When I was starting out as a syndicated cartoonist, I lived in a house on a bluff, 100 feet above the Tennessee River. I couldn’t begin to afford that house today, but real estate prices are another story. The view was grand. I always kept a pair of binoculars handy. Bald eagles were frequent visitors. Interesting yachts would pass daily, making the long voyage on the waterways, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Huge commercial tows would pass with serene majesty. And every now and then, especially midweek when things were slow, there would be a boat drifting far out in the water, its company assuming no one could see them.
14 responses to “The Blue See”
This cartoon reminds me of my visit to Valencia Spain about 2 years ago this month. It was my first chance to dip my toe into the Mediterranean Sea. Beautiful beach. Let’s just say that I did not need binoculars….
Today’s “Dustin.” Zing.
https://www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/dustin/
Steve / Wight. “It’s good enough for me” reminds me of Stanley Holloway’s “Trafalgar Square.”
“Ere’s Holloway”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLi_IyJZv4A
Our kids were raised on this stuff, + PPM, Chad Mitchell, G&S, Erich Kunz, Lerner & Lowe, Tom Lehrer, Old Man Noah, and such.
Peace.
Re 5-10-19 retro cartoon: I swear that sometime in the past year I read about a Bluetooth-equipped bra that could be unfastened remotely. (I suppose there has to be an app for that.) I seem to recall they were marketed as a solution for elderly women who had trouble undressing. Sure. ::wink wink::
It’s a measure of how busy I’ve been lately that I don’t recall more details of this particular technological advance.
Anyway, that could be one explanation for why the bikini babe’s top when flying, even though Occam’s Razor would suggest she unfastened it the old-fashioned way. (Ghost’s Razor would suggest the top wasn’t up to the job and popped open on its own. 😉 )
lLee
Momma Bear is doing well. Drain tubes are out.
Monday see surgeon for last time. Oncologist first time.
Do not anticipate problems.
Our tenant put in his corn in the same # of hours that it would have taken us in days.
We missed the snow. We are waiting for April.
Re: backing up.
Try backing a 4 wheel trailer with automotive style steering.
Into the shed with 19 inches either side. – just takes practice —
lots and lots of practice.
Yeah I have PLENTY of respect for anyone driving a big rig. I once had to take a pallet of coke off of a truck with a fork truck , down an incline and then deposit it on the dock. I had no training, but decided to take it down backwards. Did not lose a bottle…
Steve- Congratulations, you did it the right way.- always keep the load center on the upside of the slope (I teach fork lift classes at work.)
Yep! I was worried you lost the entire pallet! Not just “A” bottle. 😀
Steve, you left me hanging there with that ellipsis!
Jimmy:
Your commentary made me remember the punchline to one of your comics, the one in which Janis was bending over while wearing a sun dress, and Arlo says, “There’s just something about a peek.”
Rick, that comic was the one that hooked me on A&J. (JJ was never afraid to speak the truth!)
I fully agree.
“Tonight we shall water our horses in the Tennessee…” – Gen Albert Sidney Johnston, who was on his way to die at the Battle of Shiloh.