Aunty Acid by Ged Backland for March 20, 2023

At least the comics can still say what they want. Unlike us.

Yes. It was interesting.

sort of, yes

My old neighbors were convinced I was some shady international arms dealer.

Not so far, Aunty. It might be an interesting idea, though.

So that’s how you got so many followers!!!

Be careful what you ask for —

Newsreader: “More film about that crazy old lady and what happened next on the News at Ten!”

Actually, this happened in college. They were negative rumors started by my then roommate in the dorm, freshman year. She was from a wealthy family and she didn’t want a roomie. If she had talked to me, I would have agreed to move to another room as she was a demanding, lousy roommate. No one wondered why I was solo in the dorms after that. I did wonder what I did according to her.

Ironically, she’s how I met my best friend. He heard the rumors and thought that no one could be that bad. He was right.

I conformed a rumor I heard about myself. When, I took a new position. That military commanders’ dreaded hearing ****** here.

I did hear a couple of interesting rumours about me once upon a time. I laughed myself silly.

No darn it. I guess I’m just not that interesting. Hmmm, maybe I could start interesting gossip about myself. ;-)

I really don’t like the new font, please go back to the old one.

Back in the day one of my best friends and I were hanging for the evening. Upon parting ways i ran into someone who asked if I knew that my friend blew his brains out earlier that evening. Can’t make this crap up. I informed that person "I don’t think so. I just left him. "Tragically it was some other dude from our part of town that checked out. But it is pretty nutty how word travels fast and inaccurately at times.

Aunty, if you live life to the fullest, then the only rumors that can be started would have to be so outlandish that they could not possibly be true.

Heard ’em, heck I start ’em, just to see if anyone will believe ’em.

A surefire way to make people close their mouths, that hasn’t failed me yet – say, “The things that you’ve heard about me, are probably as true as the things I’ve heard about you”.

Don´t belive everything you hear about me,not even if I tell you.

Steve Goodman sings the ultimate song about false rumors:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyCVm-W8E78

the stuff that folks made up was never nearly as interesting as the truth…