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literally a front yard

February 21st, 2008 by Fitz

Snapshots comic - when we say front yard we mean it literally

Special thanks to Derek for scouring the web for this week of literally comics.

Snapshots

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5 Responses to “literally a front yard”

  1. Brandon Says:
    February 21st, 2008 at 11:28 am

    Huh?? No matter what I do, I can’t make sense of this comic. Was there ever a figurative use of “front yard”? Is the author making fun of the fact that a three-foot-wide strip of grass isn’t really much of a yard?

  2. Amber Says:
    February 21st, 2008 at 1:38 pm

    Wow, that’s a good one.

    Brandon, the joke is because 1 yard == 3 feet.

  3. One Eyed Daruma Says:
    February 21st, 2008 at 1:41 pm

    Oddly enough - every one of the comics uses the term correctly! Not like the dumb-asses that use it wrong in real life.

  4. Brandon Says:
    February 21st, 2008 at 8:02 pm

    Oh. It was eight in the morning when I read this the first time; my brain wasn’t awake enough to make the connection between feet and yards.

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    April 4th, 2008 at 8:06 am

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