Quote Originally Posted by Rime View Post
I also have no idea what "flaking" means to hippies, and why it is amusing to a passing-by observer.
Sorry you aren't getting all the jokes. I believe I'm one of the oldest people on either of these forums at 53. I was, in fact, nearly old enough to be a first-generation hippie, and had friends whose older brothers and sisters were at Woodstock, if that means anything to you.

"Flaking" comes from "flaking out", which means to act oddly or to fall asleep from exhaustion or other stresses, either physical or pharmacological. I suspect in this context that the two meanings are combined.

I wasn't a big fan of the strip at first, but it's starting to grow on me.