Welcome to the Confusion Couch

There are as many reasons to enjoy Pibgorn, the comic strip created by Brooke McEldowney, (hereinafter referred to as "The Cannon") as there are people who enjoy it, and there’s quite a collection of them here. These enjoyers of Pibgorn (hereinafter referred to as “we”) are a diverse and motley assemblage bound together in mutual confusion by the uncommon thread of this comic and the very uncommon man who perpetrates it (from the Latin, perpetrare, “to completely bring about”). If you take the time to read the comments, you’ll discover quite an interesting cross section of humanity has accumulated on the cushions of the confusion couch. It was Brooke himself who christened us the Order of the Couch (hereinafter referred to as “OTC”).

If the strip has piqued your interest, I would suggest checking out the resources (hereinafter referred to as “the boilerplate”) that one of our number has collected and so kindly makes available every day. That is a good introduction to The World of Pibgorn (hereinafter referred to as “the Pibverse”). If your interest is piqued enough to want to dig deeper, and if you have sufficient disposable income at your disposal, becoming a member (“Genius”) of GoComics would be the easiest way to access the archives so that you may follow the thread from its beginning. However, Real Life (hereinafter referred to as “RL”) being what it is these days, if you have more time than money, you can always use the devious and circuitous method explained earlier in today’s comments to get to the East by sailing West (hereinafter referred to as “the Columbus method”).

In any case, feel free to check out our virtual digs, have a sit down on the virtual couch, and help yourself to the virtual goodies. We have a fully equipped virtual clubhouse here, with a hot tub, a pool, a library and various other virtual amenities. The llama is Llefty and the goat is Gruff (in name only). We also have several escadrilles of fruit bats aloft at any given time. They are all quite tame. They and the squirrel squadron (AKA The Crumb Police) help clear away the leftovers. Our volunteer virtual librarian has been compiling a list of books we have recommended to each other along the way. I also seem to recall someone was collecting recommended recipes. One hopes that, at some point, links to same will be added to the boilerplate.

One of the virtues of virtual couches is that there’s always room for one more.