Red and Rover by Brian Basset for March 31, 2022

Bad dog! %$*& bad dog!

Never, EVER give an example of a bad word. Just gets you in trouble… okay i gotta admit I’ve did it before.

Never knew that was Red’s last name.

Saying bad words is not allowed!!

Oops….

I’m not sure I knew Red’s proper name before today.

Ruh roh.

Mom should have included Red’s middle name too.

Red probably learned the bad words from Martin!

BUSTED! Here comes some Dial time! Olde soap bar in the mouth routine. People still do that?

The Thought Police have been alerted.

OMG, Red’s Mom is waay too skinny. Sombody give her a sandwich.

Bad words are not only interesting for Rover! The more they are forbidden, the more they are interesting!

And when you get older she’ll find your dirty magazines where you hid them in your closet.

must not have been that bad a word. Mom didn’t use his middle name.

She could have been 20 miles away, but she heard it!

I once said “fudge” in front of my Mom, or as Ralphie said, “only I didn’t say fudge”.

Rover might understand if you tell him it was in the form of a growl-ix

Somebody’s in trouble

here comes the Ivory Soap

Been reading this strip for years and it’s the first time I’ve heard his real name

And that was the last comi strip he read for a VERY long time.

I remember as a kid – roughly Red’s era – something went wrong with my bike. I was totally by myself. I meant to say “fuss” but that is not what came out. I swear I thought a bolt of lightning would come out of the sky.

OOPSIE!

Such colorful language from Red.