Monday, April 07, 2025

17-Down

A man in a new suit looks happily in the mirror as a salesman stands next to him. "You're right--this suit does make me appear taller! I'll take it!" The view changes to reveal the salesman is kneeling, making him shorter than the man wearing the suit.
May 9, 1966
Brutus now wears that same tie. The more things change...like specialty suit stores with salesmen that will do anything for the sale...the more things stay the same.

Mother Gargle is sitting in the green chair doing a crossword puzzle. "Let's see...a four-letter word meaning a sharp, sudden movement. Hmm..." she thinks. Brutus nonchalantly walks by. "That's it...Jerk!"
I don't think Brutus is a jerk. He's other things, but jerk isn't one of them.

It's not quite the same green chair. Are they at Mother Gargle's house?