The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for December 18, 2023

Maybe that will keep the cat out of it?

Don’t listen to her, Brutus!!! I think the tree looks just ……. great!!!

/SHMIRK/

There’s no other like it!

I would like to see it lit up!

It’s a Swedish tree.

Okay genius, you put it together.

I still have one of those old aluminum foil trees that you need to set a color wheel under it tolight it up.. It’s still in the basement and I’ve never used it in years., but still hanging on to it ..

Talk about hopeless.

Maybe Charlie Brown will give him lessons on how to fix a tree.

I give him marks for artistic interpitation.

Topiary!

Those Ikea diagrams never work…

Abstract Christmas Art

Charlie Brown has nothing on Brutus.

Brutus put the Capital K in Klutz.

That’s a very interesting tree, Brutus. May I please have two of what you were on when you assembled it?

Real men don’t need instructions

Looks fine.

Charlie Brown would love it!

Take it to “The Island of Misfit Trees”! Santa will know what to do!

Seussian.

It isn’t Brutus’ fault, this is what happens when the directions have more in common with hieroglyphics than legible directions.

could be a new trend in Christmas trees…

Gladys , in fairness to Brutus , the directions are in Chinese .

it’s quite an improvement if you ask me. though I don’t think the ornaments will go on the tree very well… Ha! :D

They always make fun of trendsetters!

The looks on Brutus’ face say it all….confused!

It’s the new fad! Topiary Christmas Terr!!!

It does look like a happy tree though AND it most definitely be easier to hang ornaments. However, its back to the drawing board and do it right…..

Thorny, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Decorate that tree and sell it for big bucks to a rich person who has more money than brains who thinks it’s “art”.

looks like a French Poodle tree

Modern art Christmas tree…a new trend…

i once left my Christmas tree up for nine (9) years

I like it

Wyrmberg Christmas tree courtesy of Terry Pratchett

Your opinion is definitely outnumbered here, Gladys. The tree stays.

Must have been made in Japan, it looks like bonsai tree.

Gladys should have anticipated this and done it herself. It’s not like she doesn’t know she married THE Born Loser!

It’s the new fad, a topiary tree

Chip, that’s not fair to Brutus! He’s not that bad and you know it!!! I hope Brutus doesn’t run into you in a dark alley…

Brutus hasn’t made a mistake. He’s just figured out a way to not put the tree together.

Can’t be Brutus’s fault he probably graduated from university of ????

Why would Brutus change now?

Looks like a Bonsai tree to me.

hope he didn’t lose the allen wrench…

It’s performance art.

Here’s a hint, the biggest piece goes on the bottom and the smallest piece goes on the top.

didnt know her arms were broken.