When I first got my basset hound, I read up on the breed, and there were a lot of funny stories about how good they are at getting food down off your countertops. One female basset, bored in the absence of her working owners, filched two pans of brownies and ate them all. No ill effects whatsoever. Mine will eat hard-boiled eggs in the shell, if he can get them.
About that duplication issue: my method is to “submit” a comment, hit “Refresh comments,” notice the duplication, and scoot off to another strip. When I return to Doonesbury, I find the duplicate gone. And sometimes I do all that as quickly as I can, just to see if I can beat the removal of the dupe. Hasn’t happened yet!
@roadsider “Nobody of (Alex’s) demographic does that any more!”
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Yes, they do! One couple I know got married the day after they both graduated from the Naval Academy. Another young pair got married right after his graduation from college and his starting his shiny new job with a major financial institution. I know quite well that this is not exactly the norm, as my daughter and her 20-something friends would attest, but it’s not extinct, either!
I’m ready for the coloring-up, but not the falling-down!