Phone Woes

October 27, 1967

I wouldn't want to talk to anyone dressed like this either. If you're Spanish, Swiss, German, Dutch, or British and you're offended by how Brutus is dressed, you should be.

I tend to replace my phone every 3 or 4 years so I've never had a phone so old that it barely charges. I rarely use my phone when I am at home. I don't play many mobile games and I tend to use my laptop for browsing so having low battery is not something that happens to me very often. But now I'm just bragging.

Just Order a Damn Burger

October 26, 1967

That looks like a solid boy. Here's the thing, I just automatically think that every dog that's just roaming the streets is deranged and will attack at a moment's notice. Keep your dogs on your own property, people!

from Swan Boy

The chef is going through the storage room knocking over cans and angrily shaking bags of dry goods onto the floor at a loss for what to make for today's chef's choice.

Lucky, Lucky Guy

 

October 25, 1967

Eat shit, hippie!

Why is this guy crossing in the middle of the street without waiting for the cars to pass? You don't know how traffic works? You couldn't walk probably 50 feet to a crosswalk, buddy?

There goes Arnie again, bragging about his perfect wife!

Brutus hopes that tonight is the night he finally chokes and dies on one of Gladys' leftover-tasting meals.

I can't get over that Arnie's wife is named Althea.

Are They Just Playing With One Ship?

 

October 24, 1967

I remember when children would fight in the vacant lot or somewhere private out of the eyes of adults because they didn't want to get in trouble. Now it has to be in the middle of everything with everybody watching with their phones out.

Anyway, the boy that's not Wilberforce is gonna get beaned by that fence post.

It's Battleship, Gladys! It's clearly Battleship! Do you not know what Battleship looks like? Do you not know how Battleship works? I just...I can't...Gah!

What?

Tis the Sneezin'

 

October 23, 1967

Seat belts used to just be lap belts, Brutus can't just slide out? I wonder if this is how Art kept from wearing a seatbelt. "They get stuck all the time and you can't get out! I'll be dead in the cold hard ground before I'll wear a seatbelt!"

"You're sneezing a lot! I'm getting sick of it!"

Does Brutus take over-the-counter stuff or is his allergy medicine prescribed? There's not even really a joke here. I'd rather see Brutus get trapped in his car.

I love the two info dump panels

August 21, 1988

Yup. We could see this coming from about three panels away. Brutus was going to be hit by something. It was just a question of where and by what.

I'm not positive but I think this is the first Sunday strip without Wilberforce's curls. Wilberforce was last seen in the May 8, 1988 Sunday strip and he had his curls. I wonder if his normal haircut debuted in a Sunday strip or daily strip.

I'd take a sundial for my yard. I want my grandma's old birdbath. My aunt currently has it because at the time, she was the only one that had a house. There is also a water pump at an abandoned house I want.

The sundial will be able to be used an average of 166 days a year. I don't know if that's worth it and it doesn't take into consideration partly sunny days. There's not even half a year of sunny days in Cleveland. I fear Brutus once again has wasted his money.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Everyone Brutus Votes for Loses

October 21, 1967

As hard as it might be to believe, ptomaine poisoning isn't real! It was made up in the 1800s and disproved in the 1910s! What was called ptomaines are actually harmless and the reason you get sick from food is harmful bacteria. This doesn't mean Brutus won't get sick, but it won't be from ptomaines.

Oh, they don't care. Your eyes are still on it. A lot of them now just have the words being said on the screen. I live in Kansas and don't have your standard local stuff but I still see ads despite Kansas being safely Republican (though that could change this year). I can't imagine being in Ohio during an election season.

If it's Brutus' break or lunch, he doesn't need to tell Veeblefester

October 20, 1967

Bulldogs aren't tough. They look tough, but you never hear about bulldogs being tough. When you go to a shelter and say "I want a tough dog", they don't normally point you in the direction of the bulldogs.

Kewpie is not only genderqueer/nonbinary, but is also interspecies(?).

I take a short walk at work during lunch. It helps reboot for the afternoon. But I'm in classrooms with up to 160 middle schoolers so I don't know why Brutus needs to clear his head.

A 25-Year Slump

October 19, 1967

I think that scale is more than broken. And probably even more so after Brutus hoisted himself onto it. I would've known it was broken with "in great demand at parties". Nobody's inviting me to parties.

I think Lawrence of Arabia is kind of an outdated reference. What other movies are set in deserts? Mad Max: Fury Road, English Patient? Maybe The Martian? Dune? I don't know. There should be a more contemporary movie for this metaphor.

I Like Squirrels Too

October 18, 1967

So a loud "tick-tock" is fine, but a loud "tock-tick" is too much? Ok.

Yeah, that'll happen. It's not Brutus' fault. Gladys must still be mad from yesterday.