Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for January 02, 2021

Well, the name does mean “thck headed lizard”. Pachycephalosaurus, that is, not Doug.

Nice of Doug to provide the meat for the grilling.

He left out the part where Doug said “Here, hold my Ginkgo!”

quaff  | kwɑf |

verb [with object]

drink (something, especially an alcoholic drink) heartily. […]

ORIGIN

early 16th century: probably imitative of the sound of drinking.

(Well, I didn’t know that…)

So not much has changed then in 67 million years.

Oh, if I had a dollar for every time I’ve come close to attempting that little stunt.

Pachycephalosaurs roam the halls of “legislative” bodies the world over.

In our time period, evolution is going in reverse.

I’ve heard that serious drinkers stay away from New Year’s Eve, just like serious practical jokers stay away from April Fool’s Day…

Professionals refer to New Years Eve as “amateur night”

Great to see George back again… he hasn’t been around much in the past few weeks.

I slept right through it. So much easier.

I’d rather hoped george had been dropped

They really knew how to party 67 million years ago. They had some friends over and grilled a few of them? I can think of some people I’d like to grill ~ but they aren’t friends.

Hmmm. Fresh ginkgo fruits smell nasty… rather like dog poop.

I shudder to think what deliberately-fermented ginkgo fruits would smell like, or what a fermented-ginkgo beverage would taste like.

It wouldn’t be a surprise if Doug actually leapt of a cliff just to get away from the smell.

♫ ‘Cuz they say… 2000 zero zero party over oops out of time So tonight I’m gonna party like it’s 1999 ♫ Somehow amending that to – 2020 party over oops out of time so tonight I’m gonna party like it’s 67 million 99 – just doesn’t quite roll off the tongue.

♫ Hey, Georgie said, Dougie, can you fly?

But Dougie couldn’t fly…..Dougie died

Those are people who died, died

Those are people who died, died

Those are people who died, died

Those are people who died, died

They were all my friends and they died ♫

I love George’s little story. I’m really happy to see him back :)

It was a lot tougher figuring out what year it was in BCE .

George is the best thing to happen to this strip in… Forever.

So, Doug died, but what about the pteradactyl?

I love George’s stories