Brownies Don't Really Lend Themselves To Being Smeared Around Your Mouth

June 24, 1967

Why was Brutus in Montreal? Extolling the virtues of tea cozies to the international masses? Does Gladys not like the souvenir? It seems pretty standard. What was she expecting? A commemorative plate? Maybe a small tray? I'm partial to souvenir spoons myself.

Let Wilberforce wipe his own mouth! Although I do have to question why Wilberforce ate so messily. I guess he did it on purpose to he could have more later, but I feel he still needs to be chastised about it.

How About Just Working Better?

June 23, 1967

So the doll says "Hello, stupid!" along with 5 or 6 other sayings? I don't see what the problem is. $10.95 is a very good deal. Also, it seems to be motion activated?

Do the woman and girl have anything to do with this strip or are they just foreground background characters? I originally thought one of them was throwing their voice.

But that would also require Brutus to work which is something he doesn't really do. Not only is Brutus bad at working, he also does it very rarely.

Brutus Would Rather Go To Therapy But Can't Afford It

What's wrong with his hand?!

One of my favorite books is, well, it is my favorite book, East of Eden by John Steinbeck. It's a family chronicle detailing the lives of the Trask family and Hamilton family in Salinas, California. One of the characters, Cathy Ames, is just evil. She uses her attractiveness to manipulate and ultimately destroy people. One of the things that happen as Cathy gets older is she develops arthritis in her hands and it's suggested that her hands age much more than the rest of her as she uses a lot of beauty cream and lotions on them. I'm just making observations, but if my hand looked like that, I'd wear gloves.

June 22, 1967

Jesus Christ, you can't not smoke for a four floor elevator ride? Can you take the stairs? Can you smoke in the stairwell?

I like that it's not even "You can talk to me." (there's not even a period so she's not even saying a sentence) Gladys just goes "You talk to me" indicating, as Brutus complains, she does not listen. "Work, and capitalism in general, is beating me down, honey. I don't know if I can handle it anymore." "Mm-hmm. That's great. More coffee?"

Tuesday Quickies

June 21, 1967

Huh. Veeblefester is bad at aiming ketchup.

Zap?

Maybe Hattie just has more important things she'd rather do. Has her parents ever thought of that?

Monday Meals

June 20, 1967

He didn't kill his wife! Interestingly, this is The Fugitive's last season and the regular season ended back in April of 1967. The last two episodes, which would become the most watched TV episode until we learned who shot J.R. in 1980, wouldn't air until August. Brutus seriously went four seasons not knowing his wife had a crush on Dave Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble?

I don't think Brutus appreciates her meals very much either. But, depending on the day, there may not be much to appreciate. Her cooking is all over the place. Is it good? Is it bad? Who knows?!

A Flat Circle

Hey, it's the 61st anniversary of The Born Loser. Last year, for the 60th, they posted some "favorites" from past decades throughout the week. Let's just say they should've avoided everything after the year 2000. While neither Chip or the syndicate are doing anything for the 61st, it's not a nice round number after all, I thought I'd mention it because we're losing several long-running comic strips this year. Baby Blues, Zits, and Big Nate are all coming to an end this year. We need to celebrate the comic strips that continue. Celebrate's the right word, right?

April 10, 1988

"Help me find my contact. I need to goon over the new secretary!"

Is it really that hard for men to act normal around attractive women? Brutus came off like a normal person only here to do his job. Now he's going to find his contact lens and ruin it. HR will probably need to get involved.

The Thornapples are going to wind up on the street by the end of this year. It's a good thing that Brutus is kind of friends with Wastrel Gravesite so he can get some tips and tricks on surviving on the street. I bet Brutus feels pretty stupid agreeing with the installation of all that hostile architecture.

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Wilberforce Is On To Her!

June 19, 1967

Do cigarettes make you horny? Yeah, baby!

I get distracted by attractive people, too, but I never nearly kill myself or accidentally burn places down so I don't know what's wrong with Brutus.

I only buy slip-on shoes anymore. Not because I can't bend over and put on shoes or anything like that. I can't tie my shoes so having to tie laces is just a huge slap in the face to me. I also don't like other people buying me shoes. I guess I'd accept shoes from my wife, but not from the president. You can stuff those shoes in a sack, mister!

Coinage

June 17, 1967

Maybe it just didn't scan properly, but there's no water leaking from the hose. It's just...happening. Right? Maybe there is a small leak at the bottom of the panel. It's not directly underneath Brutus, but just to the side.

It's nice to see Gladys doing some yard work instead of her making Brutus do everything.

Who would stop and pick up a penny these days? I guess maybe kids would. Money is money after all.

I don't know why Hattie is giving us that look. Already sick of Wilberforce's crap about this quarter, I guess.

Certainly No Weight On His Arms

June 16, 1967

Getting stuck in an elevator is something else that I thought would happen more often, but I have never been stuck in an elevator. I know it happens, it just hasn't happened to me yet. My luck, the one time it happens and I'm stuck with a homicidal maniac. They aren't killing all the time. Maybe they hold off on the murdering for half an hour or so.

Every time I go to the doctor, I get weighed. My weight from my last visit is on my chart. Wouldn't you see any unexpected weight loss?

Dr. Zorba? Brutus has a Turkish doctor? Good for him.

More Like Zeta...Maybe Theta

June 15, 1967

Did Brutus rock a little too hard? Does the open window mean anything? Did someone yell at Brutus from outside? "Ha! That's Uncle Brutus, he's moving kind of slow at the junction!" I'd be humiliated by a sick Petticoat Junction burn, too.

I get what Brutus is saying but I don't think anyone should call themself a "beta" anything. Calling yourself a "beta" just brings up a connotation that I just don't want to see in my newspaper comic strips.