Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for June 01, 2021

You gave the Greeks black tights?

Foul ball. No Homer.

Clever (as usual) Mr. Parisi.

These days even cats are seen walking on a leash. How the mighty has fallen.

Time to hire a cat herder.

Wasn’t there a dog option besides a cat option?

This would have worked in Egypt.

Cats are too independent to care

Give that cat a tonic.

Just make the sound of a can opener (or pop top). The cat will follow you every where.

The problem with cats is they were treated like Gods in Egypt and have never gotten over it. Trying to herd cats is like nailing jello to a wall. Impossible to do.

They should try a rabbit.

Their next attempt was a squirrel. You can guess how that turned out.

Greek cheering squad: Bust the Trojans !!

Not technically related to the joke in the strip, but here’s a fun fact I learned recently that y’all might be interested in: The Trojan horse was not left as a gift for Troy. The Greeks left it there and said, “This horse is a gift for Athena (goddess of war), so that she’ll protect us on our journey home. It is not for you, so hands off.” But of course, they knew the people of Troy would take the horse inside and try to take credit for the gift, and that’s why the trick worked — not because they were giving Troy a gift (because tbh, they probably wouldn’t have fallen for that), but because they knew the Trojans would steal their “gift for Athena.” So that’s what I learned, now you know it too. :)

Makes purrfect sense to me.

And they couldn’t get a wooden dog to slobber.