Typically, you have to run with contralateral, reciprocal movement. Right arm back, right leg forward. Left arm forward, left leg back, and vice-versa. That keeps your body’s balance and you don’t fall over. Connie and Elly, on the other hand, do the opposite of that in every single panel. They don’t need ice cream. They need someone to explain to them how to run.
There was Dave Berg cartoon in MAD Magazine showing a group of joggers all wearing ear buds to muffle the sounds of their gasping, panting, and accelerated heartbeats. Seems that ol’ Dave wasn’t a fan of exercising.
There are 3 places a half-mile from my house that I regularly walk to—Vons (with a Baskin-Robbins across the parking log), Rite-Aid (selling Thrifty ice cream), and my local hardware store (with a frozen yogurt shop next door). It’s a good thing I’m only walking to keep my aging joints functioning, because I’m replacing however many calories I might burn off.
This is an amazing future prediction. All this puff puffing around ice cream kind of reminds me of the new Gh0stbusters Frozen Empire movie with a cameo appearance by the Stay Puff Marshmallow Man!
Here we have Elly and Anthonyconniejohn having a conversation about pausing their run so they can treat themselves to some bad ice cream. They’re conversing in a foreign language where all the words are pronounced either “puff” or “wheeze”. I wonder if this is where the writers at Marvel Comics got their idea for Groot?
Asharah 30 days ago
Hey, they’ve earned a treat!
howtheduck 30 days ago
Typically, you have to run with contralateral, reciprocal movement. Right arm back, right leg forward. Left arm forward, left leg back, and vice-versa. That keeps your body’s balance and you don’t fall over. Connie and Elly, on the other hand, do the opposite of that in every single panel. They don’t need ice cream. They need someone to explain to them how to run.
snsurone76 30 days ago
There was Dave Berg cartoon in MAD Magazine showing a group of joggers all wearing ear buds to muffle the sounds of their gasping, panting, and accelerated heartbeats. Seems that ol’ Dave wasn’t a fan of exercising.
mccollunsky 30 days ago
Ice Cream man might be wondering why he hears Jaws music now.
French Persons Premium Member 30 days ago
Yikes..
LeslieBark 30 days ago
There are 3 places a half-mile from my house that I regularly walk to—Vons (with a Baskin-Robbins across the parking log), Rite-Aid (selling Thrifty ice cream), and my local hardware store (with a frozen yogurt shop next door). It’s a good thing I’m only walking to keep my aging joints functioning, because I’m replacing however many calories I might burn off.
Big Mike 30 days ago
Do they carry money in their workout clothes? Do those clothes even have pockets? I know that’s a common complaint about women’s clothing.
mindjob 30 days ago
“Passing on your left”
SquidGamerGal 30 days ago
Don’t you two have any willpower?!
dcdete. 30 days ago
This is an amazing future prediction. All this puff puffing around ice cream kind of reminds me of the new Gh0stbusters Frozen Empire movie with a cameo appearance by the Stay Puff Marshmallow Man!
walt1968pat Premium Member 30 days ago
Like Pavlov’s dog.
rshive 30 days ago
And your money is where, ladies?
paranormal 30 days ago
The ice cream man Marathon…
ctolson 30 days ago
Cool down time in more ways than one.
CultofFarley 30 days ago
Ooga Farley!
Ooga Farley!
Ooga Farley!
Ooga Farley!
ladykat 30 days ago
LOL!
Daltongang Premium Member 30 days ago
Ah yes, nothing is more motivational than Ice Cream.
markkahler52 30 days ago
Just give us the cart! We’ll pedal home!
The_Great_Black President 30 days ago
Now it is time to mourn the loss of O.J. Simpson
KageKat 30 days ago
I count myself lucky that my daughter doesn’t know yet what the ice cream bell means!
rebelstrike0 30 days ago
Reminds me of The Wizard of Id
King hears tinkling
King: This is disgraceful. Bring the priest to me.
Priest is brought before court. King gives the priest a bag of money
Priest: Why thank you! What can we do for your generosity?
King: Get yourself a new church bell.
Priest: Indeed.
Tinkling is heard again
Priest: There is the ice cream man. May I thank you by treating you to an ice cream cone, Your Majesty?
oish 29 days ago
Bought a tub of less chemicalled Orange Cream icecream recently – it tastes like children’s tylenol
Foob 29 days ago
Here we have Elly and Anthonyconniejohn having a conversation about pausing their run so they can treat themselves to some bad ice cream. They’re conversing in a foreign language where all the words are pronounced either “puff” or “wheeze”. I wonder if this is where the writers at Marvel Comics got their idea for Groot?
kamoolah 29 days ago
It would be both funny and a touching memory if some ancient curse caused the Pattersons to be Farley-headed for the rest of the strip.
The Great_Black President 29 days ago
My ding-a-ling
My ding-a-ling
Won’t you play with my ding-a-ling!
rred_ddog 29 days ago
Awesome trivia!, but I miss Farley
fourteenpeeves 29 days ago
Every time I see these two jogging I want to call the paramedics in advance…..
David Rickard Premium Member 29 days ago
Pedal faster, dude—they’re catching up!
BlitzMcD 29 days ago
If they’re wheezing, sugary desserts are about the LAST thing they’d need, aside from a salt sandwich.