The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for November 22, 2023

Yes, Bwana.

She ought to dress like a drill sergeant.

Get off your shiny red butt Gladys and go shopping! If Madam Gargle were here I’d say Brutus, the fault is yours, go shopping!

Scene from our house:

Wife: Go shopping.

Me: What’s the magic word?

Wife: You’re right, I forgot to say the magic word, let me rephrase that…, Go shopping now.

Me: That’s much better, be right back.

Her: Please and thank you.

Not a good idea to do all the shopping the day before. First the stores will be jammed. Second there may be things you can’t find and no time to try again later. We usually do the shopping a few days ahead and if there are things missing my husband can go find them later.

he forgot to salute!

Brutus, Rancid is your boss, Gladys is your CIC!

How long has Brutus been married? He should be snapping two long before now when Gladys speaks.

Happy Thanksgiving Eve to Brutus and Gladys. And Born Loser fans. And Art and Chip.

Brutus is a creature of habit .

sometimes reactions like that do happen… he’s just lucky he didn’t get tickled so hard he couldn’t breath… or in his case, kicked in the rear out the door. :J

The list is just suggestions when shopping and checking what is available. 2lb bags of 10 count shrimp on sale….

I’m thinking about going to the store for a few things for big bird day. But, I may not eat anything anyway as I haven’t had taste buds since last Friday. The cooked turkey breast I have in the fridge may have to be refrozen, maybe for Xmas day. But, I’ll go to the Walmart, as I live in hope.

I hope that Brutus is combat ready to go out Thanksgiving Eve for the Thanksgiving groceryhunt. Those people are vicious; they take no prisoners; it’s a battle to the death and that’s just to get into the parking lot. For those of you who will be joining Brutus on a similar quest,wherever it may be, I salute you and may God guide you safely on your quest and bring you all home safe and sound for Thanksgiving tomorrow. Godspeed my friends, Godspeed to you all……

It was wise of you to apologize, Brutus. Do the best you can with the shopping list.

Whoa – Freudian mistake there. But fully understandable! Brutus gets no breaks wherever he goes – work, home, the diner, you name it. But there is something to say for consistency I guess…

Marriage is good practice and vice versa.

Gladys, if you want to ensure it’s done right, you have to do it yourself. And here is a shopping tip for you, go on Instacart and do all the shopping then send Ben to pick it up. That way he’ll avoid the maddening crowd. Also if one store doesn’t have all the items, which can happen the day before Thanksgiving, you can shift over to another store to complete the list.

Perfectly logical response. Our Hero is well programmed by Veeblefester.

Good save, Brutus, be we all know why you said what you said.

I hope he can get a shopping cart and no virus to take home, and is wearing very comfortable shoes. No way in the world would I go shopping after the Monday before Thanksgiving. If I had to for some reason, I would be there when the store opens.

It’s hard having two bosses!

Now you’ve done it, Brutus! An understandable mistake, but still…

When my wife tells me to do something, I never reply, “Yes, sir!” She told me not to do that.

Just kidding — that’s not our style. Anyway, if I ever kid her that she’s bossy, she’ll insist that I’m far more bossy than she is. And she’ll trot out examples to prove it.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, particularly Chip Sansom (aka Brutus P. Thornapple, here in the comments). Chip, always a pleasure chatting here with you from time to time.