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Party Pooper

By Jimmy Johnson


I believe it has been a week since the previous update. We don’t want anyone to sprain anything, so we’ll start slowly with a cat cartoon from a mere five years ago this month. I am a person with many irons in the fire. One iron that always remains is cartooning, of course, but sometimes even it rests on the cool edge of the coals while I juggle other irons. Oops! I think I just mixed my metaphors. Then again, maybe not. Perhaps you can take some solace from the frequent times I tell you, “I’ll try to do better,” knowing that at least I mean it.

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34 responses to “Party Pooper”

  1. Evan Avatar
    Evan

    Is there a protocol as to whether the featured strip will be colored or not if it is a non-Sunday offering?

    Is Gene the Blond a permanent situation? Is there really anything you could do about it, assuming that it grinds your gears?

    Enquiring minds and all that…

  2. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Juggling hot irons ranks right up there with juggling running chain saws. Either of those could be my job description, come to think of it.

    That sigh you just heard was one of relief, from the orphans that were about to be locked out.

  3. Steve From Royal Oak, MI Avatar

    A lot of us need to be “ironed” A few too many wrinkles!

    long long day of travel to Mexico and then turn around and go home. Yech!

  4. Ursen Avatar
    Ursen

    We have one cat who thinks the litter box is for sleeping rather than taking care of business. No wonder one of the other cats enjoys surprising her in the litter box by jumping on her, even if by some miracle she is taking care of business there. How does that one not stay confused, or regular.

  5. Sideburns Avatar

    I can’t help but wonder why Janis is so upset. After all, the cat’s just trying to fertilize the garden.

  6. emb Avatar
    emb

    My colleague in our team-taught Lib. Ed. frosh biol. course once was illustrating a pt. in recycling of nutrients by plants and showed a slide of a yard with intense splotches of green grass, referring to it as ‘spot fertilization.’ Then, ‘That’s Spot by the front stoop.’ Peace,

  7. sandcastler™ Avatar
    sandcastler™

    This is a real news article. Seems some id10t has decided no wants to drink Budweiser any longer, now the company will rebrand it as “America.”

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2016/05/10/budweiser-renames-cans-beer-america-anheuser-busch/84176886/

    Dumb, dumb, dumber.

  8. Old Bear Avatar
    Old Bear

    I was going to do another but this is more apropos

    16. You’re never too old to learn something stupid.

  9. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Regard the beer formerly known as Budweiser…

    “Apparently they couldn’t fit ‘Belgian-South African Conglomerate’ on the can.” – David Burge @iowahawkblog

  10. emb Avatar
    emb

    sand: Too bad it’s not permanent. The ‘Budweiser’ name is owned, in Germany and Czech, by a fine Central European outfit in Czech. If you order a Bud in either country, it’s real beer. Here, you can buy it as Czechvar. AB’s temporary change won’t affect my drinking habits any.

    Peace,

  11. Steve From Royal Oak, Mi Avatar

    Wow, just noticed how limber Janis is. No comments Ghost.

  12. sandcastler™ Avatar
    sandcastler™

    emb, I have toured the brewery that is located outside of Prague, full of wonderful old cellars where they store wooden barrels of the wonder brew. They ladle it direct from the barrel into your glass at the end of the tour. Czechvar is an export brew for American distribution. It arrives here filtered, pasteurized, and at a reduced alcohol content. All that said, I do enjoy Czechvar when in the states, but look forward to Euro beers, bar plates and wild boar sausage when traveling.

  13. emb Avatar
    emb

    I’d likely prefer the lower EOH content import. Peace,

  14. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Moi?

  15. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Debbe 😉 See last night’s post. 😉

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_9q9foOPGA

  16. Jerry in Fl Avatar
    Jerry in Fl

    Debbe, sounds like a fuel filter problem. Also, a can of starting spray has worked a lot of times. Good luck. I’ll be in touch when I have a chance. Debbe, I’ll honk if I see a chicken house, or a chick.

  17. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    Good morning Villagers….

    Rained and storms yesterday….got pretty bad there for a while.

    The Boss was there yesterday along with someone from The Corp. We’re getting uniforms!! Navy blue ‘scrubs’ and they are building a changing room in the packing room. We come in our street clothes and change there, new bio-security protocal. The only thing constant in life is change 🙂

    Jerry, thanks for the suggestion.

    gotta go…….

  18. Trapper Jean Avatar
    Trapper Jean

    I always wondered why my Dad didn’t like most American beers, and then I got the chance to go to Germany. Daddy was right.

  19. domaucan1 Avatar
    domaucan1

    The only American beer I have ever preferred is Schlitz. I will drink Dos Equis and Red Stripe. Have any of you ever tried Dragon Stout? As a one drink person, I really prefer
    Chivas Regal with a little ice and ice cold water. If I can’t get one of those three, I drink green tea or water.

    God bless us every one.

  20. emb Avatar
    emb

    Frank & Ernest for 11 May: http://www.gocomics.com/frank-and-ernest? Thaves is on our side. Peace,

  21. emb Avatar
    emb

    Haven’t seen either m or f house sparrow at the Chesapeake Arms apt. house for two days. Maybe they’ve just been busy, or maybe they’ve finished raising a first brood. Pair may not choose the same site for their next nest, or maybe will even choose new mates.

    http://www.chesapeakeconservancy.org/osprey-cam Peace

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