Close to Home by John McPherson for June 30, 2023

When mom made ginger bread men cookies. I always started with the head.

That just might work!

actually i need to try this with mom

eat it gingerly!

best of all no spreadsheet required

You would think he would look more excited about eating a cookie. Try spreading peanut butter on it.

The Doughsbury Pillboy

Since it’s so hot, here’s a Wintertime Pro Tip:

If your house smells like bacon and nobody’s cookin’ …

… then your pig probably located the space heater via the doggy door, again.

— your friends at Pro Tips

(And to please the comic cop, here’s an appropriate remark.)

Oooh, look! Funny cookies!

Five cents please.

Dear hubby is a pill weenie. He requires a pint of water to take 1/2 a Benadryl tab.

This might work for him.

The pharmacist lives on Drury Lane…it was always dream of his…

Weed shop?

What’s the deductible on that?

I can’t read what is 50% off. Can someone help?

Oh no. He’s doomed. That’s the Ginger Bread man. He’s as fast as fast can be.

Actually this would probably now be “gummi men”, since most pharmaceuticals won’t survive baking temperatures. I’m just saying. :)

So by bedtime things will have come to a head.

So timely! I’m stopping by a pharmacy today. I’m going to ask them if my medicine comes in cookie form!

List of ingredients and possible side affects?

Ah, it’s that kind of pharmacy. No thanks, I’ll stick with the brownies.

What if I forget which end is up?…

Baked all of his drugs into a cookie, did the heat alter the effectiveness of the pharmaceuticals.