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Saloon Doors

Saloon Doors

by Adam on February 9, 2011 at 12:00 am
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  1. Steve
    Steve
    February 8, 2011, 6:02 pm | # | Reply

    Reference to Paul Newman and Robert Redford

    Mad props man :3

  2. Jep
    Jep
    February 8, 2011, 6:03 pm | # | Reply

    'Bitch Cassidy' was brilliant.

    • telepaper
      telepaper
      September 5, 2011, 1:44 am | # | Reply

      so much i’m blind

    • Some Random Loser
      Some Random Loser
      January 16, 2012, 4:38 pm | # | Reply

      ’twas indeed.

  3. williamkattwiliams
    williamkattwiliams
    February 8, 2011, 6:15 pm | # | Reply

    I think carpenter-bug must have designed bathroom stall doors and beaded curtains too.

    • Boo The Monster
      Boo The Monster
      February 9, 2011, 1:16 pm | # | Reply

      yes indeed, and plastic see-though shower curtains.

      • Deth Invictus
        Deth Invictus
        February 10, 2011, 2:27 am | # | Reply

        Wouldn't be at all surprised if plastic see-through curtains were in response to the ole Psycho movie….. 😉

        • Surturs Bane
          Surturs Bane
          February 27, 2012, 9:07 pm | # | Reply

          If not these certainly were.
          http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/b9b2/

  4. TB Tabby
    TB Tabby
    February 8, 2011, 6:20 pm | # | Reply

    Maybe it's one of those things that only appeared in westerns and wasn't actually used in the old west.

  5. Michael Adams
    Michael Adams
    February 8, 2011, 6:24 pm | # | Reply

    I tried looking up saloon doors on Wikipedia: the answer disappointed me; although it mentioned "batwing doors". I'll have to ask Reddit about it later.

  6. Chaucer
    Chaucer
    February 8, 2011, 7:01 pm | # | Reply

    Bitch Cassidy. Sweet.

  7. Moi
    Moi
    February 8, 2011, 7:36 pm | # | Reply

    "Bitch Cassidy"

    I love it XD

  8. Raven
    Raven
    February 8, 2011, 7:51 pm | # | Reply

    Bitch Cassidy. I now have to find a reason to call someone that.

  9. hb6x8
    hb6x8
    February 8, 2011, 8:09 pm | # | Reply

    man those burglars are evil! who ruins a perfectly good cowboy hat by cutting holes into it?

    • ThatGirlFromRussia
      ThatGirlFromRussia
      February 9, 2011, 1:08 am | # | Reply

      I think all the bugs have holes in their hats. It's for their antennas.

  10. Hjörtur Hjartar
    Hjörtur Hjartar
    February 8, 2011, 8:20 pm | # | Reply

    I was watching Back to The Future 3 the other day and I was wondering the same thing.

  11. Goeber
    Goeber
    February 8, 2011, 9:33 pm | # | Reply

    Great observation! 🙂

  12. Fat Bug
    Fat Bug
    February 8, 2011, 11:33 pm | # | Reply

    I'm going to guess the answer is sadly prosaic, something to do with screening the nefarious activities that took place within a saloon from the sensitive eyes of wimmins and chilluns while maintaining some airflow which I imagine the taverns pretty desperately needed.

  13. lawndartcatcher
    lawndartcatcher
    February 9, 2011, 12:59 am | # | Reply

    Ha! Last panel is genius. I can totally see someone screaming that, too.

    • Freya
      Freya
      February 10, 2011, 8:45 pm | # | Reply

      That's actually a reference to Slaughterhouse 5 if I am not mistaken.

  14. Skip
    Skip
    February 9, 2011, 1:04 am | # | Reply

    My world is tumbling…

  15. karine76
    karine76
    February 9, 2011, 1:14 am | # | Reply

    Trust and believe that "Bitch Cassidy" has been added to my vocabulary.

  16. ArchAngel
    ArchAngel
    February 9, 2011, 1:15 am | # | Reply

    Hey. I was told about this site through Explosm's "Stuff We Like", and now I can't get enough of it. I've just read through the entire archive in two sittings, and I'll keep reading it every day. Most people at my school has followed my exellent advice, and they will keep reading this too.

    It's ingenious!

    • Deamon
      Deamon
      February 9, 2011, 9:31 am | # | Reply

      Same way I got here.

  17. Houston
    Houston
    February 9, 2011, 2:41 am | # | Reply

    Yep… Bitch Cassidy indeed.

    It must be fun inside your head. LOL

  18. Kilroy59
    Kilroy59
    February 9, 2011, 2:43 am | # | Reply

    Apparently the Old West was so full of honest-types, there was no need to ever actually shut and lock the front door to the saloon. Or maybe the bartender just lived there 24/7. If you notice, it doesn't matter what time of day or night a guy walks in there, the bartender is there, behind the bar, cleaning glasses or serving beer to customers.

  19. kthejoker
    kthejoker
    February 9, 2011, 2:49 am | # | Reply

    Fat Bug is mostly correct. The problem wasn't that they got too cold, but that they got too hot (most of them served food.)

    You still see these types of doors on restaurant kitchens somedays. Anything to get a little airflow.

  20. lauta55
    lauta55
    February 9, 2011, 3:16 am | # | Reply

    jajajajaja buenisimo!

  21. Waterboy
    Waterboy
    February 9, 2011, 5:28 am | # | Reply

    Let's put it this way: Think about being in a tiny bar full of drunk, sweaty cowboys during a Texas summer before air conditioning was invented. Air flow is your friend. There's no way you want a real door on those places.

  22. Khalid
    Khalid
    February 9, 2011, 7:04 am | # | Reply

    I'm pretty sure everyone was born in a barn back then. I bet it's in a history textbook somewhere…

  23. Reki
    Reki
    February 9, 2011, 8:24 am | # | Reply

    I don't know anyone who says that last one because of the cold. I just like to think they have an open door phobia. 😀

  24. Houston
    Houston
    February 9, 2011, 9:06 am | # | Reply

    Killroy, are you thinking of an Old West 7-11?

  25. theo001
    theo001
    February 9, 2011, 10:14 am | # | Reply

    "born in the barn"

  26. Isis
    Isis
    February 9, 2011, 11:50 am | # | Reply

    Tomorrow I MUST call someone Bitch Cassidy!

  27. ThaAlphacroc
    ThaAlphacroc
    February 9, 2011, 2:54 pm | # | Reply

    here u go adam i found a guy who had a very good arguement http://www.texasescapes.com/DelbertTrew/Saloon-do… ^.^ i actaully enjoyed reading this, also about the burglars, it was the old west the bar tender aint goin to take shizz, he's got weap. of his own under the counter and aint afraid to use it. at least thats wat a good bar owner would be like.

    • Adam
      Adam
      February 9, 2011, 3:40 pm | # | Reply

      Ha-ha! That was great. Deep down, I knew there had to be a reason for their design.

      I especially liked the part that said how saloon doors eliminated the need for folks to shout "Close the door! Were you born in a barn?" Which is pretty much the same thing I said in panel 4.

      Thanks for the link!

      • MrSnow
        MrSnow
        February 10, 2011, 3:57 pm | # | Reply

        Np! I actaully chose to find an answer that seems like they knew wat they wer talkin bout and not just guesser's cuase of the last panel hahahah! I liked the second a lot like most other followers, u can tell from the mass commenting, but then I got to the last panel and I hav a lil past-time with that phrase, my aunt used to say it too much all the time wen I was a kid so wen ppl say it now I make a jerkish comment bak but I love ur comic so I went light on the jerky'ness hehe 😛

  28. Freya
    Freya
    February 10, 2011, 8:46 pm | # | Reply

    Brilliant one bug! The last panel did it for me!

  29. nerdra
    nerdra
    February 10, 2011, 9:02 pm | # | Reply

    Tell the truth, Adam… this whole comic was designed as a vehicle for the pun "Bitch Cassidy", wasn't it? <3

    • Adam
      Adam
      February 11, 2011, 1:32 am | # | Reply

      Ha-ha. No. That name was actually an afterthought. I almost didn't use it because 1) I thought it was a bit harsh and 2) I thought I had used that name before. I even did a quick search through my own archives to see if I had.

  30. Sharkus Maximus
    Sharkus Maximus
    February 14, 2011, 10:34 pm | # | Reply

    BWA-HA-HA!

  31. ashton
    ashton
    February 18, 2011, 7:19 am | # | Reply

    I LOVE THIS COMIC. you are too witty! keep em coming 🙂

  32. VaguelyCreepy
    VaguelyCreepy
    April 27, 2013, 6:38 pm | # | Reply

    Cowbug’s dialog in the last panel is missing some punctuation, methinks. Maybe a period, semicolon, or hyphen after “west.”

    Also, love everything about panel 3.

  33. Max
    Max
    October 16, 2014, 8:13 pm | # | Reply

    As mentioned directly above, but last year so I assume you missed it, you need a full stop after “west” in the final panel.

    • Adam
      Adam
      October 16, 2014, 11:49 pm | # | Reply

      Wow. Can’t believe I never got around to fixing that one. Will fix.

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