Broom Hilda by Russell Myers for July 02, 2010

But Broomie, pets right in your front yard! Invite Lio over.

Look at the bright side Broomie. No salesmen will knock on your door.

If you can make it to the door, Broomie, it will be an inviolate retreat!

(But whence came, all the sea-monsters, and wherefore?)

See if you can negotiate a better price.

I don’t think you’ll be getting any solicitors if you do decide to move there.

What? The place has got its own moat! That’s priceless!

I’d take it!!

I’ve hunted off my back porch but never fished.

No need for the bridge, use your broom to get to the house.

Whoa, did someone dropped a cup of Doctor Toon’s Nuclear Coffee in the water?! LOL

@lewreader—- My brother put a small, stocked, pond in his front yard. It’s casting distance from his porch rocker.

I’d like this - no worries about the in-laws or other unwanted relatives dropping in uninvited. Would keep the salesmen/Jehovah Witnesses/Mormons away, too. Guess I’d have to figure out how to get my UPS, FedEx & USPS deliveries, though.

Gee, all the real estate listing said was, “Lots of wildlife”…

Doc - I like Luv’s Begonias. You just have to know how to talk nice to the flowers and they let you right by… :)

Hmm, an imported Chinese dragon; that’s gonna raise the price of the property.

BTW, what keeps the moat denizens from eating each other?

Shouldn’t he be a mythological estate agent?

Come on, Broomie, you can get there by broom and zap any of your security system that gets too close on your way in.

Not only will it keep salesmen out, but it can also keep one in if you want. ;-)

@ SherlockWatson: A European dragon would be more expensive. You know how cheap Chinese imports are these days.

@Number6, as to single-panel strips. have you ever tried Haiku Ewe? Much less detailed, bit the details are first-class, and the colours are 3D and marvellous. But the author has stopped doing them, so they are in rerun - nothing lost, as far as I can see.

Try it! You will quickly learn how to write a haiku - commenters do it often - and how to appreciate big Al the Gal’s subtle sense of humour.

SherlockWatson said, 2 days ago:

BTW, what keeps the moat denizens from eating each other?

The same reason sharks don’t eat lawyers: professional courtesy…