The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for December 27, 2022

dare to dream, buddy

I spent Saturday and Sunday in the house…it was great. Too cold to go out

It’s still a public holiday here :)

So much ice that if I dared to go out I would slip to next week.

Back to work at the office today suckers! It feels great to be retired. My, my, it really feels that these next two weeks really are like the 12 days of Christmas holidays!

I thought he was going shopping at Walmart.

I’m with you, Brutus. But back to work. Duty calls.

A neighbour is a manager in the federal government. He tells me the work-from-home routine isn’t getting things done nearly as fast as in the office. The employees union is going to court to fight the back-to-work rule.

@I’m here for the cookies- BRRR! You are so right! Here in NYC a couple of days ago it was in the single digits. 9 degrees!! It hasn’t been that cold here in years!

In Canada, the UK and many of the commonwealth countries around the world today is Boxing Day. A shopping holiday similar to Black Friday in the US.

You deserve the whole week off. Relax, watch some bowl games, eat your favorite snacks, and above all ban your Mother-In-Law from visiting.

“Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never Is, but always To be blest. The soul, uneasy, and confin’d from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.” Alexander Pope An Essay On Man

sure hope he don’t call your home to tell you your fired or something.

Send the old battle axe to shovel your five foot deep snow.

The typical response of Gladys, to be concerned about whether Brutus kept the money coming in, rather than the possible illness of her husband. I suppose it’s only natural. Her mother probably only sees Brutus’ purpose to pay for everything, his only redeeming quality.

Good ole’ Brutus Thornapple, never put off until tomorrow what you can put off until the day after tomorrow.

I do conference calls sometimes. The ol’ days were wonderful, you could sit in your robe. Now we have video conferencing. I have to make the effort to be presentable from the waist up!

I’m with you big guy…..

Brutus would rather phone it in today, and he’s really hoping for a busy signal.

Just tell him your mother is coming over, that’ll get him back to work.

Wow – what a wonderful mysterious strip today! Did Veebs give him the holiday week off (very off brand)? Did Veebs can him (and lose Veebs in the strip – unlikely without a suitable substitute)? Is Brutus going to pull a Johnny Paycheck (“take this job and shove it”)? Does Brutus have unused PTO or vacation (again, a workplace benefit from the Boss?!) Is Brutus planning on a quick change into work clothes? Or will he try to pull the fake sick day gambit? The mind boggles!

Buck up Brutus, you don’t dare risk irritating Veeblefester now, remember your year end bonus could be at stake.

Day (week) off. . . .

That can be easily remedied…

Brutus suddenly realizes that not every day is a good day!!!!

Perhaps a (very) wide tie with the bathrobe? Call it the ‘sweater weather’ style. Only to the bottom of your online ‘Zoom cubicle’.

“hoping not to work from anywhere today” is my personal motto…