Fred Basset by Alex Graham for May 13, 2022

Have a wonderful romp Fred!

Rainy day fun! Some of the best fun is splashing puddles right up until the bath to get clean. If you don’t get too dirty, maybe that won’t happen, though. Happy splashing!

Now he’ll be full of dirt and grime when he comes home!

Tis a dog thing ! Have fun Fred :-)

And when you make a muddy mess in the house, you’ll have a bad bod bud!

Sing it now:: Splish Splash Fred needs a bath!

“ I was a rolling and a-strolling, reeling with the feelingMoving and a-grooving, splishing and a-splashing, yeah”—-Bobby Darin “Splish Splash”

Doing a “hockey stop” in a puddle was great as long as you were not the recipient of the shower. We used to have a contest who could produce the biggest shower.

@Uncle Bob

Well, how was I to know there was a party going on?

Soggy doggie.

Aha! Now we know why Mr. Dear needed so much rain-gear yesterday!

Today’s strip reminds me of one of the “Charley Says…” safety commercials that were shown on UK TV in the 1970s and ’80s. Charley was a cat owned by a boy named Tony. Charley would speak at the end of each commercial and Tony would translate what Charley had said.

In the commercial, Charley and Tony were jumping in puddles near to a canal or river where Tony’s Dad was fishing. Charley accidentally jumped into the water and was drowning until he was fished out by Tony’s Dad. Charley dried out by the fireplace at home and made some purring sounds. Tony translated them to us.

Enjoy fred

One of the few times a dog will have the absolutely biggest grin on its face is when it is playing in water or mud. Sadly, one of the other times isn’t when they get a bath after that.

Children’s poem: Susie’s galoshes make splishes and sploshes as Susie steps slowly along in the slush.