Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for November 08, 2024

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    J.J. O'Malley  13 days ago

    Hahaha, it’s funny because Lena is putting school kids’ lives in danger by hiring an unlicensed driver.

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    macgyver915  13 days ago

    No, it’s funny because it is a c-o-m-i-c strip – Not real life! LOL…

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    top cat james  13 days ago
    Pay Poor Joke Tax of $15
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    Rhetorical_Question   13 days ago

    Crankshaft is a school bus instructor ?

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    sueb1863  13 days ago

    Good grief, really??? This isn’t funny, it’s criminally dangerous.

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    Gent  13 days ago

    So outta jail bikers gonna driving school bus now? Sure riding big steenky bikes and driving big steenky bus is the same theeng see. It’s called driving! Vroom! Vroom!

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    NRHAWK Premium Member 13 days ago

    Despite the viewpoints above, this actually is how it’s done in a great many places. Metro and school bus companies typically hire commercially unlicensed folks, train them and get them licensed before they ever get to carry people or especially children. Even though I have a CDL I still had to complete a training program to drive a school bus part time. I wouldn’t worry about him being a biker either as they tend to be strong advocates for children.

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    Ichabod Ferguson  13 days ago

    We use to call our police courtesy cards ‘get out of jail free’ cards.

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    scote1379 Premium Member 13 days ago

    There’s one School Bus route with well-behaved Kids !

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    Daltongang Premium Member 13 days ago

    Well why not, they hired Ed after all.

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    SquidGamerGal  13 days ago

    Whoa! Time out! You can’t be THAT desperate for bus drivers!

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    [Unnamed Reader - 68637d]  13 days ago

    BORN TO BE WILD!!!!!

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    gigagrouch  13 days ago

    Way to go playing up the biker stereotype…

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    ksu71  13 days ago

    I don’t think this could happen as a bus driver but he probably could qualify to be a substitute teacher.

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    ladykat  13 days ago

    No, it’s not close enough!

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    rockyridge1977  13 days ago

    “hard up”……both parties!!!!!

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    lemonbaskt  13 days ago

    nothing to see here people move it along

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    tony_n_jen2003  13 days ago

    All of our local school bus companies offer paid training

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    puddleglum1066  13 days ago

    What we don’t see in panel two is that the “get out of jail free card” is actually a Centerville Police Department ID, and the applicant is a member of the force (you might be surprised how many police are motorcycle riders) and is volunteering to drive school buses on his days off.

    We don’t see that, of course, because there is no Centerville PD clip art in the Crankshaft Reusable Art Portfolio.

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    Out of the Past  13 days ago

    When you enlarge it, the card appears to be an actual get out of jail free card from a Monopoly game.

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    raybarb44  13 days ago

    However, get the license before you can start…..

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    Alicia1955  13 days ago

    Driving a school bus requires a special license, not just a commercial license.

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    dputhoff62  13 days ago

    It’s funny because Lena is enabler who doesn’t give a fig about her job and children’s welfare—or anybody else’s.

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    lemonbaskt  13 days ago

    the wheels on the bus go round and round as long as you dont drink on your route you can get hired in this town

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member 13 days ago

    Not funny….just plain stupid!

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    WilliamVollmer  13 days ago

    Just the image the school bus company wants. This guy looks like he should be a cast member on Sons of Anarchy.

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    sincavage05  13 days ago

    I’d hire him! Many of my friends don’t dress societys standards, but the their integrity is impeccable.

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    hubbard3188  13 days ago

    At last… something that could be interesting.

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    olds_cool63  13 days ago

    It’s sad because that’s what this country is coming to.

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