Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for June 12, 2023

(1) Lilian is beyond help, (2) last panel, well, duh!

Oh, she’s going to get ripped off so bad.

I can smell the smarmy from here.

He must be the same guy who sold Broom Hilda that insurance policy today. Like Max Bialystock, who made a living out of conning little old ladies.

“I’m a writer and my writing room needs some new furniture.” Has any human ever actually said this?

Reminds me of the movie “Modern Romance,” in which Albert Brooks walks into a sporting goods store and says “I just broke up with my girlfriend, I’m starting a new life, and I want running to be a big part of it.” Of course, Brooks spent time setting things up, so this over-sharing was part of a building joke. Lilliopsaurus’s lines just kinda lay there.

Now that is a classic con job.

Dull, dull!

You’re probably thinking this level of humor can’t last for a solid week.

Lilliopsaurus has a “writing room”? Y’know, Hemingway didn’t need no special room for writing. He didn’t need no special furniture (in fact, much of the time he wrote standing up).

Of course, Lillian’s no Hemingway. Neither is Batty.

Just ordered my first Raymond Chandler “Philip Marlowe” books!

About a year ago (I’m not sure if this timing is important) my wife and I were shopping for new living room furniture, and after spending an hour picking out what we wanted we were with the salesman making out the paperwork. Nothing was said all during this time until the delivery date came up. THEN we were told we could expect it to be delivered in about a year. Unbelievable. No – we did not pursue it. We left. Quickly.

Taking advantage of an elderly person!

Danger Willa Robinson, Danger!**notice the clever way I changed Will to Willa since Lillian is a female person.

He must have run out of bad cranky jokes so it will be a week of this boring old bat

Make sure that you count the fingers on your hand after shaking hands with him….

I am sure you will enjoy reading your books and things in this chair.

That is a salesman!

“And make sure it has plastic covers. My Depends leak.”

Hahaha, it’s funny because she’s in a furniture store looking for furniture and the furniture salesman tells her that they sell furniture there! That’s gold, Jerry! Gold!

Also…“writing room”? Last I saw, Lillian the Lizard pens her “Murder in the…” potboilers in her bookshop, and the “writing room” furniture up there consists of a desk and a chair. Is Mr. Slick Salesman going to try to palm off an overpriced recliner on her (“I’m tellin’ ya, ma’am, no less an author than Agatha Christie herself did her best work in one of these Lay-Zee-Boys! It’s a steal at $3,299.99!”)?

Haha! XD