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Thursday, January 6, 2011

He's Almost Famous

By "he," I mean Rick. But no one would know this unless they knew his last name, which is Oberle.

Let me explain.

About a year ago, Rick was biking with two triathletes, one of whom was cartoonist Jef Mallett, who does the daily strip Frazz.

(That's Jef with Patty, his wonderful wife and occasional guest blogger.)

In fact, Rick's first venture out after having a terrible accident that day, during which Jef and his friend Jimi helped get him safely to the hospital, was to attend Jef's book signing.

Well, on New Year's Eve Day when Rick checked into the web site as he does each morning, he saw this.

If you can click you can see it bigger! We all laughed!
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17 comments:

  1. annoThursday, January 06, 2011

    Too funny! I love Frazz -- this is one you need to frame! Let's hope, though, that Rick doesn't create any more material for the strip.

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  2. LauraThursday, January 06, 2011

    That is so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!! How exciting!

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  3. HerzBlattThursday, January 06, 2011

    That`s really funny....
    Did my parcel with the mouse arrive??
    Best wishes
    Iris

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  4. Sugar BearThursday, January 06, 2011

    That is great! What a fun story and the strip will be a great keepsake (of course the fall wasn't funny!).
    Karla

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  5. Linda JoThursday, January 06, 2011

    That is hilarious!!!!!!!!! I love it! And....thank you for the SUHWEET matchbox! I got it yesterday. You are such a doll! I love it!!!

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  6. Karen OwenThursday, January 06, 2011

    That is so funny! Yes, Rick is now famous. Hopefully, there will be no more bike accidents for him.

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  7. UnknownThursday, January 06, 2011

    LOve it! Thanks for the back story. :)

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  8. ForgedinPaperThursday, January 06, 2011

    I love it and I'm glad it made everyone laugh,always a good thing.

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  9. bethThursday, January 06, 2011

    wow....no almost !
    i think he is famous !!!

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  10. JeanieThursday, January 06, 2011

    Famous, and with a keepsake to prove it. Very cool!

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  11. BarbFriday, January 07, 2011

    Thank goodness Rick is OK and can star in the cartoon!

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  12. ~*~Patty SFriday, January 07, 2011

    How cool is that!!! Really fun to be immortalized in a comic strip! :)
    Love my little twinkling star...thank you Jeanie!
    oxo

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  13. Marilyn MillerFriday, January 07, 2011

    How fun for you both! A very special friend. Love it!

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  14. RuthSunday, January 09, 2011

    Wonderful! And most importantly because we can LAUGH about it now!!!

    Phew.

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  15. Privet and HollyTuesday, January 11, 2011

    Glad Rick's
    accident didn't
    keep him down....
    And it's good
    to have friends
    to laugh with!
    But, I guess you
    never know what
    will end up in
    print....or on
    a blog...hee hee!
    xx Suzanne

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  16. Bella RumThursday, January 13, 2011

    I hope you clipped it and framed it. Hilarious!

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  17. shoreacresWednesday, January 19, 2011

    I remember when he went to the book signing. This is great! And remember, famous always is better than infamous - I'm not sure where "almost famous" fits in! :-)

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