Rubes by Leigh Rubin for November 22, 2009

I may start to cry. Naw.

Give a puppet a hand.

Rio, I think – but they’re trying to get him back to Honduras.

What that poor fellow needs is to be gainfully employed. Charity isn’t the answer. What he needs is steady employment…A (pardon the pun) hand job.

Is his resume fancy enough for a job at Sesame Street?

Since you don’t have a hand in you, you already have a “hand out”.