Fred Basset by Alex Graham for March 25, 2022

Twice in the same week Fred? you would think Mrs Dear wouldn’t leave the sausages within your reach…

But, there they are!! Again.

DEAR left them out again. She has no one to blame…

Seriously! AGAIN? That woman has a very serious learning deficit. However that problem of hers seems to be working to your advantage doesn’t it, Fred?

But Fred loves them sausages!

Weiner sausage a brazen theft!

For the thousandth time, put the sausages in the fridge if you don’t want Fred to nip them!

Note: Bassets will do this with smoked salmon, too, if you’re careless.

Almost a clean getaway Fred !

A delicious temptation……

Almost 50 years ago, I came peddling up our driveway. We had family from out of town visiting and my mom was making pizza for everyone — she was a ludicrously good cook. Our Basset Hound was laying along the side of the drive and, instead of running up to me, she just kind of raised her head and then dropped it back down. This didn’t seem like her, and I had the impression that she wasn’t feeling well. I got into the house and mom was asking everyone if they knew what had happened to the two pounds of pepperoni that she had on the table… And so, I got on the bike to go back downtown to buy more…

Too many sausages will make you gain weight Fred, better cut back

Maybe its not Mrs. Dears fault? I think it’s all the same moment like in “Groundhog Day”.Or: like in Garfield’s dream where the Lasagna is always growing back. So everything is good- except: they are in a time loop…

Perhaps the Dears need to give some of those new veggie sausages a try? Maybe that will give Fred a chance to resist the temptation?

Years ago, a neighbor brought over a Christmas treat display. Penguins made of boiled eggs and black olives held together by toothpicks. Mom put them on the table and walked away. Ingrid, the dobie, snarfed every one of them. Christmas vet trip.

Unguarded food = Happy Dog

Fred, Fred, Fred… (Dear, Dear, Dear…!)

Mrs Dear just wants Fred to feel he’s achieved something!!

Fred’s been taking sausages since 1963. (Back when “Fred Basset” made the American newspapers.)

Sorry, Fred, but being the best at breaking the rules means not getting caught.

Fred! You’re incorrigible! Or is that incorgigible?