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This blog entry is for Niamh and any other reader who has never been Zippy-fied. Zippy is a sort of surreal, weird comic written and drawn by Bill Griffith.

"Are we having fun yet?" This non sequitur utterance by the clown-suited philosopher/media star Zippy the Pinhead has become so oft-quoted that it is now in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. Zippy has in fact become an international icon, even appearing on the Berlin Wall

Zippy the Pinhead

And now for the meat and potatoes of this blog entry...Zippyisms.

YOW!! ( all purpose exclamation)

Are we having fun yet?


If you can’t say something nice, say something surrealistic.

I just accepted provolone into my life.

I think I’m having a mid-week crisis.

Laundry is the fifth dimension.

Remote keyless entry, remote keyless entry, remote keyless entry! (Zippy often gets stuck on an interesting word or phrase and repeats it over and over.)

You can’t hurt me, I entered the Twilight zone.

I am protected by the power of stain-reistant Scotchguard

Make my modem!

Stop in the name of Warren Beatty (or other famous celebrity)

I’m demographically correct.

I just became one with my browser software.

Virtual reality isn’t what it used to be.

I want a mega-meal in a mega-mall.

Adopt my lifestyle or I’ll have to press charges.

I’m afraid! I need something in a heavy cream sauce.

I can silence Joan Rivers with a single slice of Kraft cheese.

Zombies rule Belgium.

Frivolity is a stern taskmaster.

I’m Zippy the Pinhead and I’m totally committed to the festive mode.

I just felt a paradigm shift.

My boxer shorts just went on a rampage through a Long Island bowling alley.

Feelings are cascading over me.

Glazed donuts are the building blocks of the universe.

Consciousness is vastly overrated.

I hope my sensitive female side is wearing sensible leather pumps.

Reality distorts my sense of television.

America. I love it, I hate it, I love it, I hate it. When do I collect
unemployment?