
Inspired by the great Stan Carmen. Wonder where he is now? (in case you’re confused, the name in the last panel is pronounced “nay-whore”)

Inspired by the great Stan Carmen. Wonder where he is now? (in case you’re confused, the name in the last panel is pronounced “nay-whore”)

This is how my mind worked as a child. I was constantly misunderstanding things I thought made perfect (if weird) sense.

I did this cartoon less for political comment and more because I never hear the phrase “renderin’ plant” anymore.

The strange thing (to me) is how many people don’t understand the reference.

When someone tells me, “I’m gonna make a dumpster run”, a good reply is, “Well, you’re ugly enough.”

And I say, “Oh, why not?” Shakespeare was the king of making up new words and he’s considered a genisu.

Why are they called “pro”-nouns? And are there anti-nouns?

This is actually what my father said. I think he was an honest man himself, if sometimes cynical. Probably accurate, though.

Anybody else remember this song? Let’s sing it together! “Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts! Mutilated monkey meat … “

Do kids debate the lyrics anymore? I remember sitting around and debating the songs of Styx and REO Speedwagon and David & David and so forth. I look back and rethink those lyrics and can’t imagine how we wrung that much “wisdom” out of them.