Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for June 19, 2023

Betty might disagree with you, Verne.

Calvin’s dad likes to joke that he could have been bought at K-Mart. For Vern, it’s a little more believable.

I forgot how Vern got to the Hedge. Can someone bring me up to date?

Verne that grass might look greener on the other side of the hill … but is it ?

Chicago river on St Pat’s day… really green

I wonder if Verne and Betty were ever a thing.

That’s a pretty fat snapper…

Maybe he could try living in the Chicago river for a while before whining to get back to the hedge. He could change his name to Tooter Turtle.

Wait, Kmart sold snapping turtles?

No wonder they went bankrupt.

How does ANYTHING live in the Chicago River?

Ah K-Mart. We all did our time there, back in the day. Sad time, really. Reagan was president, his bad guys were stripping regulations and ramping up the military industrial complex. Interest rates were getting high.

We were too, but weed was much cheaper then.

Eyy i know that chicago snapping turtle anywhere, crime pays but botany doesn’t babyyy

Chonk is for real. That’s a huge mooring chain it’s sitting on. Moral of story: The Chicago River is clean enough to be turtle habitat!

That’s not a snapping turtle. (They don’t look like that.) Kmart wouldn’t be able to sell a snapping turtle.