There’s always a simple solution to any problem–sweep it under the rug. If freshmen cry too much, simply dispose of them. There, problem solved. Unfortunately, this doesn’t seem to work with spilling oil.
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This strip came to me while on vacation. I saw a little statue of monkeys doing the traditional “no evil” gestures, and I thought about it with our characters. Blind Professor was an obvious choice, and when I thought about speaking, Bonafide seemed to fit well. Even if he did speak evil, no one would understand it.
I always enjoy the “acts” that get hired to entertain college students. A group of people in their fifties sit around in a room trying to decide who sounds “hip” to them, but doesn’t cost too much money. Poison would be a coup for most schools, as instead they get third rate comedians.
God bless them, freshmen need a lot of help. It’s probably not a good idea to over extend yourself in trying to help.
I like Mr. Mittens’ cute little tie. If he were a halfway nice character, perhaps I’d envision his mother buying it for him proudly for his first day of work. Not in this case, however.
You may read this and take it as a fairly violent incident on the part of Mr. Mittens, and you’d be right. But I’d like to think that maybe he’s just confused. Maybe he’s watched one too many cartoons and thinks that explosions simply darken someone’s face with soot for a brief few seconds.
Nah, he’s just nuts.
It isn’t that Mr. Mittens actually is psychotic, killing birds is simply natural for him. It’s that Mr. Mittens is so angry that someone would question his sanity. Call me crazy and I’ll laugh you off. I imagine actual crazy people go, well, crazy when questioned. That’s Mr. Mittens.
Is this an incredibly mean act by Mr. Mittens? Sure. Is he really just taking his anger out on the animals, and not the vet directly? Sort of. One assumes a vet losing all of its animals to a rabies outbreak can’t be great for business. But yeah, Mr. Mittens is mostly just being a jerk.
I happen to own a cat that is an embarrassment to take to the vet. While she doesn’t physically attack people, she does manage to scream and wail enough to strike fear into the hearts of every other animal in the building. She’s a joy.
Vet is one of the few words, with more than one meaning, that is almost always viewed in a positive light. We like people who take care of animals, and we like people who take care of the bad guys. In fact, the only kind of vet we don’t like is the kind that is a vet of fighting for Hitler, and maybe the vet who treated his dog.
Poor little mice. All they want is to takeover the world, but as cats will, Mr. Mittens stands in their way.
If you note, there’s a recurring trend of characters grabbing Mr. Mittens by the scruff of his neck. This is probably why cats don’t hold more prominent positions in our society. They’re just helpless.