This reminds me of the 1923 play by Elmer L. Rice, “The Adding Machine.” It used to be quite popular and was often performed in small venues over the years. I haven’t thought about it in a long time.
“The Adding Machine” is a full-length drama by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elmer L. Rice. The story of Mr. Zero, an accountant at a large, faceless corporation. After 25 years on the job, Mr. Zero discovers that he will be replaced – by an adding machine. He murders his boss in a rage, is tried and hanged. In the Afterlife he is initially sentenced to running an adding machine forever …
Most of my dealings with the DMV are done on line. It’s not the greatest web site in the world, but it gets the job done.
Of my personal dealings with the DMV, they’ve been rather neutral. I expected long delays and red tape and got somewhat less in this area than I got, so I “beat the point spread.”
Fortunately, my in-person dealings with the DMV are very rare.
Cornelius Noodleman over 1 year ago
Your job Is to play third harp with the North Cloud Heavenly Choir.
ᴮᴼᴿᴱᴰ2ᴰᴱᴬᵀᴴ over 1 year ago
“YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD SUCK?”
reading the rest of this comic
FreyjaRN Premium Member over 1 year ago
That’s not bad. Who drives in heaven?
PraiseofFolly over 1 year ago
This reminds me of the 1923 play by Elmer L. Rice, “The Adding Machine.” It used to be quite popular and was often performed in small venues over the years. I haven’t thought about it in a long time.
“The Adding Machine” is a full-length drama by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elmer L. Rice. The story of Mr. Zero, an accountant at a large, faceless corporation. After 25 years on the job, Mr. Zero discovers that he will be replaced – by an adding machine. He murders his boss in a rage, is tried and hanged. In the Afterlife he is initially sentenced to running an adding machine forever …
https://store.bizbooks.net/addingmachine.aspx
https://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/download/1131/1130/2264
arolarson Premium Member over 1 year ago
And then there is Sartre’s “No Exit”, hell is other people. That would be infinitely magnified at an after-life DMV.
Calvinist1966 over 1 year ago
I like the AA on Aunty Acid’s case. Someone mentions another AA in the comments on today’s Andy Capp strip.
I also like her white ghost clothing. Reminds me of Marty Hopkirk in Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).
door72067 over 1 year ago
that’s the storyline for Beetlejuice
Interventor12 over 1 year ago
Its said we will work in the vinyards of the Lord. Where there are grapes. There sould be wine, sounds fair.
Just-me over 1 year ago
I sometimes think I’ve been ghosted at MVD…
dflak over 1 year ago
Most of my dealings with the DMV are done on line. It’s not the greatest web site in the world, but it gets the job done.
Of my personal dealings with the DMV, they’ve been rather neutral. I expected long delays and red tape and got somewhat less in this area than I got, so I “beat the point spread.”
Fortunately, my in-person dealings with the DMV are very rare.
rbullfogg over 1 year ago
Beetlejuice! They had ghost jobs!
jango over 1 year ago
Hey Aunty, YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD SUCK?A Dyson stuck on my cats hairball
ladykat over 1 year ago
I think, in Heaven, that we work at what we love to do, and only when we feel like doing it.
ChessPirate over 1 year ago
I wonder if Apple has Ghost Jobs… ☺
Daltongang Premium Member over 1 year ago
Aunty, what’s the difference? You ghost work all the time as it is.
cuzinron47 over 1 year ago
The DMV has got to be in the other place.
Moonkey Premium Member over 1 year ago
“if there were,” not “if there was.” If there is a heaven, I hope they can handle simple grammar.
"Doon the Watter" on the Waverley over 1 year ago
In Hotel Del Luna, a k-drama I am currently watching, the ghosts work in a ghost hotel.
General Trelane (Ret.) Premium Member over 1 year ago
Swell . That’s just great. I’ll probably get my last job back.
gopher gofer over 1 year ago
if there are ghost jobs at least everyone’ll be in the spirit of things…
ChrisTrey over 1 year ago
No one remember “Dead Like Me”?