The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for February 15, 2024

What friends?

The Lone Rancid.

He can always hire more….

Now go leave him and his money bags alone.

I wonder how often Rancid checks his blood pressure ?

I’m sorry. I enjoy being alone. We all have our quirks!

He’s not drinking with George Thorogood….

Rancid would be more amenable to a work or money based argument…, “Then you would have to make and sell all of the tea cozies yourself,” or “hire new ones on at twice the pay of your current workers.”

I’m glad you do, since no one else does.

I love Brutus’ resigned look in the last panel.

Yet here you are talking to Brutus.

And he’s his own worst enemy !

Rancid seems very content!

Bless his heart, Brutus keeps trying.

Misery loves company – self love. Me, myself and I. Did it my way. One Love, Bob Marley.

He’s risking losing himself.

Veeblefester has 3 great friends, he calls them Me, Myself and I.

What about your customers?

As Thorogood sang it, “I drink alone”

“You can’t please everyone, so you got to please yourself” are words to live by for him. However, those words won’t comfort him much when death is knocking on his door.And while l can’t judge anyone’s soul, the odds are slim that he will be knock knock knocking on Heaven’s Door. And if he does, l’m not so sure that he he will get an answer….

Had a job working from home and traveled to sites across the country by myself. Wife asked , why do you like this job? I said I like the people I work with. She said you work by yourself. I replied “Excactly”.

Rancid Veeblefester . Always true to himself . Not very likable or endearing but he never lets us down . I would be disappointed if he were not .

Brutus has a good point. The boss’s bad temper could cost his company some valuable clients in the long run.

Thank you for that info, Captain Obvious!

The only thing that would make Rancid’s pose more arrogant and condescending would be if he were requiring Brutus to feed him grapes.

I don’t see how he can live with himself.

if he needs any friends he can offer to buy the next round…