Agnes by Tony Cochran for June 12, 2019

Ya gotta love Trout’s determination.

Trout, don’t talk with your mouth (semi) full.

After 50 stale is the new normal.

Reminds me of the worst booze I ever drank, which turned out to be quite nice once half the bottle had gone.

Agnes, you are a natural supervisor… I know you think this project needs your organizational skills and eye for detail.

Some projects might indeed benefit from your input.

But this was originally Trout’s dream, not yours.

She should be allowed to follow her own path to….

um… well, maybe not glory.

Her own path to… well…. whatever accrues from stuffing one’s mouth with some bizarrely huge number of outdated ersatz “Oreos.”

When I was a kid I was not impressed with my mother who always had to buy the best of everything to ‘prove she’d married well and could afford it’. My daughter and I embrace Living Large on Less: the reduced for quick sale basket and shelves are our best friends: stale cookies dipped in hot coffee are the BEST :-)

You may not notice, but your stomach sure will!

Trout is correct. The stomach cramps will take all of your attention.

Without a gallon of cold, whole milk, they won’t get much further…

They almost look like they’re playing poker. Nom, nom, nom, nom…. burp. :)

Not completely unlike a variation of

Don’t the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time

Sure, not very close, but in the same ballpark…or at least county.