Close to Home by John McPherson for November 02, 2021

After the service he’ll be interred in Cryogenic Lawn.

if he Push Ups from that coffin I am Otter (pop) here!

Similar to the cut-the-lady-in-half trick inventor coffin.

… plus … he bought the coffin himself when he was very thrifty and much shorter.

… After he bought it, he grew another two feet.

Groan…

He always was a sucker…..

Glad he wasn’t split in two

I would believe that.

Nice. Good thing he had nothing to do with the fudgesicle. I lean towards the Klondike bar myself.

Did he have to split the profits with someone?

? Mr Epperson passed away in 1983. In 1905 in Oakland, California, 11-year-old Francis William “Frank” Epperson was mixing a powdered flavoring for soft drinks with water. He accidentally left it on the back porch overnight, with a stirring stick still in it. That night, the temperature dropped below freezing, and the next morning, Epperson discovered the drink had frozen to the stick, inspiring the idea of a fruit-flavored “Popsicle”.

In 1922, he introduced the creation at a fireman’s ball, where according to reports it was “a sensation”. In 1923, Epperson began selling the frozen pops to the public at Neptune Beach, an amusement park in Alameda, California. By 1924 Epperson had received a patent for his “frozen confectionery” which he called “the Epsicle ice pop”. He renamed it to Popsicle, allegedly at the insistence of his children. Popsicles were originally sold in fruity flavors and marketed as a “frozen drink on a stick.”

Back in 1905, a San Francisco Bay Area kid by the name of Frank Epperson accidentally invented the summertime treat. He had mixed some sugary soda powder with water and left it out overnight. It was a cold night, and the mixture froze.

Ah – the highly desirable (to kids) double popsicle!

But there needs to be a crease down the middle.

… and they opened the casket, only to discover that it was actually one of those old style chest freezers filled with popsicles! And the note he left said: “don’t eat ’em too fast or you’ll get brain freeze, take ‘em outside so’s you don’t drip on the carpet… and don’t leave that freezer door open!”

… and it was beautiful!

Apparently Bleeb enjoys popsicles so he paying his last respects to the deceased. He appears very somber.

He’s chillin’ now.

Yes, this toon reminds me of the good olds days of twin popsicles.

Don’t get it, ask for your money back.

I’m glad it wasn’t Bomb Pops