Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for October 18, 2018
Transcript:
a suburban myth val-u-less moe's video trinket world hummus aplenty once there was a strip mall, a few small marginal stores anchored by a grocery store. then one day, weak-ened by aggressive competition, a changing clientele & rumors of tainted bulk food, the grocery store went out of business... good bye val-u-less left adrift, the whole works broke loose and floated slowly away. p.j. piehole's food 'n' fun within days a family restaurant that provides crayons even for adults sprang weedlike from the asphalt. they say the strip mall is up there yet, looking for a profitable place to land. man: so if you wake up & find a strip mall in your backyard don't be too damned surprised! kid 1: that was dumb. kid 2: yeah, tell one about a poodle. kid 3: and a nail gun.
ellisaana Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Those kids – proto Dill, Proto Kevin and Proto Alice. Not sure about the fourth – maybe Proto Marcus.
PoodleGroomer almost 6 years ago
Poodles are dangerous. People shouldn’t have dogs that are smarter than them.
DCBakerEsq almost 6 years ago
Rampant gangs of strip malls have ruined many a fine neighborhood.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 6 years ago
Hm, “The Pie Hole” is run by an immortal man who can resurrect the dead with but a simple touch. He can render them immortal unless he touches them again then they are dead forever from his touch. It works only once.
A meta-human mutation with the rarest of powers, to bring life to the lifeless. However something else must die in its place. There are no backsies so if he renders them dead again those that die stay dead. Bummer.
Sisyphos almost 6 years ago
Of course that was dumb. Everyone knows that the Strip Mall can never return!