A pithy comic strip about life, love, lust and puthy cats.

Est. 1985

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Now it’s worse than ever

By Jimmy Johnson

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Just ten years ago, when this cartoon first appeared, it seemed funnier and more far-fetched. Today, not so much. For a lot of companies, “non-essential” has come to mean “anyone who expects to receive a living wage.” 

For you Monday regulars who don’t check in on the weekends, be sure and scroll down and see Saturday’s post. Yep, that’s what I said: Saturday’s post.

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