I Suggest a Wilberforce-Cation

February 21, 1988

Did Brutus want to stop at Pete's Good Eats? After seeing so many signs for it, I would completely understand wanting to stop and try it out.

One of my favorite television scenes is from I Love Lucy. The Ricardos and Mertzes are heading to California and are currently in Ohio where they keep passing signs for "Aunt Sally's Pecan Pralines". The signs are so prevalent they seem to pop up every ten miles or so. As they close in on her ("We need to stop and see Aunt Sally. I feel like she's an old friend!") they are getting excited for the pecans because they are getting hungry. They pass numerous signs: "100 yards", "50 yards", "Just around the bend" and finally "You have just passed Aunt Sally's"... Backing up, they see an old shack. Lucy gets out to read the sign on the door. "Out of business". As they drive away, Fred goes "I told you she was too busy making those signs!"

Wilberforce, we just explained what a 'sleepcation' was. Did you listen to anything that we said? Now we're gonna go with the sleepcation and you can just live with it.

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She Just Has to Sit There While It Happens

What? Ten months? Baseball has only been over since October (five months) and, obviously, last year's baseball season started one year ago (12 months). Where do we get ten months from?

I don't understand people who like baseball, especially people like Brutus. Baseball is exciting? Ok. Sure. And Brutus, you've been married to Gladys for *mumbles random number* years. Has she ever been excited for the opening of baseball season?

Amazon? Yes, ma'am-azon!

The Amazon. The answer to both questions is the Amazon. Typically, we use 'largest' to mean 'longest', which in that case, the Nile is the longest river. Who bases rivers on actual size or basin area?

I'm going to use this strip to comment on the notion that I worry about Chip using AI for his comics. I first felt my Spider-sense going off in this strip where the art is just a little off. But I can chalk that up to a bad ink/coloring job that slipped through. But it really started to hit me here, the 3-part Wilberforce/Money saga, and these speech tails. And, lastly, this seems like a strip he used AI for. Saying the Amazon is the largest/longest river in the world is a mistake AI would make. Is AI being used to help write the strip and touch up the art? I hope not. Maybe I'm just being nitpicky about today's strip.

Right and Wrong

Yeah, I see that. I know that I'm not always right, but I do know people who I know are always wrong. I would never tell them that, mainly because I am not in a position of power and don't want to get punched.

I have started sharing stuff from my part-time history job on my social medias. If you don't, follow me on Threads and Bluesky. Today, I posted dishes and a table from the Security Benefit Association.

Witch Hat Hair Wednesday

The humidity makes your hair do that? Ohio must be at 100% humidity 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

At least Mother Gargle has hair to do something with, Brutus. Ha! Bald burn!

I'm Gonna Be the Very Best...

I think every kid goes through a "Can I be an Olympian" phase. My sport would be the running ones. I thought I pretty fast when I was younger. Maybe I was, maybe I wasn't. I don't know.

What's with the speech tail? Are Brutus and Wilberforce using their r o b o t  v o i c e ?

Brutus Would Use a Terrible Starting Word

Great. Now Brutus needs a new starting word. 'Born' is only four letters. What else can he use? 'Lemon'? 'Botch'? Those have been used too. There needs to be more five-letter words that mean 'loser'.

Sunday Is for Rest

January 31, 1988

You can't really cut Brutus out of your will. Whatever Gladys inherits would just become Brutus'. If Mother Gargle wants to cut Brutus out, she'd have to cut Gladys out as well. Although I do think Mother Gargle is that petty so I guess it's safe to be cautious.

A simple signed letter from Winston Churchill could fetch about $800-$2000, so not really the fortune Brutus is thinking. Now if Churchill wrote to Mother Gargle about how delightful Joseph Stalin and Franklin Roosevelt were during the Tehran Conference then that letter could fetch upwards of $50,000.

Had Mother Gargle mailed that letter, it could've turned the tide of World War II...

Brutus was originally planning to get up at 11!? I went to bed at one last night was still up by 8:30. Did Brutus really drug himself up or something? What time was Gladys up and why can't she help with the "chores"?

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Happiness = $$$

May 2, 1967

I don't understand why children can never get their own water. Is it because they should be in bed and not wandering around the house? I think Wilberforce is old enough to get his own water. It's not like he's in a crib, he sleeps in a bed.

Nice heart pajamas, Brutus.

What is going on with Wilberforce this week?! Is money all he thinks about? Is this some kind of brain damage? What I really hate are the dumb idioms. "Easy Street", "Money talks", "Is money the key to happiness". I'm glad it's Saturday so this, I guess I'll call it a storyline, is done.

Wilberforce the Last Two Days: 🤑

May 1, 1967

Did people still go to drive-in theaters when it was raining? I think you could still see the movie if it's raining hard enough. Why's the kid crying? I agree, shut him up! Is the Native American being shot at by arrows from other Native Americans? 

I feel a lot of my commentary on these old comics is just me asking about life back in the 1960s because I wasn't around for them. I need to work on that.

I think Brutus and Gladys need to sit Wilberforce down and talk to him about money. He's getting a little obsessed. I don't think you need to worry about money talking, Wilberforce. You won't have enough money for it to matter.