Rubes by Leigh Rubin for November 12, 2020

That’s assuming he actually lets you finish your silly spiel.

Sounds like a solid plan. I don’t see what could go wrong with it.

The POINT of brains is to avoid situations in which death is the probable outcome. It’s actually got it’s own verb: “Planning”.

Yeah, let’s go with that …

Hey! No fair using tools!

They must be eevil Goldilocks’s ancestors.

Shouldn’t the bait be tied to something?

I think he’ll need a bigger klonker than that.

If that doesn’t work we’ll use the “You hold him down and I’ll run for help” tactic.

Why couldn’t the decoy also have a klonker?

Probably a unique bear.

a cunning plan

Bear of the cave plan

Sounds like the bear is getting a two for one deal.