B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for September 25, 2024

Just stay out of reverse.

He sounds like me!

I know how that goes….

Hey, it’s just like “I’m not fat I’m just big boned.”

So you’ve got a four on the floor transmission under that shell. Cool.

Whoa! Oh no! While he may say being in low is why he’s not slow, others would say though, that they know that it’s because he’s always in low that he’s always slow.

“Slow and steady wins the race” ~ Aesop’s Fables

An all terrain terrapin.

I’m going exactly the speed I’m supposed to go.

The last panels of today’s strip remind me of Batman and Robin “climbing” up the side of a building in the old TV series.

…and it hasn’t been my day, my week, my month or even my year… ;-)

Reminds me of that song from the fifties about a Nash Rambler racing a Cadillac in which the Rambler finally pulls up alongside the Caddy, the driver rolls down the window and says "Hey buddy. How do get this car out of second gear?

They don’t call it granny gear for nothing. :-}

The same could be said for Joe Biden. Remember him?

Up hill the same as down!!!

Forget gears, it’s time to break out the pitons.

Me too Turtle! Me too.

You have more power in low gear.

That, John, plus the fact that (a) you’re older, and (b) you’re going up what looks like a very steep hill.

Like hiking the Kepler Trek on New Zealand’s south island

At least Joe was not shot at by 2 of his own formerly adoring supporters. Too be honest the second Republican waited 12 hours in the bushes, by the golf course, but never did take a shot before being scared off by security.

That conserves your energy for the long climb ahead since there is no rush in getting to the top.

So the turtle has a four on the floor under the shell. I can see he also has quadra traction 4X4. and no politics for that guy.

Tortoise still beat The Easter Bunny by a hare.

Take your time.

I drove a delivery truck for a while where first gear was great….if you needed to climb a tree. Unfortunately, second gear was stripped and would only stay in gear briefly. So the drill was to use first gear to sort of get the truck moving, shift to second and accelerate as best you could until it popped out of gear and then slam it into third and hope you had enough momentum to keep the whole thing moving.

But you’ll make it to the top.

That would mean he can climb a hill as fast as he walks a plain, so… faster than most.