

Russell Baker was a syndicated columnist for the New York Times from 1962 to 1998.

This column by him appeared at the end of March in 1977. Which day it appeared in a local paper just depended on how the syndication went.

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Unauthorized Rest Area Rules

I spent some time last week driving through Illinois and Indiana. One thing I noticed was the difference between their “rules” in their rest areas. Illinois: nanny state. Indiana: live and let live.

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Arlington National Cemetery

I’ve seen some recent discussion about footwear rules at Arlington National Cemetery. A barefooter was there and had one of the Military Police tell him he had to wear shoes.

So, what’s the real scoop?

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Saturday Comic

Our comic for today comes from the strip Arctic Circle by Alex Hallatt. It was published on November 6, 2011.

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Arctic Circle, November 6, 2011

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