Comments on: Fancy That! (Arlo Page) http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/30/fancy-that-arlo-page/ I have no idea whether ''The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy'' is a good album, but I might have to buy it just on the basis of its awesome name Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:47:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: padraig http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/30/fancy-that-arlo-page/#comment-30378 padraig Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:28:18 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/30/fancy-that-arlo-page/#comment-30378 Just a quick etymology factoid: "Fancy" is actually a Cockney contraction of "Fantasy" or even "Phantasy." Got that drilled into my head while reading Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver historical epic (3000 pages and never a dull moment) where I believe he spelled it "phant'sy". So technically to "fancy" someone is to fantasize about them. Just a quick etymology factoid: “Fancy” is actually a Cockney contraction of “Fantasy” or even “Phantasy.” Got that drilled into my head while reading Neal Stephenson’s Quicksilver historical epic (3000 pages and never a dull moment) where I believe he spelled it “phant’sy”.

So technically to “fancy” someone is to fantasize about them.

]]> By: Frank the curmudgeon http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/30/fancy-that-arlo-page/#comment-30374 Frank the curmudgeon Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:15:52 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/30/fancy-that-arlo-page/#comment-30374 "I might have been born just plain white trash But Fancy was my name" - Reba “I might have been born just plain white trash
But Fancy was my name” - Reba

]]> By: Cidu Bill http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/30/fancy-that-arlo-page/#comment-30368 Cidu Bill Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:56:21 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/30/fancy-that-arlo-page/#comment-30368 Over the past 30-odd years, haven't we all? Over the past 30-odd years, haven’t we all?

]]> By: The Bad Seed http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/30/fancy-that-arlo-page/#comment-30366 The Bad Seed Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:52:42 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/30/fancy-that-arlo-page/#comment-30366 Way back in the 1970's when I was a tween, we had annual school magazine sales to raise money, and got a lot of laughs about some of the magazines offered - Cat Fancy included. Now I find myself in the odd time-space Mobius strip of suddenly realizing that I have a copy of Bird Fancy on my coffee table, signifying that I have apparently become one of those people I couldn't even fathom existing back then. Way back in the 1970’s when I was a tween, we had annual school magazine sales to raise money, and got a lot of laughs about some of the magazines offered - Cat Fancy included. Now I find myself in the odd time-space Mobius strip of suddenly realizing that I have a copy of Bird Fancy on my coffee table, signifying that I have apparently become one of those people I couldn’t even fathom existing back then.

]]> By: BroBoCop http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/30/fancy-that-arlo-page/#comment-30356 BroBoCop Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:03:26 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/30/fancy-that-arlo-page/#comment-30356 One other point: Cat Fancy has a centerfold of the "Breed of the Month." I think that is the joke as much as anything else, although choosing "Cat Fancy" over "Dog Fancy" makes it more naughty. Nothing like dating outside your species. One other point: Cat Fancy has a centerfold of the “Breed of the Month.” I think that is the joke as much as anything else, although choosing “Cat Fancy” over “Dog Fancy” makes it more naughty. Nothing like dating outside your species.

]]> By: Mark in Boston http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/30/fancy-that-arlo-page/#comment-30351 Mark in Boston Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:49:15 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/30/fancy-that-arlo-page/#comment-30351 Yes, but where can you buy those sex magazines? The Internet has pretty much put them out of business. The joke of a dog who secretly likes cats is an old one. Foolbert Sturgeon did it in his "Dorman's Doggie" comic books. Yes, but where can you buy those sex magazines? The Internet has pretty much put them out of business.

The joke of a dog who secretly likes cats is an old one. Foolbert Sturgeon did it in his “Dorman’s Doggie” comic books.

]]> By: furrykef http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/30/fancy-that-arlo-page/#comment-30347 furrykef Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:11:45 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/30/fancy-that-arlo-page/#comment-30347 Sometimes a cigar is just a phallus. Sometimes a cigar is just a phallus.

]]> By: RobynS8971 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/30/fancy-that-arlo-page/#comment-30342 RobynS8971 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:21:09 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/30/fancy-that-arlo-page/#comment-30342 duncman@8: "Not everything has to be about sex" It isn't? duncman@8: “Not everything has to be about sex”

It isn’t?

]]> By: Nicole http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/30/fancy-that-arlo-page/#comment-30330 Nicole Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:48:22 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/30/fancy-that-arlo-page/#comment-30330 duncman @ 8 : "Not everything has to be about sex." It doesn't ? duncman @ 8 : “Not everything has to be about sex.”

It doesn’t ?

]]> By: duncman http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/30/fancy-that-arlo-page/#comment-30329 duncman Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:32:14 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/30/fancy-that-arlo-page/#comment-30329 People hide lots of things under their mattress that they don't want anyone to find. It doesn't have to be porn. I really don't see the sexual overtones. Dogs are supposed to hate cats, so hes embarrassed about having a cat magazine and that's why he was hiding it. Not everything has to be about sex. People hide lots of things under their mattress that they don’t want anyone to find. It doesn’t have to be porn. I really don’t see the sexual overtones. Dogs are supposed to hate cats, so hes embarrassed about having a cat magazine and that’s why he was hiding it. Not everything has to be about sex.

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