The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for August 30, 2022

The number you have dialed is not a working number…

This is because he hasn’t had his first cup of coffee yet.

If you get a busy signal, his brain must be WORKing….lady.

A busy signal would show that he’s thinking.

Wait! Did Mother Gargle just admit that Brutus’ brain is busy?

Call mother hag and you’ll get “This number is NO Longer in service”

It could be worse. If you were to call Mother Gargoyle on a video conference call – the monitor screen would shatter!

Let’s introduce Mother Gargle to the PHB.

If Mother Gargle called would it be blocked by his SPAM filter?

Wow, Momma Gargle complemented Brutus. She said he’s busy brained. What a plus.

And she is a busy body..

One can’t help but wonder what Brutus is thinking. My guess is, “I knew I should have put more Bailey’s Irish Cream in this coffee.”

The number you have dialed has been disconnected or is no longer in service.

would there be at least some music to listen to. :)

considering the company, brutus is in the best place he could be…

I tell them my mind is like lighting flashes then there!

Brutus is daydreaming because Mother Gargle is a nightmare…“Think happy thoughts…” Apologies to J.M. Barrie Peter Pan and Disney.

That smile is because Brutus has blocked your number.

I noticed the plant she walked past. (mother in laws tongue)

That’s better than out of order!

You are so very correct. He is always thinking ahead, like the great thinker that he is. And like so many other geniuses, he gets lost in his thoughts necessitating getting his attention before you can engage him in conversation….

Only Brutus Thornapple would have a brain that is permanently off the hook.

What’s a busy signal?

You can leave a (yet another) message, but he still won’t acknowledge your call.

And yours would only be answered by Ernestine, who would not connect your call, while verbally abusing you… (“One ringy-dingy…”) ☺

It could be his receiver is off the hook. You have to this old to get this.

I figured Brutus to be more like a phone with a desperate need for a charge. Or maybe no service, out of range.

That’s his defense against mother spam.

Dial 1-Gargoyle…fax machine?

Well, looking lost in thought worked Brutus, the old witch left you alone in peace.

More likely off the hook…..

Brutus is just delighting in the fact of your departure.

sounds a good filter – if it is Mother Gargle calling send busy signal

Careful there Gargoyle. He’s probably fantasizing an excruciating ending to your existence. Or at least your permanent eviction from his house.

More likely they would get NO answer, i.e., no one home or not able to answer.

That’s because he is thinking deep thoughts, you old hag! TEAM BRUTUS!!!