Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for July 26, 2023

I’m glad they’re not ranging free any longer. There’s one on the loose in Sherman’s Lagoon.

So that’s why the price is so high! Where do I get gas made from grade D, one-ply dinosaurs?

But is it gluten free?

Oh yeah, it was bound to come. Advertising EEEU!

Who knew they’re making gas pumps out of dinosaurs. Next it’ll be shoes.

100% organic

Fake. The real stuff might have come from “free-range” microorganisms., but not dinosaurs.

With all the crude oil this world has produced, the dinosaurs must have been stacked a hundred feet high, standing room only.

Yes, gasoline is a non-renewable resource and should not be squandered.

When we had our first lesson back in school in pottery making, our teacher threw a big lump of clay on the table, asking us what that would be. After we tried a few answers he stated: “our ancestors!”

All organic, too. Gluten-free.

Mostly plants I think.

must be one helluva big juicer

Also “Non GMO”!

Petroleum came from plant matter, not dinosaurs.

Does that really justify the higher price?

Why perpetuate the myth?

Sinclair had/has a dinosaur logo.

Well.., AND organic vegetation.

And it’s also without growth hormones, believe it or not.

Well, yeah, that’s a safe bet. Thanks for the chuckle.

Oh no! Now they might become extinct!

It is amazing how many people don’t know that oil came from microorganisms, not dinosaurs.

What if the Earth . . . needed . . . the oil it produced? One know, one of those “Circle of Life” things that permeates the entirety of Earth and nature. The planet, a living being, drained of its “blood.” We’ve shortened its lifespan by millions upon millions of years — and I am quite certain no-one would truly care.

The “blood” was meant to fuel the core and now it cannot do so as efficiently.