Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for February 07, 2016
February 03, 2016
February 08, 2016
Transcript:
Super Bowl Special Gosh I hate football don't you? Let's see what else is on. Click On Antique Road Rage watch is a panel of short fused, irritable appraisers erupt in a frenzy of violence when confronted by greedy nobodies bearing broken, dirty personal effects. No. Click Welcome to Chinwag! Where we'll address the issues of the day! More issues than anywhere else! Social Security! Liberals! Tainted meat! Puppy mills! Think of any issue & we're all over it like ugly on an ape-No. Click Today on Blue In The Face we'll grab the issues by the lapels & shake them silly! Hard issues nobody else will touch like how can Orrin Hatch's head get an unrestricted blood flow with those stiff collars he wears- No. Click On Open Mike Slapfest our panel of heavyweight insiders is pumped for some extreme action! They'll get those issues in a chokehold! A suplex! A scissor hold! A kidney klutch! No. Click It's Prattle Royale today on Prattlemania! No issue will leave this building alive! Their own mamas won't recognize these issues without their dental records- Gah Click On Mystery! We present a new cozy English who done it, Inspector Brit in Murder by Anglophilia. Dear Miss Dorkins' head has been sheared to clean off her torso by some sort of gardening implement. I've just found it in the bed of aspidistras. Ah. How ghastly.
stamps almost 9 years ago
That last comment pretty much sums up tv.
pumaman almost 9 years ago
We must investigate this gruesome murder! Right after tea.
Thomas R. Williams almost 9 years ago
Cozy
PoodleGroomer almost 9 years ago
The forensic evidence shows that the murder occurred in the garden maze. Someone has been tampering with the crime scene.
Spooky D Cat almost 9 years ago
Ha ha, this reminds me of when I lived in the DC area. Everyone there was so focused on “issues” and really up on current events and what was happening in Congress. When I relocated I found out that people who don’t live in the DC area really don’t care much about “issues.” And, of course, nowadays Congress doesn’t do anything so I guess nobody anywhere talks about what Congress is up to.
Sisyphos almost 9 years ago
Today, thank you all, I think I’ll go with the football game (though skipping as much as possible of the hype and all of the pre-pre-pre-game “specials”)! The trouble with English polite mysteries is that the characters all speak British English and are half the time unintelligible to American ears (at least to mine)….
Erichalfbee almost 9 years ago
The last panels are obviously based on the Midsummer Murders, one of the most dangerous places in the UK to be within 20 miles of.