I wasn’t sure if people would find this funny or not, I asked my wife what she thought and she said “You have already published other comics that make no sense…”
Beware of the “Crow Again”
It hunts its prey from glen to glen
and feeds upon farm house hen
and eyes the farmer ‘s wife and then
swifter than a fox retreating to it’s den
It swoops on down, its beak open
meant for foul, but it can work on men
its claw came close, but just then
the farmer shot it down with his bren
where do they come from, these “Crow Again”
I do not know, It’s beyond my ken.
Hmm wish Bach attributed that poem, love to know the author . I thought it was funny, in fact I laughed out loud, but I’ve just read 126 Biff comics in a row, so I am probably starting to get a little weird
crows arent that bright, but a raven can learn to speak to a person. it’s smarter than a mockingbird. i mean, jeez, get a mocking bird, put it in a house where the people fart a lot, and the mocking bird will do the same.
a raven will just die from the smell… and probably scream out “Nevermore!” as it falls to the ground…
my bro and i were watchin csi and it was the one with the parrot who got some blood on it from a murder… anyway… it screached or somthing to get the guys attention and then i said ‘nevermore’. we proceeded to laugh for 12.5 minutes untill finnaly agreeing that having a parrot that said nevermore all the time would be awesomely annoying.
Actually, Chryssta, crows are very bright. But yes, ravens are smarter. In one test (I think I read this in Science News Weekly) a piece of food was hung from a string blow a branch. A crow perched on the branch knew as much to pull the string up with its beak, but would then let it fall. Ravens, however, would pull the string up, step on it and pull it higher until it obtained the treat.
And yes that poem was awesome. Now I’m gonna have nightmares about being attacked by Crow Agains.
March on, Biff! Make the world laugh, like you have me!
The only other crow I can think of besides the bird is the one from the movie starring Brandon Lee (his last movie before he died). It’s probably not that kind of crow though.
First: Tkort and Greyduck, you are both mad for reading so many Biff comics in a row.
B: The only birds i ever see around here are sparrows, robins, and huge murders of crows (a murder is a group of crows)
*: RAVENS RULE!
-: Hey, it’s easier to understand this at 1:10 A.M.
23: I’ve got to get writing lists down the right way, man.
I love crows and Ravens. I feel a sort of kindred with them, probebly because I am actually named Raven and my name translates to Crow in every language…… Anyways, Awesome!! I get it and even if I don’t, I agree with Biff.
Also, I commend Bach for the poem, it’s very good for an on the spot poem.
And Dark pheonix…. Don’t call them crazy for reading that many Biff strips. I read from 1-124 yesterday and almost suffocated a couple of times from laughing so much…. Then again… my family and I are very weird…
hey, im intending to read teh whole lot in one sitting! aided muchly by huge quantities of coffee. and i’m weird enough as it is without electric tennis balls and breaders.
The post about the crow/raven test is slightly wrong. It was published in Scientific American, and it showed that older crows were smarter, crows could communicate, and that multiple crows can figure out things that a single crow can’t. The food on a string hung from a branch test was passed by all the crows, but then they did something (I think they looped around something, but I don’t remember (it was a long time ago)), and the young crows failed.
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!”
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought –
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
“And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!’
He chortled in his joy.
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
Yay, randomness! Jabberwocky is the best poem ever!
Oh and I think I win the longest post ever contest (you know, the one I just made up…)!
Why aren’t his binoculars steam powered or sticking out of his forehead? But still, very funny comic Chris! keep up the good work!
Just came back from the Rockies recently. There were ravens there that woke me up every morning at the exact same time. I hated those ravens. I now want one as a pet.
Just a bit of intriguing trivia, Poe wrote the Raven as somewhat of a send-up of himself and in fact did consider using a parrot instead of a raven. How coincidentally incitefull of you Gravity.
The joke is that Biff’s only favorite bird would be the crow, if he had to choose another bird, it’d once again be the crow. I can say it definately has nothing to do with the binoculars, because his favorite bird wouldn’t be whatever he’s looking at.
It’s like asking someone.
P1: Whats your favorite pasta?
P2: Angel Hair.
P1: Whats your SECOND favorite?
P2: Angel Hair
P1: What’s your third?
P1: Ange- You know it’s just easier to say I don’t have any OTHER favorites
According to Cornell University’s website, http://www.birds.cornell.edu, there are three species of crow (American, Northwestern, Fish) and two species of raven (Common and Chihuahuan) in North America. And yes, the corvids (crows, ravens, and jays) are among the smartest (if not THE smartest) birds in the world. And not just using tools– they’ve been known to make tools as well. Now to find that article about scrub-jays preparing for future events…. Ah, here it is: http://www.physorg.com/news91286409.html
August 9th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
The post about the crow/raven test is slightly wrong. It was published in Scientific American, and it showed that older crows were smarter, crows could communicate, and that multiple crows can figure out things that a single crow can’t. The food on a string hung from a branch test was passed by all the crows, but then they did something (I think they looped around something, but I don’t remember (it was a long time ago)), and the young crows failed.
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!”
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought –
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
“And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!’
He chortled in his joy.
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
Yay, randomness! Jabberwocky is the best poem ever!
Oh and I think I win the longest post ever contest (you know, the one I just made up…)!)))
Thanks for that! My two favorite books are Vorpal Blade and Manxome Foe, and now I know where the title comes from!
P.S.
My post is now the longest.
Or it is now.
I counted, and I think this is more than enough lines.
Can’t believe nobody thought of another punchline – that in Biff’s area, crows are so overwhelmingly common that birdwatching means you will see crows, crows, crows, crows, crows, crows, crows and OH MY GOD A SPARROW oh wait it’s a crow.
i thought it was because the Crow manages to beat the crap out of any other bird in the area so its like ‘oh look a crow. hey!! is that a …nope. crow again.
heheheheheee… I like this one
guh?
I wasn’t sure if people would find this funny or not, I asked my wife what she thought and she said “You have already published other comics that make no sense…”
So that’s my explanation for this one.
it seems like it would work better if is was just ” the crow… and the crow”
that and a scare crow or wheat in the feild
SPLEE!!!
I guess the joke is that his only favorite bird IS the crow.
I like crows…
Beware of the “Crow Again”
It hunts its prey from glen to glen
and feeds upon farm house hen
and eyes the farmer ‘s wife and then
swifter than a fox retreating to it’s den
It swoops on down, its beak open
meant for foul, but it can work on men
its claw came close, but just then
the farmer shot it down with his bren
where do they come from, these “Crow Again”
I do not know, It’s beyond my ken.
Hmm wish Bach attributed that poem, love to know the author
. I thought it was funny, in fact I laughed out loud, but I’ve just read 126 Biff comics in a row, so I am probably starting to get a little weird 
Actually i did make that poem up. on the spot no less ^_^ glad you like.
There are no two kinds of crow there is only one kind of crow so it is logicaly impossible for the crow to be two favorites.
Well the United States has 2. The American Crow and the Fish Crow.
A raven is also a type of crow.
crows arent that bright, but a raven can learn to speak to a person. it’s smarter than a mockingbird. i mean, jeez, get a mocking bird, put it in a house where the people fart a lot, and the mocking bird will do the same.
a raven will just die from the smell… and probably scream out “Nevermore!” as it falls to the ground…
my bro and i were watchin csi and it was the one with the parrot who got some blood on it from a murder… anyway… it screached or somthing to get the guys attention and then i said ‘nevermore’. we proceeded to laugh for 12.5 minutes untill finnaly agreeing that having a parrot that said nevermore all the time would be awesomely annoying.
Bach, that is a truly awesome poem. Chris, your’s is a truly awesome webcomic, look it inspires poetry!
Some of the comics are not only funny but have this strange philosophical air, too.
Actually, Chryssta, crows are very bright. But yes, ravens are smarter. In one test (I think I read this in Science News Weekly) a piece of food was hung from a string blow a branch. A crow perched on the branch knew as much to pull the string up with its beak, but would then let it fall. Ravens, however, would pull the string up, step on it and pull it higher until it obtained the treat.
And yes that poem was awesome. Now I’m gonna have nightmares about being attacked by Crow Agains.
March on, Biff! Make the world laugh, like you have me!
this makes me think of the batman villian for some reason.
any way, i kinda get it, kinda don’t, but oh well
maybe it’s the only bird biff can see in the field..
Binocolars. Gotcha.
Mind you, I probably wouldn’t have gotten this if I hadn’t just read 125 other Biff cartoons in one sitting. *cough*
CHRIIIIS! HAAAAALP! WE DONT GET IT! T.T
i agree with you, malachite dragon. BIFF IS TOO MUCH FOR OUR TINY BRAINS!!!
The only other crow I can think of besides the bird is the one from the movie starring Brandon Lee (his last movie before he died). It’s probably not that kind of crow though.
First: Tkort and Greyduck, you are both mad for reading so many Biff comics in a row.
B: The only birds i ever see around here are sparrows, robins, and huge murders of crows (a murder is a group of crows)
*: RAVENS RULE!
-: Hey, it’s easier to understand this at 1:10 A.M.
23: I’ve got to get writing lists down the right way, man.
Crows are smart enough to use simple tools. Let us hope they never figure guns out.
I love crows and Ravens. I feel a sort of kindred with them, probebly because I am actually named Raven and my name translates to Crow in every language…… Anyways, Awesome!! I get it and even if I don’t, I agree with Biff.
Also, I commend Bach for the poem, it’s very good for an on the spot poem.
And Dark pheonix…. Don’t call them crazy for reading that many Biff strips. I read from 1-124 yesterday and almost suffocated a couple of times from laughing so much…. Then again… my family and I are very weird…
hey, im intending to read teh whole lot in one sitting! aided muchly by huge quantities of coffee. and i’m weird enough as it is without electric tennis balls and breaders.
The post about the crow/raven test is slightly wrong. It was published in Scientific American, and it showed that older crows were smarter, crows could communicate, and that multiple crows can figure out things that a single crow can’t. The food on a string hung from a branch test was passed by all the crows, but then they did something (I think they looped around something, but I don’t remember (it was a long time ago)), and the young crows failed.
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!”
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought –
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
“And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!’
He chortled in his joy.
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
Yay, randomness! Jabberwocky is the best poem ever!
Oh and I think I win the longest post ever contest (you know, the one I just made up…)!
Why aren’t his binoculars steam powered or sticking out of his forehead? But still, very funny comic Chris! keep up the good work!
P.S.
Nice poem Bach!
Just came back from the Rockies recently. There were ravens there that woke me up every morning at the exact same time. I hated those ravens. I now want one as a pet.
Just a bit of intriguing trivia, Poe wrote the Raven as somewhat of a send-up of himself and in fact did consider using a parrot instead of a raven. How coincidentally incitefull of you Gravity.
He sees the crow in one side, than in the other side of the binoculars. It wasn’t that complicated haha.
I love crows…but the binoculars makes sense…..also, there are probably no other birds on the field
Birds of a feather, flocking together
The crow is on its own
The Raven bestotted becomes the young shotted
by farmer with rifle in tow
eh…I’m no good at writing long poems…that short little stanza is all you get…
The joke is that Biff’s only favorite bird would be the crow, if he had to choose another bird, it’d once again be the crow. I can say it definately has nothing to do with the binoculars, because his favorite bird wouldn’t be whatever he’s looking at.
It’s like asking someone.
P1: Whats your favorite pasta?
P2: Angel Hair.
P1: Whats your SECOND favorite?
P2: Angel Hair
P1: What’s your third?
P1: Ange- You know it’s just easier to say I don’t have any OTHER favorites
…i hate birds…..but not as much as bugs…….must squish them….
According to Cornell University’s website, http://www.birds.cornell.edu, there are three species of crow (American, Northwestern, Fish) and two species of raven (Common and Chihuahuan) in North America. And yes, the corvids (crows, ravens, and jays) are among the smartest (if not THE smartest) birds in the world. And not just using tools– they’ve been known to make tools as well. Now to find that article about scrub-jays preparing for future events…. Ah, here it is: http://www.physorg.com/news91286409.html
[/bird geek]
You’d think Biff would avoid all birds, what with those eyebrows.
(((Gareth Says:
August 9th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
The post about the crow/raven test is slightly wrong. It was published in Scientific American, and it showed that older crows were smarter, crows could communicate, and that multiple crows can figure out things that a single crow can’t. The food on a string hung from a branch test was passed by all the crows, but then they did something (I think they looped around something, but I don’t remember (it was a long time ago)), and the young crows failed.
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!”
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought –
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
“And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!’
He chortled in his joy.
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
Yay, randomness! Jabberwocky is the best poem ever!
Oh and I think I win the longest post ever contest (you know, the one I just made up…)!)))
Thanks for that! My two favorite books are Vorpal Blade and Manxome Foe, and now I know where the title comes from!
P.S.
My post is now the longest.
Or it is now.
I counted, and I think this is more than enough lines.
But just in case…
And Bach, that poem is the funniest thing I have read in my entire life.
i LOVE this one!
Is it a bad thing that im 14 and reading this comic? XD this is funny, and the worst part is i under stand a lit of it xD
Can’t believe nobody thought of another punchline – that in Biff’s area, crows are so overwhelmingly common that birdwatching means you will see crows, crows, crows, crows, crows, crows, crows and OH MY GOD A SPARROW oh wait it’s a crow.
I live in an area like that. Caw.
crows and hawks are minions and spies of evil ravens and eagles are friends of good
I like to make things explode with my mind
Oh. I thought this was a joke because of the ~bi~noculars – you see it twice through both of them.
But if you just intended it to be random, that it is.
i thought it was because the Crow manages to beat the crap out of any other bird in the area so its like ‘oh look a crow. hey!! is that a …nope. crow again.