I stole the line about money from an episode of House M.D., as the titular character is deriding his young Australian colleague. The coins do indeed have a picture of the sovereign on them, although the paper money has other[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sheila is nothing if not sure of herself, and Nickey doesn’t seem to mind too much. There’s a lot of talk about “public displays of affection,” so much so that the acronym “PDA” came into general usage. Sheila is firmly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nickey may never know… or will she? It’s early days, and a good relationship takes time to build. We can always hope! I once again thank “Ambrose Bierce” for his/her partial funding, to make this strip possible. The donor who[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
No one’s entirely sure where or how the phrase “Bob’s your uncle” came from, although the most popular theory appears to be that it started when a Conservative party Prime Minister named Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (the “Bob”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, I’m taking liberties with Sheila’s kangaroo nature; her transformations are supposed to take place only in the house. However, we’ve already had her basketball jump-shots “explained” a bit, so I’m going to go with the idea that Shee really[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It looks like our girls have attracted some undue attention from a minority opinion, and a vocal one at that. Here’s hoping that he doesn’t get Sheila upset; she can be very defensive of her friends. (That’s called “building suspense,”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Walking arm-in-arm with a friend is very continental (meaning the European continent). Although a native of Melbourne (Victoria, Australia), Sheila was raised by parents who were themselves raised Cockney but with a continental flair. Besides, since our girls have showered[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sometimes, it’s not a good idea to combine court rules with courtly manners. Never fear; just like her real-life counterpart, Nickey’s not one to stay embarrassed for too long. I think Sheila’s playfulness explains a lot about her friendship with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In case you missed an earlier mention of it, Sheila is part of an amateur women’s basketball team called the Downtowners, the name taken from their specialty of making the three-point baskets from mid-court (“downtown”). Being a ‘roo, Sheila is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With me, it’s strawberries; if I eat more than a pawful at one time, I get a migraine to beat the band (said band having put the base drum into my brain). Cherries can be deceptively innocent in the same[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…