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PIG, I JUST SAW MY BROWSER HISTORY AND SAW YOU WENT TO ONE OF THOSE ‘X’ SITES.
YEAH, MOM. I WENT TO X.
SO YOU ADMIT IT? AREN'T YOU ASHAMED?
A LITTLE. BUT BEFORE IT WAS X, IT JUST SHOWED A CUTE LITTLE BIRD.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL WOMEN NOW? 'BIRDS'? WHAT NEXT - ‘BROADS’? ‘CHICKS’? GET OUT OF MY HOUSE.
ELON MUSK HAS RUINED MY LIFE.

I THINK I HAVE A FEVER.
WELL, FEED A FEVER, STARVE A COLD.
FEED A COLD, STARVE A FEVER.
STARVE A COLD.
COLD.
COLD.
STARVE A FEVER.
FEVER.
FEVER.
YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO STARVE EITHER ONE OF THEM!!
WHAT DO DOCTORS KNOW?

VENUS IS THIS WAY
OH, GREAT WISE ASS, MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION?
YES, MY SON. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?
NOTHING. BUT SINCE YOU'RE SO MUCH CLOSER TO GOD WAY UP HERE, COULD YOU PLEASE TELL HIM THANKS FOR SENDING US PAUL McCARTNEY?
SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA SHOW GRATITUDE.

HEY, CARTOON BOY, WHAT ARE YOU RUNNING FOR?
TO GRAB A PIECE OF PAPER... FAST.
WHAT FOR?
TO WRITE DOWN AN IDEA FOR A STRIP. AT MY AGE, IF I DON'T WRITE DOWN IDEAS THE MOMENT I GET THEM, THEY'RE GONE FOR GOOD.
I KNEW THAT'S WHY HE WAS RUNNING.
IT'S SAD WHEN HE CRIES.

I'M DATING A REALLY NICE WOMAN.
SHE'S VERY PRETTY.
THAT'S INTERESTING... I WONDER HOW SHE DESCRIBES YOU.
I'M DATING A REAL PIG.
THAT'S TOO BAD.

WHAT ARE YOU READING, GOAT?
THIS STORY ABOUT THE DONNER PARTY, THOSE SETTLERS WHO GOT STRANDED AND ATE EACH OTHER.
WELL, YOU CAN'T SAY THEY DIDN'T HAVE FAIR WARNING.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
THEY WERE ONE LETTER AWAY FROM DINNER PARTY.
YOUR PERSPECTIVE IS NOT HELPFUL.
TOO HARD TO SWALLOW?

OH, GREAT POWER OF THE UNIVERSE, LIFE IS TOO SHORT. I NEED MORE TIME TO TRY NEW THINGS.
WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THE TIME I GAVE YOU?
WORRIED ABOUT TRYING NEW THINGS.
HE WASN'T SYMPATHETIC.

DO YOU STILL HAVE THAT FRIEND JIM WHO WORKS FOR THE STUDIOS? I WROTE A SCRIPT.
YEAH YOU SHOULD TRY TO REACH HIM.
REACH HIM HOW?
JIM? THROUGH HIS ASSISTANT.
THREW HER WHERE?
WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW?
TELL ME IT WASN'T OUT A WINDOW.

I'VE BEEN DOING CROSSFIT TRAINING.
OH, SORRY, PIG... DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS?
JESUS WALKING WHILE CARRYING THAT BIG, HEAVY THING?
THIS STRIP ISN'T HAPPENING.
WHAT ARE YOU - ANTI-JESUS?

Dear God,
Are you seeing what's going on down here?
Just wondering if you stepped away for a moment.
DOUBTFUL.
I LIKE TO GIVE HIM AN OUT.

OH, GREAT MUSE. ALL I WANT TO DO IS EAT PIZZA ON MY COUCH. BUT I FEEL GUILTY.
WHY GUILTY?
I DUNNO… LIKE I SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT. SOMETHING THAT WILL BE REMEMBERED.
THEN LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT GIACOMO DA LENTINI. A 13TH CENTURY ITALIAN POET.
HE WAS SO BELOVED FOR HIS POETRY THAT HE SERVED IN THE COURT OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR. AND HE’S CREDITED WITH INVENTING THE SONNET.
HAVE YOU HEARD OF HIM?
NO.
EXACTLY.
LIFE IS GOOD.

HEY, YOU'RE NEIGHBOR BOB'S SON, AREN'T YOU A SENIOR IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL NOW?
YEAH, BUT I HATE IT. THERE'S NUTHIN' TO DO IN THIS DUMB TOWN.
OHH. I'M SURE THAT'S NOT TRUE. I'LL FIND SOMETHING FUN FOR YOU. HERE. I FOUND THE PERFECT PLACE...
DID YOU KNOW A SENIOR CENTER IS NOT FOR SENIORS?

The only failure
in life
is not trying.
And
the only trying
I do
leads to failure.
LIFE'S GOT ME COMING
AND GOING.

TELL ME, GREAT WISE ASS, AM I INSANE OR HAS THE WORLD GONE INSANE?
THE WORLD. BUT YOU HAVE YOUR MOMENTS.
I WAS HOPING TO BE BLAME-FREE.

I HAVE A NEIGHBOR WHO'S DYING AND WAS JUST GIVEN LAST RITES BY HIS PRIEST.
OH, SORRY. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS?
OF COURSE I KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
You have the right to remain silent... for all eternity, actually.
NO.
WAS I CLOSE?

WHAT KIND OF REGULAR BULB DID WE HAVE?
UH... SIXTY WATTS.
SO WHAT KIND OF L.E.D IS THAT?
I DUNNO. WAIT... IT SAYS DIVIDE BY SEVEN.
DIVIDE BY SEVEN?
WHO KNOWS? MAYBE THAT LUMENS THING. WAIT, WHAT'S —
HEY, HOW MANY IDIOTS DOES IT TAKE TO BUY A LIGHTBULB?
TWO!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
THE TRUTH CAN BE VERY PAINFUL.

I THINK YOU SHOULD CONSIDER IT A TOTAL WRECK AND MAYBE THINK ABOUT A NEW ONE.
GEE. I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THAT BAD.
WAS THAT YOUR CAR INSURANCE COMPANY?
LIFE COACH.
AND SHE'S A LOT NICER THAN THE LAST ONE.

HEY, RAT. I HAVE TO MOVE ALL MY FURNITURE TO MY NEW HOUSE THIS WEEK. DO YOU THINK YOU CAN HELP?
SURE.
THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT.
DING
DID YOU JUST SEND ME A TEXT?
YEAH.
Thoughts and prayers.
I NEED MORE HELP THAN THAT.
NOW YOU’RE PUSHING IT.

DID YOU HEAR THE TRAGIC STORY OF THESE TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED DURING THE RUNNING OF THE BULLS BY AN ANGRY BULL WHO HAD TO BE PUT DOWN?
WOW, THAT IS A TRAGEDY.
YEAH, THOSE POOR PEOPLE.
I MEANT THE BULL THEY WERE TORTURING JUST FOR FUN.
YOU MAY NOT BE INVITED TO PAMPLONA ANY TIME SOON.
FOR THE RUNNING OF THE FOOLS?

GOSH, DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS FERRY THAT SANK OVERSEAS? LOOKS LIKE THERE WERE ABSOLUTELY NO SURVIVORS.
PLEASE DON'T TELL ME THAT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO FLIRT.
I NEVER KNOW WHAT TO SAY!

I WAS SKIING ON A PISTE YESTERDAY AND GOT KICKED OFF.
WHAT'S A PISTE?
A SKI TRAIL. BUT I GUESS IT WASN'T OPEN, SO THE JERK IN CHARGE TOLD ME TO GET OFF.
HOW DID HE SAY IT?
'PISTE...OFF!!'
NOW I'M
OFF.
WATCH YOUR TONGUE, COMIC STRIP CENSOR.

I FINALLY GOT A DISABILITY PLACARD. FOR MY CAR.
DISABILITY? WHAT ARE YOU UNABLE TO DO?
GO FIVE MINUTES WITHOUT IDIOTS RUINING MY DAY.
THEN WE MAY ALL BE DISABLED.
YOU'RE NOT BORROWING MY PLACARD.

HEY, NEIGHBOR NANCY... HOW'S YOUR JOB GOING?
CLEANING ROOMS AT THE YOUTH HOSTEL?
YEAH.
HAD TO QUIT. IT WAS A TERRIBLE PLACE TO WORK.
HOSTEL WORK ENVIRONMENT?
I'LL SHOW YOU HOSTILE.

Dear World,
Be better.
If not, I shall be forced to go live in some other one.
THIS IS THE ONLY ONE WE'VE GOT.
THAT WILL KEEP ME UP TONIGHT.

AND THAT'S WHY I HOLD JOHN TYLER AS THE WORST PRESIDENT EVER!
SO WORSE THAN WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON?
WHO'S THAT NOW?
THE NINTH PRESIDENT. CAUGHT A COLD DURING HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS AND DIED 30 DAYS LATER.
SO HE ACHIEVED NOTHING.
WELL, MAYBE NOT WORSE THAN THAT.
WORSE THAN JAMES BUCHANAN?
JAMES WHO?
THE 15TH PRESIDENT. THE COUNTRY LITERALLY FELL APART UNDER HIM. ELEVEN STATES LEFT THE UNION... AND HE DID NOTHING.
WELL, NOT THAN THAT BAD.
SO WORSE THAN WARREN HARDING.
A.K.A. THE 29TH PRESIDENT. KNOWN FOR BEING UNINFORMED ABOUT HISTORY AND CAN'T EVEN NAME THREE OTHER PRESIDENTS!!
THANK YOU.
YOU HISTORY FOLKS ARE BRUTAL.
THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH HIDE YOU CAN TAKE.