Broom Hilda by Russell Myers for May 09, 2010

It’s worth it for a good dental checkup….

What do 1500 year old teeth look like?????

Not sure I wanna know… I like that squirrely alarm clock.

Waddya know! A helpful squirrel! Or is he an agent in deep cover for the Rodent Revolution?

How can squirrels tell time?

Llewellenbruce,They check their tiny watches…

Thank you, somebodyshort! I love your avatar.

MARG! I went to the ER yesterday for my shingles and they put me on Gabapentin and some Vicodin. I’m already not having near as much pain since then. Thanks for the info.

HAVE A VERY HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO ALL THE MOMS!!!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Dads what hasta Cook.

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Would he need a gas mask?

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UncaAlby, perhaps you should eat out…or order in. Happy Mother’s Day!

Thanks for all the Mother’s Day wishes…….

My favorite part is all the phone calls…….brings the world closer together.

Llewellenbruce I’m so glad to hear that! Shingles pain is the worst thing I’ve experienced. The virus travels up the nerve pathways before it erupts into blisters.

Clark Kent, rabbits aren’t rodents. (I figure somebody always has to make that comment, so it might as well be me.)

Sisyphos, maybe this squirrel is a collaborator. Or maybe Broomie is a rodent sympathizer; she’s always been on pretty good terms with furry woodland critters…

The Revolutionary struggle, alas, is not without schism. The two great, inspirational, historical figureheads, Mickey Mouse and Ignatz Mice, advocated very different approaches towards non-rodents. The Mickeyites enjoyed greater early success through less confrontational tactics; assimilation, slow-but-steady acceptance, “Rodentism with a Smiling Face”. But the Ignatzites complain that the Mickeyites are sell-outs, and it’s true that Mickey’s worldwide popularity never developed into widespread gains for the mouse-on-the-street (or “in-the-wall”). Ignatzites endorse open revolt, domination “by any means necessary”. Most cartoon squirrels of late, certainly, seem to be following Ignatz’s famed example, although they tend to throw nothing more destructive than acorns (rather than Ignatz’s iconic brick).

(Ignatzism perhaps reached its apotheosis with bomb-wielding extremists like Jerry Mouse and Itchy Mouse, and indeed for generations the collective term “cartoon mice” has been inseparable from high explosives, despite the most famous “cartoon mouse” of all being known for his bourgois inoffensiveness. But their efforts have almost exclusively been directed against cats rather than towards society at large.)

First, the mice came for the cats, and I did nothing because I am not a cat…

You know the rest of the story…

**irt Dad’s Cooking

@dkram said, about 10 hours ago

Would he need a gas mask?

Hey, that’s a good idea! Then all that’s still needed is something to clean up the smoke smell.

@Grog said, about 8 hours ago

UncaAlby, perhaps you should eat out…or order in.

Everybody eats out on Mother’s Day. The restaurants are generally packed. What we’ll usually do is celebrate Mother’s Day on a near-by week-day, when things are less busy.

Problem is, Mom says she wants Dad to cook.

And you know how it goes – if Momma ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy! So, Dad will do his best to cook without destroying the kitchen or poisoning anybody.

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Doctor Toon said, Cats and dogs have been overdone.

Sometimes they’re pretty rare, too, which is why I always ask for mine medium.

Sisyphos said, about 21 wake-up calls ago

Waddya know! A helpful squirrel! Or is he an agent in deep cover for the Rodent Revolution?

You’ll notice that he did get to practice bonking someone with a thrown nut–I think he is in deep cover, a sleeper…or should that be a waker-uper?

I’m confuzzeled.

You can’t say “dogs and cats have been overdone” any more than you can say “kid strips have been overdone” or “family strips” or “workplace strips” or anything else. Pets are fixtures in lots of people’s lives, and there are as many different “takes” on them as there are cartoonists. Certainly, you can never have too many dogs for my liking, but they can be done well or done poorly, and “Dog Eat Doug”, “Pooch Cafe” and even “Stone Soup” all have delightful little dogs that are different from any cartoon dogs from the past. As far as cats go, well, I’d shed no tears if Garfield or Heathcliff were erased from the books, but I like Peekaboo in “Rose is Rose”, Mooch in “Mutts” (although the strip hasn’t lived up to its early promise), and Ludwig in “Arlo ‘n’ Janis”.

I would like to see more foxes; all we have right now is Buckley in “Pinkerton.”

Rodent Revolution? Will THIS revolution be televised?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS3QOtbW4m0