Good Grief! (–Borrowing from another comic classic.) Why bother with milk and doughnuts if you’re going to make your dad sick through aversion therapy, Binkley?
I’ve taken care of way too many people dying of lung cancer. I honestly believe it is the worst of them all. Just imagine never being able to get enough “air” even hooked up to a ventilator. Like drowning only it can last for months and months…..
Best way to quit smoking? Never start. It is terribly addicting.
Poor smokers - they don’t realize how sad they appear to non-smokers, not to mention their medical problems or the money that they waste - they need something in their mouth to suck on, using their work break to stand outside (often alone) to feed their addiction, and then everyone knows when they walk into a room .. from the terrible smell when they enter.
Well, it was tobacco that gave the USA its economic start. As well as slavery. The effects of both which we’re all still paying for today.
I remember this storyline; at one point Dad threatens to sell Binkley to “the #$@& Arabs” if he doesn’t get his cigarettes back. When it was reprinted, it was changed to “the #$@& Gypsies.” Go figure.
I don’t understand how in this economy anybody has enough loose cash to spend on smoking. It’s horribly expensive anymore. Our Governor wants to raise tobacco taxes again.
Sisyphos almost 15 years ago
Good Grief! (–Borrowing from another comic classic.) Why bother with milk and doughnuts if you’re going to make your dad sick through aversion therapy, Binkley?
yyyguy almost 15 years ago
because if you’re going to throw up, it helps to have something in your tummy TO throw up. also, a ‘take’ isn’t nearly as funny as a ‘spit take’ is.
kreole almost 15 years ago
I’ve seen the diseased lung pic before…it isn’t pretty!…..
mamarose127 Premium Member almost 15 years ago
I’ve always loved Dad and his doughnut in the third panel.
jrbj almost 15 years ago
Try lying in a hospital bed, hood up to life support, and the doctor coming in and announcing that you can smoke or you can live. I chose to live.
Allison Nunn Premium Member almost 15 years ago
@Margaret Me too! Priceless!
I’ve taken care of way too many people dying of lung cancer. I honestly believe it is the worst of them all. Just imagine never being able to get enough “air” even hooked up to a ventilator. Like drowning only it can last for months and months….. Best way to quit smoking? Never start. It is terribly addicting.
crlinder almost 15 years ago
Binkley’s such a thoughtful son…
gopuppy almost 15 years ago
Poor smokers - they don’t realize how sad they appear to non-smokers, not to mention their medical problems or the money that they waste - they need something in their mouth to suck on, using their work break to stand outside (often alone) to feed their addiction, and then everyone knows when they walk into a room .. from the terrible smell when they enter.
Well, it was tobacco that gave the USA its economic start. As well as slavery. The effects of both which we’re all still paying for today.
mrslukeskywalker almost 15 years ago
Now he’s got donut in his lungs too.
Sherlock Watson almost 15 years ago
I remember this storyline; at one point Dad threatens to sell Binkley to “the #$@& Arabs” if he doesn’t get his cigarettes back. When it was reprinted, it was changed to “the #$@& Gypsies.” Go figure.
alviebird almost 15 years ago
This just reminded me, I left a box of doughnuts in the car yesterday! An excuse to have some more coffee!
Confringo almost 15 years ago
Love the third panel lol :)
Dapperdan61 Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Reminds me of Curtis & his Dad
artybee almost 15 years ago
I don’t understand how in this economy anybody has enough loose cash to spend on smoking. It’s horribly expensive anymore. Our Governor wants to raise tobacco taxes again.