FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for October 04, 2023

Smoke gets in your eyes.

Stick them in the tailpipe of your car to enlighten the person tailgating you.

Wisdom comes, just a bit late.

And don’t open the window. Wouldn’t want any of that good stuff to escape now, would we.

Today’s lesson is on VOCs.

Those incense sticks always make me cough uncontrollably.

I burned all my incense when my cat died, as kind of a spirit send-off to the new world

Stinking up the house.

One incense stick, once in awhile, is plenty.

I like sandalwood, vanilla, and jasmine…

“I’m incensed…”

Magic crystals work better and don’t make a mess.

This one brings cash to the guy who thought up all this imaginary stuff.

♫Incense and peppermints, meaningless nouns.♫

I keep forgetting how superstitious Peter is…

there are very few burning things I can even tolerate

Peter’s got nothing to worry about, look at all the in-depth research he’s done…

A dozen? Of each‽

♫ ♪ Smoke gets in your eyes ♫ ♪

Ah, the 60’s, and 70’s, revisited. The big seller? Sandalwood.

Reminds me of my comment on yesterday’s strip.