Lio by Mark Tatulli for September 14, 2019

Lio would rather not say.

Don’t laugh, Lio. Your neighbors are probably reporting you right this minute.

They look like they’re having a good time watching old Milton Berle reruns….

Ya know—- Lio is stranger than most people…..

There is nothing wrong with your living room…

Undocumented aliens!

Especially if they have Skittles and a hoodie!

Interestingly enough, the strangest person on the couch is Lio.

Depends on the strangers, I suppose. My usual first words are “Hello. How are you?” But I’m old.

They must live in Illinois

What! Just to get locked away in a Mental Hospital.

It’s nine o’clock: do you know where your space aliens are?

It is “If you see something, say something”. Still applies in this case, I think. The saying (courtesy Dept. Homeland Security https://www.dhs.gov/see-something-say-something) omits “if you see something that doesn’t seem quite right” before say something. September 25 is See Something Say Something Awareness Day. BTW, I search for details on all these sort of things. Have a good day – if possible.

No strangers here.

Wait – is that really an ad? (I don’t watch TV, so I don’t know.) I know “see something, say something” is a real turn of phrase, but I thought it referred to suspicious activity, not merely people you might not know who you think “look suspicious”. That just opens up the door to people acting on their prejudices.

Way to get a rise out of the Alien audience that Lio invited over to watch TV with him!

Lio is odd enough, that it’s an alien concept, to him.