This classic A&J is from five years ago, 2012. I’d like to take credit for pioneering bathroom humor in the newspaper comics—I should stress bathtub humor—but I can’t. No feature has explored the disrupted bathing experience longer or more often than that storied and staid grand dame of the funnies, Blondie.
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Ah, but Jimmy…your ‘bathtub’ humor speaks to me far more than Blondie’s ever did.
And besides, most of Blondie’s bathtub humor revolves around strangers walking in on Dagwood. Your version is much more realistic and entertaining.
Ghost and I lost my Janis moment photo. It was so cute! We will have to do it again.
I posted this late last night and the retro has changed. So I am posting again to give all a chance to look at it: https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18951339_1454389141316941_4623267837835569585_n.jpg?oh=2ecfd049679d139ebc4066c0bcfadae8&oe=59F2D0C4
As I said, my answer would be The Wee Free Men with a Chainsaw.
I’m rereading some Travis McGee novels, so one of mine would be A Deep Blue Goodbye With A Chainsaw. And since I read cookbooks for fun, Breakfast At Brennan’s With A Chainsaw.
Janis’s one eye being pried open in the second panel is worth the price of admission!
Just finished the needle biopsy. Apparently I will definitely be having surgery of some kind as radiologist decided not to stick needle in lymph glands “since Dr. Flynn will biopsy those when she removes them.”
Ghost bravely watched entire procedure.
Mark, I have only one thing to say in response to your comment about a chainsaw: Crivins!
Good luck, Jackie.
I heard from my sister today that her husband, although out of the rehab center, is not recovering well from his stroke. Apparently he is able to walk unaided now, but he is disconnected from reality. As she describes it, he sounds like someone with a severe dementia. And he keeps trying to get the car keys although he is not cleared to drive.
So sorry Mark. I will get excellent treatment which so many do not. And I have Ghost.
Surviving the Father Land with a Chainsaw. It would not be complete without The Bible with a Chainsaw.
A little while ago, I found myself seated next to Jackie in a French-themed café, sipping an obscenely rich hot chocolate from a cup the size of a small soup bowl, as a recording of Édith Piaf singing something heartbreakingly beautiful played in the background, while waiting for my order of French toast, and thinking, “This retirement gig is not bad.”
Of course, it would be better if we hadn’t just come from Jackie’s biopsy.
We’re all with you, Jackie. Do keep us posted.
I loved the dog breeds, Mark!!
Thanks Jackie. I think he got good treatment, but due to the behavioral problems he seems to be sabotaging his own recovery.
Nancy Kirk, glad you liked those. I thought the descriptions were very accurate, too, which is what made it funny to me.
ursen, my favorite author is Robert Heinlein. I thought of a couple of his book titles where the addition works. Time Enough for Love with a Chainsaw, and I Will Fear No Evil with a Chainsaw.
Mark – You left out The Cat Who Walked Through Walls With a Chainsaw.
Hmmm, since I am most of the way through re-reading this particular series and just closed the cover Sunday evening: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince with Chainsaw.
Lost Christianities with a Chainsaw. Peace,
“House of Spies” with a chainsaw…….
In a Dr. Suess mode, Hop on Pop with a chainsaw, or The Lorax with a chainsaw!
Horton hears a who with a chainsaw
Good one, Llee!
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Our educational system continues to fail us, or something…(Part 4)
CBS News: “Orlando police said a federal agent accidentally shot themselves in the heel Tuesday while attempting to catch a gun falling from their holster.”
What was “them”? Siamese twins?