Brewster Rockit by Tim Rickard for February 03, 2023

The witness is the identical twin of the prosecutor. Interesting.

The witness is trying to weasel out of testifying.

The witness is obviously not a University of Wisconsin fan.

Weaseling. Overruled.

Pastis has some real competition in the “bad” pun department now.

Technically it’s not badgering, it’s weaseling.

Pretty sure that isn’t against the procedural rules.

No he’s not, he’s weaseling the witness.

I really like this image, I’ll remember it for courtroom dramas

BA DUM BUM! TSSS!

For those unaware, badgers are part of the weasel family. So are otters, wolverines, and polecats, among others. Skunks used to be classified in that family, but are now separate.

Groooaaaannnnnn…!

Unexpected punchlines are extra funny!

Pastis is smiling somewhere this morning. Not at this strip, mind you, just at some other silly little pun he wrote.

“Hey! Ow! You’re not letting me say what I came here to say!”

“I object, Your Honor! Hearsay!”

(≖_ʖ ≖)

“Badgers??”

“We don’ need no steenking Badgers!!!”

We need this in traffic court!

Weasel and lawyer seem to be synonymous for some reason….

He don’t care.

And that’s how you get a cross witness.

We need a leash for tomorrow’s gag. “The defense is leading the witness.”

Let’s just hope they don’t have a hung jury.

This lawyer just might pull off a release.

(And be melted down to boot.)

That’s Funny!

Should have gone with a wolverine.

Now to ferret out the truth…

This is a job for … Wally Drabble!

Sure, the witness was trying to weasel out of it…

“This is highly unusual, but I’m going to allow it. I’d like to see where this goes. Also, my ex’s password stopped working with Netflix, so I’m kinda bored.”

I was going to say he was weaseling the witness, but that weasel does look like a badger.

Actually, I read that exact same pun in a Dave Barry book many years ago.