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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 😛
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.
Reference to Paul Newman and Robert Redford
Mad props man :3
'Bitch Cassidy' was brilliant.
so much i’m blind
’twas indeed.
I think carpenter-bug must have designed bathroom stall doors and beaded curtains too.
yes indeed, and plastic see-though shower curtains.
Wouldn't be at all surprised if plastic see-through curtains were in response to the ole Psycho movie….. 😉
If not these certainly were.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/b9b2/
Maybe it's one of those things that only appeared in westerns and wasn't actually used in the old west.
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.
Bitch Cassidy. Sweet.
"Bitch Cassidy"
I love it XD
Bitch Cassidy. I now have to find a reason to call someone that.
man those burglars are evil! who ruins a perfectly good cowboy hat by cutting holes into it?
I think all the bugs have holes in their hats. It's for their antennas.
I was watching Back to The Future 3 the other day and I was wondering the same thing.
Great observation! 🙂
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.
Ha! Last panel is genius. I can totally see someone screaming that, too.
That's actually a reference to Slaughterhouse 5 if I am not mistaken.
My world is tumbling…
Trust and believe that "Bitch Cassidy" has been added to my vocabulary.
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!
Same way I got here.
Yep… Bitch Cassidy indeed.
It must be fun inside your head. LOL
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.
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.
jajajajaja buenisimo!
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.
I'm pretty sure everyone was born in a barn back then. I bet it's in a history textbook somewhere…
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. 😀
Killroy, are you thinking of an Old West 7-11?
"born in the barn"
Tomorrow I MUST call someone Bitch Cassidy!
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.
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!
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 😛
Brilliant one bug! The last panel did it for me!
Tell the truth, Adam… this whole comic was designed as a vehicle for the pun "Bitch Cassidy", wasn't it? <3
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.
BWA-HA-HA!
I LOVE THIS COMIC. you are too witty! keep em coming 🙂
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.
As mentioned directly above, but last year so I assume you missed it, you need a full stop after “west” in the final panel.
Wow. Can’t believe I never got around to fixing that one. Will fix.