![Born Loser 08-11-09](http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o58/bhall87/The%20Born%20Loser/BL08-11-09.gif)
Is Veeblefester telling Brutus or reassuring himself? Typically if you have to say something like that then you are just reassuring yourself that it's true which it usually isn't.
I think Chip tried to hard with the joke in this strip because it's not even remotely funny.