The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for January 03, 2023

The ole hearing isn’t what it once was

“. . . ASIA is the largest”

and sometimes Y

Close, but no cigar.

And in Asia there are three continents.

And there are 21 continents, right Brutus???!!!

“OK. Now how many bowels are there?”

So Brutus, how many will there be when you are in-continent???

A consonant fool.

“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”

I agree Brutus, don’t let these guys bully you

in-consonat-ce is embarrassing.

And he & Gladys are going to renew their marriage vowels!

He doesn’t know what they are called, so he’s incontinent.

I was afraid he didn’t know.

laughed so hard i had a vowel movement

So HE’S the Malaprop Man in the Frank and Ernest comics! I always wondered who it was.

Good ole’ Brutus Thornapple. He doesn’t know if he is winding his Butt or scratching his watch.

This made me laugh out loud. Very droll, thank you!

I also enjoyed the list of comments, puns and malapropisms are my favorite word play! You certainly opened some enjoyable flood gates!

And Brutus prefers his croissants with butter and jam.

I’m not sure if that’s what he asked… but okay, works for me. ;)

The only thing consonant is the born loser.

Reminds me of the two old men sitting on a park bench. One tells the other that he got the best and newest hearing aid in the whole world! The other man asks, Oh yeah, what kind is it? He answers, oh about 3 o’clock.

Consonants in which language?

YES – now can you name the vowels? sorry, no can do. wasn’t very good at the sciences and especially agnatome or biallogie or whatever it is called. though I once got an A in anthrowpology when I did my report on crowmagnum man.

Funny one. Brutus learned from Veeblefester that a confident statement coupled with a position of authority means you’re right. Even if you’re not.

To beign with, there was Yuri Gagarin, then…….

I’m sure that when he hears/understands the question, he will come up also with the correct answer of 20 also. This just happens in life to all of us, especially as our hearing lessens in quality…..

But, is Australia a consonent or just a big vowel?

Well, in one sense he is correct and there is a similarity between consonants and continents.

…and the number of continents taught depends on where in the world you went to school

Well, this discussion has gotten a lot of vowels in an uproar.

I know what Wilberforce meant, but I don’t know the answer. I flunked ABCs.

7? he means Hawaiian

I am willing to give Brutus the benefit of the doubt on this one and say Wilberforce just doesn’t speak very clearly.

I hope Wilberforce does his own homework. Comments like that clearly written in a parent’s handwriting would be just pitiful. I also hope Wilberforce does his own science projects.

Not only is the comic funny, but I’ve laughed at quite a few of the comments here, too. Thanks, everyone.

I suppose he took his vowels on his wedding day, too.

If he was inconsonant …

… he would have difficulty with having a vowel movement.

Back when my Dad was in school, Pangea was the only one.

if he needs more consonants he can trade some vowels to serbia for them…

(thanks, car talk guys ☺)

Dad Does have a sense of humor.

Brutus, have you been crossing comic panel borders so you can hang out with Malaprop Man in Frank and Ernest?

Wrong, Antarctica is the largest consonant!

I thought W was the largest. And I is the smallest.