Many years ago, when my daughter was a kid, she read a modern version of “Henny Penny,” the morality tale, in which instead of making a pie or a cake, she made a pizza in a modern environment. Like the original version, her pals did not help make the pizza. Like the original version, the pals asked to eat the finished pizza.
UNLIKE the original version, where Henny Penny denied them the food, so they could contemplate the error of their ways while being denied good food, Henny Penn offered her modern pals an opportunity for education and redemption.
Yes, they could eat the pizza…IF THEY HELPED CLEAN UP AFTERWARDS. That meant they would clear the table, wash the dishes, and put them away. The other animals saw the point, agreed to the terms, ate the pizza, pronounced it outstanding, and then turned to for post-dinner cleanup.
There were several messages in that book: do your part to make the world a better place, don’t gain from others’ hard work unless you can help support the effort, and there are opportunities in life for learning, forgiveness, and redemption.
There was no doubt in my mind that when Henny Penny made her next pizza, she would have an army of helpers. I don’t know why this came to mind when I saw this strip, but I had the flashback.
Ironically, I really don’t believe there is such a thing as forgiveness. The only people who seem to get it are Hollywood celebrities, politicians, televangelists, and Nazi war criminals.
The former three beg for forgiveness (often in court or in public), do their time (for drunken driving or in drug rehab), and then ghost-write a memoir of how they suffered (from teenage sexual abuse, adult drug, liquor, alcohol, and rotten spousal abuse), and rebuilt their lives (usually with the help of Jesus or the new spouse and joint kids). Then they flog the book on afternoon talk shows.
Nazi war criminals were sentenced to death or life terms, but were released after a few years or even months, because their engineering, financial, and warmaking skills were desperately needed to create a new and democratic West Germany that could stand up to the Bolshevik Horde in the new Cold War.
And besides, the US needed those German rocket and atomic scientists for their own weapons of mass destruction.
allen@home over 1 year ago
You two didn’t really think Broomie would share did you.
C over 1 year ago
Wouldn’t want her to break character
GreasyOldTam over 1 year ago
If this is the way to live to be 1500, I gotta go shopping….
cubswin2016 over 1 year ago
She always was stingy.
The Reader Premium Member over 1 year ago
A real donut yourself cartoon!
Botulism Bob over 1 year ago
Breakfast of champions!
mckeonfuneralhomebx over 1 year ago
with a six pack of Mountain Dew!
BeniHanna6 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Loved to see the smiles drop off those two parasites.
yip yip yip over 1 year ago
That’s about the right amount to to get a sugar rush. Maybe one more donut to make it a baker dozen. Yip yip yip yip yip
Zebrastripes over 1 year ago
(((((( GASP! ))))))) Broomy, shame on you!
Wait til she lies down……agita will strike again!
karmakat01 over 1 year ago
they REALLY expected her to share? PLEASE, GET REAL!!!
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 1 year ago
Not a sharing person….sorry Witch!
ChessPirate over 1 year ago
♪♫ “Donut forsake me, oh, my Broomie…” ♪♫
(¬_¬)
cuzinron47 over 1 year ago
Suddenly their eyes glazed over.
Kiwiwriter47 over 1 year ago
This particular strip I don’t like.
Many years ago, when my daughter was a kid, she read a modern version of “Henny Penny,” the morality tale, in which instead of making a pie or a cake, she made a pizza in a modern environment. Like the original version, her pals did not help make the pizza. Like the original version, the pals asked to eat the finished pizza.
UNLIKE the original version, where Henny Penny denied them the food, so they could contemplate the error of their ways while being denied good food, Henny Penn offered her modern pals an opportunity for education and redemption.
Yes, they could eat the pizza…IF THEY HELPED CLEAN UP AFTERWARDS. That meant they would clear the table, wash the dishes, and put them away. The other animals saw the point, agreed to the terms, ate the pizza, pronounced it outstanding, and then turned to for post-dinner cleanup.
There were several messages in that book: do your part to make the world a better place, don’t gain from others’ hard work unless you can help support the effort, and there are opportunities in life for learning, forgiveness, and redemption.
There was no doubt in my mind that when Henny Penny made her next pizza, she would have an army of helpers. I don’t know why this came to mind when I saw this strip, but I had the flashback.
Ironically, I really don’t believe there is such a thing as forgiveness. The only people who seem to get it are Hollywood celebrities, politicians, televangelists, and Nazi war criminals.
The former three beg for forgiveness (often in court or in public), do their time (for drunken driving or in drug rehab), and then ghost-write a memoir of how they suffered (from teenage sexual abuse, adult drug, liquor, alcohol, and rotten spousal abuse), and rebuilt their lives (usually with the help of Jesus or the new spouse and joint kids). Then they flog the book on afternoon talk shows.
Kiwiwriter47 over 1 year ago
Nazi war criminals were sentenced to death or life terms, but were released after a few years or even months, because their engineering, financial, and warmaking skills were desperately needed to create a new and democratic West Germany that could stand up to the Bolshevik Horde in the new Cold War.
And besides, the US needed those German rocket and atomic scientists for their own weapons of mass destruction.
Sisyphos over 1 year ago
So, did those two would-be freeloaders expect Broomie to share?! Ha!
Ayn Rand would approve….