The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for November 19, 2023

Gladys’ answer froze the cup of Brutus (as from the cloud on it)

He’s the BORN loser, not just a loser. He’s smart enough, but you know how things happen to him.

You can always count on your spouse to tell you what you don’t want to hear

Where did Brutus pick up that word? I’m surprised he’d ask

Hey Brutus P….. Saw a 55 chevy today, immaculate. A dark gray color that wouldn’t work if it wasn’t straight. We chatted at a stop light because of his brakes. No power, almost had to stick his foot out the door to stop! Remember those days?

Stepped right into it Brutus…..

Of course, we all agree with Gladys.

That could be anyone but Brutus.

Wow!! I’ve been sagacious all these years and I didn’t even know it. Or to quote Homer…, D’oh!

I’m told that I am more perspicacious leaning than sagacious. Mainly because I am sagacious and perspire a lot!

Brutus, true sagacity would have prevented you from asking the question to begin with.

Shrewd come back, Gladys.

Never ask a question for which you don’t know the answer!

Well, considering some of the judgement calls I’ve made in the past, I will not claim to be sagacious

Sorry you asked Brutus ?

once again Brutus is fishing for compliments in an empty pond.

So good on so many levels! Brutus fishing for a compliment, trying to impress his wife and falling on his face, the expressions throughout, the coffee chilling to reflect Brutus’s mood. Great one Chip! Gladys probably regrets buying Brutus the word of the day calendar.

even the coffee is upset.

Sometimes ignorance (in others) is bliss (for ourselves).

ya know words hurt Glady’s… but to be fair, he did ask for her opinion. :J

I always thought sagacious was a type of cactus.

Brutus is often prickly.

Brutus ole boy, you need a life preserver around Gladys’. Don’t confuse her or MIL Gargle. I think you are sagacious in a Country Boy ole way. Brutus surely is a College Grad and that earns him a little respect. Little is what he gets. Glad Uncle Ted’s around to perk him up. Sagacious Uncle Ted.

Well I’ll give him credit for knowing sagacious means.

Remember, Gladys, one of the earliest decisions that Brutus made, and therefore an example of his perception and judgement, was to marry you…

He did ask for it, and he should have expected nothing less in her response. That being said, I am impressed with his use of that word. He must have found it in the word of the day section in his news source. However, one shouldn’t use a word in a speech/conversation that the average person in that group would not use, as its use would be pretentious at best and would probably be demeaning/insulting to that group at the worst.Also, why did Brutus’s coffee suddenly appear to change its temperature? Did it all of a sudden get cold from Gladys’s retort?…….

And Brutus adds, “I’m using the word a day calendar and that was todays word”…

his fault for asking

Ouch! Et tu, Gladys??? How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is… “Creator” may have to consider changing “Gladys” to “Goneril”… ; )

Brutus you get insulted enough, so don’t go looking for them.

Look up above you Brutus. Does it say "Born Sagacious "?

Brutus, Brutus, Brutus . . . haven’t you lived long enough to know better than to set yourself up for failure this way?

He may not be sagacious, but you certainly can’t deny that he is grandiloquent. And about that, he can be sanguine.

Ha! I told my wife she was sensuous…. “Sensuous up, would you get me another drink?”

11/19/23 @4:17 EST The Cardiac Kids are alive and well in Cleveland

Don’t ask, don’t tell.

Don’t feel bad Gladys, I had to Google it myself.

If Brutus wasn’t prepared for a putdown from Gladys, maybe he shouldn’t have asked the question.