Thirsty for Something Sweet

August 11, 1966

I think we should start doing this to anti-vaxxers. "I don't want to get no jab!" Oh, because the needle scares you? "No, because it's a gubmint conspiracy to give us autism and control us!" I just look away, it's a little prick, and you move on with your life. "But then you get the 'tism and never contribute to society!" Not true, but that's better than getting sick with a completely curable disease🤷.

That looks like a really long needle and the doctor does look kind of psychotic.

Ha! Kids! For some reason they don't want a glass of slightly colder than room temperature water with no ice. Go figure.

Maybe Brutus has some juice or something. There's a bag of sugar on top of the fridge.

Bowling for Golf

March 1, 1987

I am always a person who says to charge what you are worth. Doctors (and lawyers) are not required to talk to random people about their ailments or lawsuit possibilities. Why would you bill her? No one made you talk to her about her gall bladder. You could've told her to just make an appointment and walked away.

What kind of party is this and why is Brutus here?

Brutus would somehow figure out a way to be bad at bowling, too. Drop the ball on his or someone's foot, throw the ball into the other lanes, somehow jam the ball return mechanism so he doesn't get his ball back. The list of screw-ups is endless.

Hey, the throwaway panels are back.

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The Watercooler Revolution

May 13, 1966

The doctor looks...almost glad it's Friday the 13th and he might kill this man. Does this doctor use Friday the 13th as an excuse to murder patients 1-3 times a year? Can we get the medical board to look at this and then make a bio-series about it starring Joshua Jackson?

Nothing like crushing the happiness of your employees. It's kind of cool that Veeblefester can quell an uprising with just one 'no'. I at least am assuming Brutus, Arnie, and blonde woman are planning an uprising.

Get back to work!

Eye Spy

April 30, 1966

It's clear this is just some guy who owns a boat and took his friends out on it, right? Ha ha! His friends are going to let him drown. What'd be even funnier is if the woman is his wife and she and these two guys are going to sail off into the sunset and she's going to get railed by both of them on a deserted island. Eiffel Tower!!

Eye drops aren't generally expensive. I mean, I guess $15 for 10 milliliters of liquid can seem kind of steep. Especially when you miss getting it in your eye and in your lashes, on your eyelid or basically anywhere else around the eye.

Personal Worsen-al

October 28, 1986

Wastrel never got a proper education because Mother Gravesite had to work all the time to support Wastrel and any siblings he had. Father Gravesite, if that was even his name, abandoned the family before Wastrel was even born. Instead of going to school, Wastrel would just wander the neighborhood. But, to be fair, Wastrel learned more roaming the streets and alleys of the Kingsbury Run area of Cleveland than he ever would in a school.

It's cool Wastrel is able to go see the eye doctor. This comic must take place right before we started hating the homeless and mentally ill.

I'm not taking a day off to do work around the house, I'm taking a day off to avoid having to work.

Don't get me wrong, I'm spoiled since I get most of the summer off so I can do work around the house during Fall/Winter/Spring/Summer Break. I wonder what Brutus needs to catch up on.

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Late Tuesday Quickies

February 16, 1966

This guy's mother was a tree! Hey, everybody! This guy's mother was a tree!!

Brutus should call Gladys and ask her if Wilberforce still has his hair, because this woman's hair looks suspiciously like it.

Take Two of These and Don't Call Here Anymore

January 20, 1966

Wait. That's not a beanstalk. I would just keep sawing that branch off and then just leave that tree alone. I don't need any of the problems that are located at the top of that tree.

One problem I always had with Jack and the Beanstalk is how coincidental it was that the beanstalk grew right where there was a castle in the sky. What are the odds. Are there numerous castles in the sky in this universe?

I'm glad the doctor is taking this seriously. That's what I want to spend this $30 copay on.

I have a laundry list of things to talk about with my doctor when I see her since I am a person of a certain age. I'm sure it'll be great.

Gift of the Magi

January 19, 1966

At least you took out another useless organ and weren't performing open heart surgery. That would be terrible.

The appendectomy is going to be comped, right? I don't feel insurance would cover it since it's a mistake.

Why is Brutus just getting Gladys clothes? I'm not knocking a nice pair of pants or whatever, but where's the imagination? I absolutely suck at buying gifts, but I can be somewhat thoughtful.

You'll Have to Speak Up, You're Talking to My Nose

So now Brutus is just listening to the front desk person ramble on about nothing? We're not going to mention the bounced check anymore? You know if you mention a bounced check in the first scene, it needs to go off in the third.

Is Brutus ok? He's just standing there.

The Check Is Good

Well, you still have to pay.

It's weird in TV shows, comics, and nearly every other mode of entertainment how cavalier people are with passing bad checks. I get not knowing you may become overdrawn, but so many fictional people are like "No, no. I have to bounce this check or else the whole system crumbles!" Not a great way to live.

And you let Dr. Pimple-Popper have it, Brutus!

Saturday Squish

October 26, 1965

This is why you're not putting me to sleep if I ever have surgery. I have a right to hear what goes on in the operating room.

I am a bit disturbed that the patient wasn't already asleep, could hear everything, and can just get up and leave without anyone noticing or caring. They better not bill his insurance.

"I must've left it in the kitchen" so he sits down instead of going into the kitchen to retrieve his sandwich? "I must've left my peanut butter and jelly sandwich in the kitchen. I can't go back and get it. I guess it's lost forever."

End of May Quickies

October 25, 1965

Is...Is Thornapple dead? I'm just assuming and I'm guessing the cause is by how tight the blood pressure cuff looks. Hope that Popeye arm swelling goes down before the funeral.

Why doesn't Brutus want to go out? Maybe he's not allowed to go wherever they were planning to go.

"You promised to take me to the Olive Garden in Parma tonight."

"I can't go there. You know that."

Height Hate

September 16, 1965

I listened to three Schubert sonatas and symphonies and don't understand this. Is it because as it seems to fade out, it kicks back up to an ecstatic flourish? Maybe this comic, about a composer who died in 1828, landed better with 1965 audiences.

Jimmy Buffett died back in September! It took Chip almost eight months to do a tribute?! Might as well do nothing at this point.

I don't know why Brutus is telling Veeblefester that he's leaving. Just leave. He doesn't need to know.

Is that hair even a centimeter? Are you five nine and eleven centimeters and that little hair puts you into five-ten category? Whatever. You won't be worrying about your height when that blood work comes back.

Ugh, They Said 'Tummy' Again

July 19, 1965

As far as know, and I know we've missed a few days here and there, this is the first mention of the name 'Thornapple'. It's a huge milestone. Every July 19, we should celebrate.

Why does this doctor have flasks and beakers and test tubes on his desk. If you are going to go to a doctor with this stuff in his office, you should expect that you are going to unwillingly become part of some freak experiment. This is all on Thornapple, to be honest.

Speaking of Thornapple.....

I was originally thinking this was going to be an age joke, but it instead turned into a fat joke, which I hate more. Not that age jokes are much funnier or appropriate.

This new...whatever Brutus is on here...will not even last a week, I guarantee it.

Pretend You're Asleep and Maybe He'll Go Away

June 26, 1965

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was the last book I read in 2023. It was not at all what I thought it was going to be. Anyway, the neighbors are going to love their new resident. On the plus side, maybe he won't be around long.

There are numerous sleep apps out there. I don't know what all those different sleep apps do. I mainly use them as a white noise machine.

Has Uncle Ted been sitting on this bit long? He's even using props.

Saturday Quickies

June 18, 1965

"Well, this one's dead. Next!"

But why does he need it? It probably shriveled into nothing due to lack of use.

Marriage Counseling

July 19, 1977

I've only seen Brutus wearing glasses when he's going over the budget so his eyes must be mostly fine, he's just being an ass here.

Ha, ha! Marriage is awful! Amirite, fellas?

I Don't Care About the Born Loser Timeline--Brutus Still Went to College In the 50s.

May 3, 1977

Brutus said he had a yeast infection. I get that you could maybe get in to see a doctor easier back in 1977 but Gladys couldn't push her bridge club back a couple of hours?

With the rise of satellite radio and streaming services, I've been hearing songs I've grown up with as muzak for years. And don't get me started on commercials.

The problem with newspaper comics is that they all sooner or later rely on Pluggers humor.

Have You Not Seen the News, Brutus?

January 6, 1977

It's just a tonsillectomy, Doc. It's not a life-or-death operation. Dr. Kevin Malone here seems overly concerned about this. If her tonsils didn't bother her when she was a child, then why would she have them out?

2032 is apparently already here in the Born Loser-Verse. This is the America Democrats want. Thanks, Obama.

Beardy Thornapple

September 15, 1976

I can't imagine a doctor wanting patients to show up at his house with their ailments. It is probably much more well-furnished than this receptionist space. I don't want a bunch of sick people wandering around my house but whatever.

Dr. Bassett doesn't have a weird doctor's office in the basement of his house like Dr. Huxtable does he?

I've been growing my beard out since 2015 and it looks pretty much like Brutus's here. I guess I don't have fertile hair glands.

If Brutus was going to grow a beard, where would it connect? He has no hair by his ear and his head isn't really shaped to have his sideburns only go halfway.