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NOTE: Hope this doesn’t bring anyone down or anything. It was just a thought that occurred to me as myself and several others ran on treadmills at the gym today… and it made me grin as I ran, which probably made me look kind of crazy. Oh well.
PS. Yes I am a Blur fan. 🙂
NOTE: Want this cartoon on a T-shirt? No? Oh. Well in that case, this is a little awkward… because I’ve just made this shirt available in several different styles on my Cafe Press store. It’s here: http://www.cafepress.com/therut
the rut. 
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May 25, 2009 at 11:14 pm
Davis
I’m a treadmill runner too and this is GREAT
May 25, 2009 at 11:50 pm
planetross
The guy with the shovel looks like he’s waiting for “Treadmiller Time”. hee hee!
May 26, 2009 at 12:34 am
Ted
I had a small problem with my heart. After being told that among other things, I have to workout regularly, that’s exactly how I feel.
May 26, 2009 at 9:20 am
detcader
Wow, this is great
May 26, 2009 at 2:25 pm
fred
OK, I have to have this on a T shirt. Two T shirts.
May 26, 2009 at 9:10 pm
bigeyedeer
Thanks for the comments!
And I was actually planning on T-Shirting this one… will put a comment on here again when I do, Fred. 🙂
Cheers all
Phil
May 26, 2009 at 9:44 pm
KJ
The treadmill gets progressively faster 😥
May 28, 2009 at 3:42 am
simone
This is soooo funny 🙂
June 18, 2009 at 8:01 am
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September 18, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Cristiane Ross
I just happened to come across your site today and am cracking up.
I went to Google Images and typed: ‘Surprise’ — as i was looking for a pix for a certain work email I had to reply to.
One of the results was the ‘animal surprises’ — your cartoon of the dog with his pup and the cat with the bird.
i couldn’t stop laughing == and long story short – i’ve now spent at least one hour browsing your site. FABULOUS. i live in Hong Kong. i’ve shared with some friends too. GOOD WORK man. I don’t know how you get all the creativity – but i love it.
September 22, 2009 at 11:08 am
bigeyedeer
Cristiane, thanks for the kind words, it’s nice to hear you dig my stuff. 🙂
feeling awfully guilty about neglecting The Rut… but too busy working on another project to give this the time it needs. I look forward to getting some time to kick this off again!
Thanks again
Phil
PS. I loved Hong Kong. Didn;t love the hangover I got there, though. 🙂
September 22, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Cristiane Ross
Phil – welcome to the the XPATS’ club my friend re: your hangover story.
HK rocks. I’ve lived in some cool cities but HK by far beats all others in regards to partying… it’s tough! I know limit myself to only ONE BIG night a week. that’s it. not getting any younger (none of us here really) and work, yoga, partying..hmmm hard to manage!
Hey i can only imagine it is difficult to keep up with THE RUT. I started a blog last year and honestly… all i could do was 3 entries! hahaha
there’s not enough time.
but you have enough material here. pretty good. will keep checking back.
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October 12, 2009 at 6:16 pm
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This is so true. Honestly…love it.
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March 16, 2010 at 5:44 am
gregwadden
This cartoon has just summed up my thoughts for the past month.
April 3, 2010 at 1:12 am
Clark
What is your best memory of childhood? Worst?
April 15, 2010 at 6:13 am
bigeyedeer
Am I going to get charged for this?
July 11, 2010 at 9:25 am
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Once again, great stuff.
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